The latest version of our industry-leading, AI-powered background removal software, XSplit VCam, is available now! VCam 4.0 brings an overhauled design and some new features to help with your remote work, video conferencing, or anything where virtual backgrounds might be helpful!
XSplit VCam 4.0
The new design helps you do everything faster by making all the features you need easily accessible. We’ve expanded the settings menu so you can easily customize your experience and introduces some new features!
First up, we now have multiple custom watermarks which expands on our custom watermark feature. Custom watermarks can also now easily be anchored to a point on the screen with various anchor points, making it easier to position your lower third or company branding.
We’ve also added an enhanced lighting feature, which will automatically adjust how your camera looks based on the lighting conditions. Again, you can fully customize and control how this all works in the settings.
These new features are on top of the usual improvements, bug fixes, and more that you’d expect from a new release!
We have been delighted with the anticipation around both the newly released XSplit Presenter and the upcoming XSplit Capture. As the apps have grown and developed, based on users’ feedback, it has become clear that they need a dedicated team to focus on them. With that in mind, we are proud to introduce you to VideoCom.
The VideoCom team will continue their work with Presenter and Capture, focusing on allowing you to easily create and share screen captures or high-quality video presentations. The team at VideoCom has already refined and improved upon everything you love about Presenter and Capture, with both apps continuing development under that brand.
These new VideoCom versions of Presenter and Capture will be available soon, and you can register your interest by signing up here.
I’m very excited to see the team’s vision for the future of video communication develop while XSplit continues to focus on the future of XSplit Broadcaster, VCam, and Connect: Webcam.
What will happen to XSplit Presenter and Capture?
We will continue to develop maintenance updates for some time, but all future development and features will go into the new VideoCom apps.
I purchased a lifetime license for XSplit Presenter. What happens to that?
XSplit Presenter lifetime license holders will receive a free upgrade to a VideoCom lifetime license when it becomes available.
XSplit Broadcaster 4.3 is available to download now and it comes with some big updates to how you can get started and run your content!
Here are some of the key features in this update!
A new layout wizard
An overhauled sources menu
Customizable lower thirds
A new customizable background source
We have completely overhauled setting up your first stream in XSplit Broadcaster 4.3, making it easier than ever to open the program and get streaming! You can now easily add your camera, a source, and a background in moments!
We’ve also updated the sources menu, meaning you can find everything you need even faster. We’ve also added the ability to easily add lower thirds with templates that you can customize with just a few clicks!
The new background source comes with some images you can use, or you can add your own. Using a background source now means you never have to worry about any other sources going behind your background!
XSplit Broadcaster 4.3 also has a number of bug fixes and improvements to current features.
This will be a big year for XSplit Broadcaster as our team works on improvements to the program! We can’t wait to keep developing and refining along with our community so we are always looking for your feedback! Reach out to us on our community forum, our Discord, or on social media!
As some of you may be aware, Twitch is having a phased shutdown of its old v5 API, as detailed here. A result of this was difficulty connecting to Twitch for any streaming software, XSplit Broadcaster included. We have taken steps to update our Twitch plugin which should be in effect now.
When you first open XSplit Broadcaster you will be prompted to update your Twitch plugin, once you have completed this everything should be applied and run as normal. Any older versions of the plugin will not be able to connect and you will need to use the workaround solution of a custom RTMP connection. However, once you have followed the steps in the update prompt you shouldn’t need to do this.
There will be some ongoing issues due to this change which we’ll be updating and issuing fixes as soon as possible.
Sources that use Twitch such as the chat plugin or alerts plugin may experience issues.
Some in-game HUD and Game Bar functionalities may also be affected.
Both of these issues should be resolved in the coming days via an additional application update.
If you still experience login issues after the Twitch output plugin has updated, please uncheck the “confirm ingest server” setting in the stream channel settings in XSplit Broadcaster and try again.
If you require any further assistance, please do not hesitate to drop a message to our customer support team who are available 24/7.
XSplit Capture, our latest addition to the XSplit Suite of apps is available now in open beta! Designed to be the ultimate application for sharing screenshots and videos quickly, XSplit Capture saves you time by making use of powerful and intuitive features!
Share Your Ideas Quickly
XSplit Capture is the ultimate screen capture program letting you grab the exact part of the screen you need to share and add annotations, arrows, and highlights! Video is just as simple, with the ability to add voice-over to whatever you’re recording.
Everything, In The Cloud
All of this is uploaded directly to the cloud, and a link is added to your clipboard for instant sharing in an email, social media, or anywhere! If you, or the person you send it to, need to download the file, that’s just one click away! Your team members can easily add comments to this page on XSplit Cloud, where all your captures will be stored for easy access privately by you.
To try XSplit Capture, currently only available on Windows but coming soon to macOS, simply sign up and download the program from your dashboard! If you have any questions, thoughts, or feedback, let us know here in the comments or reach out to us on socials!
XSplit Broadcaster 4.2 is here and with it are some really big upgrades to how you stream!
VST3 Support – VST3.0 Effect Plugins can be used on your main microphone to add enhancements to the mics sound.
Virtual Microphone – Much like Virtual Camera, you can now use XSplit Broadcaster as a virtual mic! So whatever audio is coming from Broadcaster, you can send that to any calls/sources you’re in!
Low Power Mode – Save processing power when video devices are not actively being used by activating low power mode on that source.
10 Bit HDR Support – Capture games that output in HDR and Broadcaster will convert them to SDR for your broadcast. So, you can play your game in HDR but send the correct signal out to your stream!
No more Admin Permission pop up – XSplit Broadcaster won’t ask for admin permission when you open it.
There are a bunch of other features and improvements like new sample rates added to noise suppression, updates to the stream-only speaker device, a single login/signup button, and more! On top of this, we have a whole bunch of bug fixes which you can find in the full release notes here.
It’s also worth noting that for security reasons XSplit Broadcaster now only supports Windows 10 and beyond.
Finally, we would also like to say thank you to everyone who has been using XSplit Broadcaster 4.2 in PTR, which if you’re interested you can download the latest PTR version of XSplit Broadcaster and try out new features before they hit the main release.
We’re always updating and improving our apps based on what our customers want so if you have any comments, be sure to let us know either on our social channels or right here in the comments section! You can also request new features over on the Feature Upvote page!
The new XSplit Affiliate Program is here! We’ve taken the previous affiliate program and supercharged it, based on our current member’s feedback, with more opportunities to earn money with us and best of all, it’s open to absolutely everyone!
Benefits include:
You will get a personalized code of your choosing giving your audience 10% off any XSplit Premium subscription
For every purchase made using your code you will receive a 10% commission
You will get that 10% for each recurring purchase someone makes
All you need to do is head to https://xspl.it/affiliate and sign up! Once you’re accepted you will be able to set up your code and start earning with XSplit right away! You don’t need to have a big following, just sign up and you’re ready to go!
We look forward to welcoming you to the brand new XSplit Affiliate program! If you have any feedback or have any questions, you can reach out to us on our socialchannels!
XSplit VCam is now available on Mac! Now you can use our AI-powered background removal and replacement program on macOS devices!
Getting started is easy, head over to the VCam landing page and download and install VCam. You can either log in with your XSplit account or create a new one if this is your first time using VCam. Clicking “skip login” will let you use VCam without logging in, however, this won’t be connected to your Premium account, and while can use all the features there will be a watermark.
Now you’re in, you can blur your original background, remove it completely or use a media source to replace it with VCam on Mac. You can even add blur to this replaced background if you wish! Find out more about setting up VCam on Mac in our getting started video.
We’ve been working on bringing VCam to Mac for some time now and this is only the beginning! Be sure to reach out if you have any comments or questions here in the comments section below, or on our social channels. If you’re having any problems, our customer support team is available 24/7 (just click the speech bubble in the bottom right-hand corner of your browser window on the support page) right here.
In the last year, we’ve seen a radical shift in the way we work together and here at XSplit and we thought, using the knowledge we’ve gained over the last ten years, that we could make the way we meet and present information better. We found that giving presentations with everything scattered over a number of windows, from our Google Slides, the webpage we wanted to show, and a YouTube video that demonstrates our point didn’t make things run smoothly. We were asking “can you see my screen?” way too often for our liking!
On top of that, we found having to choose between seeing our face as we gave a presentation, or seeing our slides, was removing either the information or the personal connection that can keep people engaged and connected with what we were saying.
Introducing XSplit Presenter
This is where we got the inspiration for XSplit Presenter, letting you add personality, flair, and interactivity to your presentations, pitches, and meetings. What we wanted to do was pull all your sources into one, secure program and let you add videos, websites, and your webcam (of course, using our VCam background removal tech) all in one place.
Full Integration with services you already know and use
Something we knew we wanted was integration with the services we are already using, so you’ll find XSplit Presenter works with Google Slides, Microsoft Powerpoint, or even a PDF file! It also works as a virtual camera in all your favorite video call platforms like Zoom, Teams, and Skype, so no more worries about someone seeing a Messenger window pop up during your meetings as you choose what gets shared, not the share screen button!
Engage and Interact with your audience
Another thing we found we needed was the ability to address questions easily as they came up, so we built in real-time annotations and highlighting with our virtual pointer. Not only that, but you can easily pull in more sources, or interact with a webpage live inside the presentation so again, nobody needs to see your desktop and you don’t have to break the flow of the conversation. Want to show your product page? Just click on it!
Multiple speaker support
Giving a group presentation? Using NDI sources from software like Skype you can add multiple remote speakers and seamlessly transition to them as the presentation progresses, even integrating them into your slides like your own camera.
We’re going to be adding more and more features, including remote collaboration, so we’re excited to go on this journey with you! XSplit Presenter is available to download and try for free during the open beta period so download it and try it out for yourself today!
We’d also love to hear your feedback, you can reach us here in the comments, on our social channels @xsplit, or on our Discord server.
XSplit VCam 2.3 is here and with it a whole host of improvements and bug fixes, but the headline feature of this update is our vastly improved AMD GPU support for hardware acceleration! Use your AMD GPU, like you can with an NVIDIA GPU, to power the background blurring, removal, and replacement in VCam taking that processing away from your CPU and improving performance!
What makes 2.3 better?
Better AMD GPU Support and improved hardware acceleration! XSplit VCam now uses DirectML for NVIDIA and AMD GPUs. This implementation solves issues with 3 series Nvidia GPUs and works significantly more efficiently on AMD compared to previous versions of VCam.
For content creators with AMD GPUs, this will mean running a game at the same time you’re using XSplit VCam will be a much smoother experience.
Startup optimizations including reduced loading time and the calibration process when you first launch the app proceeds to the main screen automatically.
Bug fixes!
Like we have with previous updates, we’ve listened to your comments and feedback to improve our app and resolve the most common issues from the previous version:
No more app freezing when switching backgrounds
Resetting of camera/capture card color properties
The “enable HD option” not working on local user accounts with an ampersand in the name, and much more.
If you have any questions or feedback, let us know in the comments section below. You can also chat with us through our social channels @xsplit and our Discord community. Finally, if you have any features you would like to request, you can submit them through the VCam request page here!
