Category: Company Updates

If version 4.0 was about introducing big new features, this update focuses more on enhancements of existing features, handy quality of life improvements, and tons of bug fixes. That’s not to say there’s nothing new and exciting in this update though and if we’re being honest, we think there’s just as much here! 

What’s new in XSplit 4.1

If watching a video isn’t your thing and you prefer reading text, here’s a quick summary of all the goodies in this update.

• Scene Presets Manager – Organize your presentation by adding multiple presets to your scene.
• New and improved audio engine – Add as many microphones and playback devices as you want, and tweak them individually as you see fit.
• NVIDIA Noise Removal – With the NVIDIA Audio Effects SDK for RTX GPUs, you can apply their noise removal directly to your microphone device.
• Overhauled text source plugin – Everything is now done easier than ever with the updated plugin while still retaining its customizability.
• Virtual camera scene selection – You can now specify what scene is outputting to the virtual camera.
• HDR 10-bit input support for Elgato – Added support for 10-bit HDR input which is converted to 8-bit.
• New License type – Only using Broadcaster and nothing else? There is now a Broadcaster-only Premium license! 
• Better in-app customer support experience – Exceptional support has been our priority ever since and in this update, we’ve made in-app customer support more intuitive than ever. 
• Dark Theme – The UI has had a lick of paint including a brand new dark theme.
• Bug fixes – Any version update won’t be complete without a ton of bug fixing. This one’s got plenty! You can refer to the release notes for the full details. 

You can download and install the latest version at xsplit.com/broadcaster, or go to Help >> Check for Updates from inside the XSplit Broadcaster app.

Quick shout out to our PTR warriors who have been helping us test all of these new things and ensuring the product that comes out to the general public is ready for prime time! If you want to be part of that awesome group, go check out our PTR page and join our Discord server.

We’re looking forward to hearing back your thoughts on this update, while also preparing for PTR 4.2 ?

Following the success of VCam 2.0, VCam 2.1 brings more quality of life improvements and bug fixes in our latest update which you can install through the app or by downloading from the VCam page. Let’s briefly go through what’s new in this one.

Custom watermark

The ability to add foreground images to a webcam feed is a highly requested feature and we can see why! Custom watermarks in VCam 2.1 can not only enhance your professional look but also provides value to your overall presentation as you can use it to demonstrate something without needing to add another application to the mix. We’ve covered this in greater detail in this blog post.

Pause camera feed

The need for a quick break is sometimes inevitable whether you need to use the bathroom, answer an important phone call, or just rearrange yourself. Currently, the two options are to turn your webcam feed off temporarily, or just disappear which can be argued as looking a little unprofessional. Now, with VCam 2.1, you have a third option; pausing your camera feed! Here’s how it works

Hue & saturation adjustments

In our last update, we introduced background adjustment tools that afforded users the flexibility to set themselves up exactly how they wanted to look on camera. Hue and saturation adjustments are a step up on this as you’ll be able to make quick changes on the fly if you are in a lighting condition that is less than ideal. Here’s how you can set it up in VCam 2.1.

Bug fixes in VCam 2.1

Like any update, we’ve fixed a bunch of bugs and quirks that have been reported from the previous versions. Most notable are the following fixes:

• Auto-exposure on camera reload being forced
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 is not set as the primary hardware acceleration from calibration. Acceleration resets to automatic after selecting RTX 3070.
• Settings cannot be accessed when there is no available camera source
• Computers with multiple network adapters and special characters in computer name may not show the mobile camera feed

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 at discord.gg/xsplit. Finally, if you have any features you would like to request, you can submit them through the VCam request page here! 

It’s an exciting day for us here as we are unveiling the newest member of the family, XSplit Connect: Webcam. Available for both Android and iOS devices, Connect: Webcam is a free companion app for XSplit VCam designed to allow your smartphone to be used as a wireless webcam. 

Aside from that, it also utilizes the same VCam technology which allows you to enjoy all its features, most notably superior background detection, removal, and replacement. 

Why use your phone as a webcam? 

It’s no secret that most built-in webcams have terrible overall quality. There are some good external webcams that you can buy but chances are you already own a smartphone that has a higher quality camera than your built-in one. This is why there’s plenty of solutions available that do that but none of them comes close to what XSplit Connect: Webcam does. 

Getting started with Connect: Webcam

Having XSplit VCam installed on your computer is a prerequisite so make sure you get the latest version here. Download the Connect: Webcam mobile app that is suitable for your smartphone OS. You can get the Android version on the Play Store and the iOS version on the App Store. 

Once installed, start the app on your phone, allow all the permissions requested and you should be good to go. Make sure both your computer and your mobile phone are on the same internet connection. 

Once the mobile app is connected, you will see your smartphone as an additional camera source in XSplit VCam. Select that source and you’re good to go! The mobile app has some basic lighting settings if you want to modify that. There is also an option to use either the front or rear camera of your phone. 

Looking ahead

Our team is working hard in making Connect: Webcam the best it can be and we’ll make sure to keep you posted on any new developments and upcoming features in the pipeline.

This is our first app under the ‘Connect’ suite, a line focused on improving the general productivity of our users. We can’t really disclose much at the moment but there are more to come in the near future so stay tuned! 

We’re super excited about the XSplit Connect: Webcam and we hope you are too! Give it a try and share your thoughts in the comments section below. 

In my previous blog post, I mentioned that the XSplit team is exploring the possibilities of the NVIDIA Broadcast Engine and since then, a lot of exciting news has come from NVIDIA, especially with the launch of their new GeForce RTX 30 Series GPUs which further solidifies their commitment to the future of RTX.

In that regard, we’ve been working closely with NVIDIA for the past few months and we are pleased to announce that we have integrated the NVIDIA Broadcast Engine Audio Effects SDK which brings AI-based noise removal to XSplit Broadcaster 4.0. This lets our users easily remove any unwanted background noises in their production, giving them the peace of mind that their audience can hear them clearly.

To use the feature, users with NVIDIA RTX GPUs should first download and install the appropriate redistributable for their graphics cards from the NVIDIA Broadcast Engine Resources page as well as the latest XSplit Broadcaster PTR. Afterwards, upon launching XSplit, NVIDIA Noise Removal can easily be enabled by opening Tools > Audio Effects, changing the Noise Suppression Mode to “NVIDIA Noise Removal”, and checking the Noise Suppression box. We will be adding support to change the strength of the noise removal in a later update.

We look forward to bringing more awesome features to our XSplit suite of applications through our continuing partnership with NVIDIA. You can find out more about the NVIDIA Broadcast Engine here.

XSplit Broadcaster 4.0 is here and we couldn’t be more excited to share this big update with you! We have been focusing on creating the best live streaming software available for the last ten years and we feel with this update we’re a step closer to making streaming more powerful, more accessible, and more sophisticated than ever before!

What’s new?

• Updated UI – We’re on the road to update the user interface you interact with on a daily basis. We’ve included an easy to access stream and record button and provided the ability to resize the scenes and sources list.
• Audio Effects (DSP) – Our ongoing effort to improve audio in XSplit Broadcaster introduces compression, EQ effects, and more with a brand new UI to manage them. Find out more info here!
• Multiple Recording Profiles – Set up multiple recording profiles to record multiple scenes or different encoding settings. This can make recording raw gameplay while streaming a full broadcast, for example, easy! Find out more here!
• Improved Extensions – With several extensions such as macros becoming staples of many broadcasts, it was a pain to remember to launch them every time you opened XSplit Broadcaster. Now, extensions will restore to their last state before closing Broadcaster and can also run in the background.  
• Playout Improvements –  Specify which scenes you want to playout to NDI or Decklink devices with additional transparency performance options for NDI.
• Stream Only in Audio Mixer – You can now monitor and adjust the levels of any source outputting to Stream Only. 
• Macros Extension – Import and export macros! Added triggers for outputs, audio sensitivity, and leaving scenes. New actions for cue points, recordings, and more. Additional improvements have been made for custom actions that allow you to make them user friendly with variables.
• Per Scene Lighting – Using Elgato Keylights with XSplit Broadcaster 4.0 can level up your stream as the lighting in the room changes as you change your scene! Find out more here!

There’s a whole lot more than just that! If you love seeing the nitty-gritty stuff, here’s the full release notes for version 4.0 that also contains all the bug fixes and minor improvements.

This is an ongoing process for us and we’re nowhere near done with regular updates from our development team. Combined with our 24/7 customer support, XSplit Broadcaster 4.0 is an ever-evolving package for content creators. Have something you’d like to see in future updates? Suggest it over on our feature upvote page, we love to hear from our community!

We hope you enjoy XSplit Broadcaster 4.0! Head over to xsplit.com/broadcaster and download the update today!  

With the 2.0 update bringing a much better background removal detection and flexible background adjustment options, XSplit VCam takes the best background removal software and makes it even better. You can update through the app or download the installer from the VCam page while we elaborate more on these new features and what it means for you below.

Improved Background Removal 

Before this update, XSplit VCam was already widely regarded as the industry-leading standard for background removal but it doesn’t mean there’s no room to get better. The key feature here is the adaptive filtering option that gives better segmentation of your hands, hair, and objects (e.g. headphones and microphones) as demonstrated in the video.

Background configuration 

What’s the use of a funny background GIF or video if you’re not perfectly integrated into it? With the added flexibility to configure your background, you can now easily line up your images exactly as you want, zoom, pan left and right, up and down, flip it around and change the brightness or contrast. We have a separate blog post on these new background adjustment tools.

Calibration and Automatic Settings

We made improvements here by letting VCam select the best primary and secondary device for acceleration on your machine. This ensures you’re getting the best possible experience right out of the gate without the need to fidget through the settings!

Additionally, the option to select a secondary device for hardware acceleration helps VCam’s performance further by reducing its resource usage.

VCam hardware driver

When you update to version 2.0, it also includes a hardware driver for VCam which allows it to be used as a webcam for an even wider variety of software. The most notable would be Webex and Windows Store applications.

If you’re previously having problems with VCam not showing up in your conference or camera software, this driver should fix all of that.

I’m sure it goes without saying but there’s also a ton of bug fixes and usability improvements in this update that will make the overall experience better. Here are the full release notes for more details.

We’d love to hear your thoughts on this update so make sure to sound off on the comments section below. 

Update: We will be closing the submission of applications on July 1, 2020. Please make sure to submit your application before then.

During this extraordinary time, we have seen a huge increase in new users across a number of different industries reach out to us for assistance in getting started with streaming.

One particular trend we have noticed is non-profit organizations being displaced or having to temporarily shutter their doors during this time, many of whom are now looking to transition to streaming as a means of continuing their efforts.

With this in mind, we’re offering free 12-month Premium licenses to all qualifying Non-Profit Organizations. Those who are interested in getting started with streaming should fill out this form, and a member of our team will get back to you.

From the entire XSplit team, we wish everyone the best during this challenging time. 

An update for XSplit Broadcaster 3.9 is now available and it brings a whole host of new features that have been long requested by the community. From finer color correction controls using LUTs, to the ability to override the transition for a specific scene. In this post, I’m going to go over what I feel are the coolest new features we’ve added in this update and what you can expect going forward.

You can update to this version in-app or download it from the Broadcaster page.

LUT Support & Filters

Color look-up-tables (LUTs) allow you to recolor a source using an image representation of the spectrum of colors. It essentially remaps the colors from the LUT to your source. Quite a complicated way of saying they recolor your images. They look like the image below and we’ve included some examples to help you get started using them quicker. There’s a full guide here if you want to create your own.

In addition to LUTs, we’ve also added some filter effects you can use that will allow you to do things like make your camera look like an old movie. You can access LUTs and Filters via the source properties window in the effects tab.

Stream Dashboard

When you’re streaming, you want to be able to see all of the information that’s important to you. That’s why we created the Stream Dashboard extension. It works with the four main streaming services, so that’s Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, and Mixer. It will show your chat, stream stats and then all the events you receive whilst streaming such as followers, subscribers, likes, etc. This is all inside a singular extension that you can drag and move around. There are a few improvements we’d like to make in terms of the flexibility in size each of the panels can be but this already simplifies a lot of things without needing to have a bunch of browser tabs open.

OBS Scene Importer

We understand that setting up your scenes and getting it to look great can take considerable time and effort. You may already have your dream setup in OBS but would like to explore what other options are available. That’s why we made the OBS Scene Importer extension. It allows you to take what you’ve already created and import it into XSplit Broadcaster so you can get started quicker. We’ve aimed to cover as many sources and properties as possible to make this a seamless experience. All it requires is for you to export your scene collection from OBS and then import using the OBS Scene Importer extension. From there we do all the hard work of importing your hard work.

Per Scene Recording

For the longest time users have asked for the ability to record something different from what is being streamed and we’ve finally made that possible with per scene recording. Now, you can specify which scene gets recorded. Whether that’s the live/active scene or one of your choosing. This is useful if you want footage without overlays or other elements. Combined with our automatic application audio track, you can record your game with only the game audio whilst streaming at the same time.

Transition Override

Sometimes you want a scene to have its own transition. A common use for this might be a replay scene which when you switch to it, will play a replay. Now you can make that scene use its own transition like a 3D animated replay stinger. Whilst you could do this before by manually switching/changing the transition, it would require thought and effort. Now it’s just a set and forget which will hopefully make producing shows that much easier.

The best thing is, these aren’t the only features we’ve added in the latest patch. We’ve made a ton of improvements across the board and will continue to do so. We know we still have areas we need to work on, audio is one of them but we think we’ve made good strides with the Audio Mixer extension. Next up is the ability to use DSP effects such as compression and equalization with the next major update. Of course, there are smaller things we can do to improve too like showing audio meters for individual sources and more.

So, those are the key highlights of the recent patch and what we are looking to do over the next short while. We’ll continue to push regular updates to the Public Test Release (PTR) as and when they become available to allow you to get hands-on features before we release them to the open public. If you want to reach out to me or any of the XSplit team, you can join our Discord and message us there. Additionally, you can post on our community forum or hit me up on Twitter.

Let us know your thoughts about this XSplit 3.9 update in the comments section below.