What's new in Livestream Procaster 20.3.25
Apr 20, 2017
- We've made some improvements to Procaster that makes the software more reliable and functional. These updates mostly improve functionality, but we've added a couple new features as well.
- Here are the changes:
- Fixed crashes when Memory gets low. This makes the application more reliable.
- Better stability when cameras have a fluctuating frame rate. When using cameras with different frame rates, Procaster is now more reliable.
- Fixed disconnect/reconnect in Blackmagic cards and H.264 recorder. Procaster now reconnects to Blackmagic cards properly.
- Fixed several time issues with Blackmagic cards. Makes Procaster more reliable with Blackmagic cards.
- Memory Leak fixes. Improves performance.
- Fixed audio format detection with certain Blackmagic Devices. Audio will now be detected and play properly.
- Fixed camera settings storage.
- Audio Mixer is now displayed on the same screen as control bar when live. Makes mixing easier when live.
- Removed "Matrox A/V Input" DirectShow device from the sources list. Sometimes duplicate inputs and extra inputs would appear in the sources list. Now they will not.
- WAS (Vista and higher) Recording Fix (looping sound). There was an issue where sound would sometimes loop, which is now fixed.
- Fixed an issue with the Microsoft Lifecam Cinema where it would stop streaming with extreme light changes. During broadcasts that involve drastic changes in lighting, streams would stop. That will no longer happen.
- Removed NTSCp, PALp and 720p half-FPS video modes from the capture methods of Matrox capture devices. These video modes were unreliable and have been removed.
- Fixed a bug when the username on Windows is not in the English alphabet. Procaster would not be able to start with usernames that were not in the English alphabet. Procaster will now open properly.
- Added game rehooking (By default ctrl+f2). You can now rehook your game with this keyboard shortcut.
- Fixed several game hooking so it is more reliable. Hooked games would not be able to be broadcast or would sometimes drop out.
New in Livestream Procaster 20.3.0 (May 22, 2012)
- Notable Bug Fixes and improvements:
- Procaster was crashing with the latest BlackMagic Decklink Driver version 9.5. We fixed this to ensure Procaster will no longer crash when using the latest BlackMagic Decklink Driver Version 9.5.
- Procaster would sometimes stop with "Capture Card Async Detected Errors" We made improvements to ensure this will no longer occur.
- We added a new feature that gives the ability to select your own input aspect ratio.
- We added a new feature that enables the Livestream Procaster window to stay "Always on top." After installing Livestream Procaster, this feature is set to off by default. The ‘Always on Top’ feature can be turned on in the Preferences dialog on the Desktop Tab.
- Audio Improvements:
- Overall audio performance has been improved.
- Procaster was sometimes dropping audio during the start and/or finish of a broadcast. This is fixed and will no longer occur.
- Specific Improvements have been made to improve audio for Windows XP users.
- Supported Device Improvements:
- Added Component RGB and Component YUV video input type support for Osprey devices.
- Procaster was showing multiple definitions from the BlackMagic API in the dropdown source menu. This has been fixed to show the accurate definitions.
- Procaster now supports capture devices without any audio.
- Input Fixes:
- Procaster was sometimes showing a camera busy error when it wasn’t in use. This has been fixed to accurately show camera status.
- Procaster was saving input selection parameters after clicking the "Cancel" button. This has been fixed to ensure input selection parameters are reverted.
- Broadcasting Fixes:
- Previously the hotkeys could start a broadcast while the Preferences dialog was open. Procaster 20.3 will not allow a broadcast to start while Preferences dialog is open.
- Procaster was sometimes stopping when a device was plugged/unplugged while broadcasting live. This has been fixed to better support plug/unplug while broadcasting
- Aspect Ratio and Cropping:
- The aspect ratio detection and cropping have been improved to be more accurate.
New in Livestream Procaster 20.2.0 (Jun 16, 2011)
- Major video and audio quality improvements with improved bit rate usage control
- Perfect Audio/Video Synchronization live and on-demand. Previous versions had various issues with lipsync during long encoding sessions
- Reduced CPU usage when streaming
- Stream at higher bitrate over the same Internet connection: Improved the connection usage, so that you can utilize utilize your connection more efficiently.
- New easy to understand status message in the control bar with suggested solutions :
- “Perfect Streaming” means that your stream is being sent to the Livestream server perfectly. No lag and no connection or CPU issues.
- “CPU above 80% try closing other apps or stop lower quality” means that your CPU usage is above 80% and that you should close some other applications. When your CPU reaches 100%, Procaster may stop broadcasting.
- “Internet too slow for quality avoid shared connections or stop and lower quality” means that Procaster is not getting the full bandwidth it needs to stream and you should lower the quality of streaming in the main window.
- “Lost internet connection. Attempting to reconnect. Local MP4 still recording.” Means that your internet connection fully dropped and that Procaster is trying to reconnect. The local recording will always keep recording.
- The CPU usage is also now shown in the control bar now.
- New behaviours to better handle connection bandwidth fluctuation and drops:
- Anti lag feature - When enabled (default), it will keep the delay between you and your viewer, up to a maximum of 10 seconds. The local MP4 file recording will always have all the frames, even if anti-lag kicks in
- Continue to encode and record locally even when the internet connection is dropped - When your internet connection suddenly drops, Procaster will continue recording and will go live again once you have regained connectivity. This can also be used to switch from one internet connection to another when experiencing an issue.
- HD Multi-bitrate Support on browser and mobile devices:
- You can now select qualities to stream at two, three or four bitrates at the same time (If you have enough resources - CPU/Memory/Bandwidth etc…).
- The new Livestream Player now offers the ability for the user to select any of the streams you are publishing from Livestream Procaster.
- When viewing your live stream on iPad and iPhone devices, the bitrate is automaticallyt selected (adaptive) based on the viewers connection and the number of qualities you are encoding from Procaster.
- Note: This only currently works with live streams, the recorded stream will be the main default stream (typically a 450-600Kbps stream)
- Recording of all qualities to your “My Videos” folder by default
- Improved detection on the removal and adding of audio devices
- Perfect audio synchronization and the recorded files can be edited in Adobe Premiere and in Final Cut Pro.
- Color Corrector Feature : Improve colors and brightness within Procaster by enabling the color corrector feature
- Long recordings can be played back in Windows Media Player
- Various Graphical User Interface fixes, such as:
- Language fixes
- Support for multiple monitors
- Audio mixer can now be controlled with the arrow keys when you click a volume slider
- Improved Support for Certified Devices (capture card, devices and Webcam):
- DeckLink SDI (SDI, HD-SDI)
- DeckLink Duo (SDI, HD-SDI)
- DeckLink Optical Fiber (SDI, HD-SDI)
- DeckLink Studio (SD, HD-SDI, Component, Composite, S-video, HDMI)
- DeckLink HD Extreme 3D (SD, HD-SDI, Component, Composite, S-video, HDMI)
- Intensity Pro (Component, Composite, S-video, HDMI)
- Osprey 500 series (SDI, Component, S-video)
- Logitech HD Pro Webcam c910
- Kodak p310 HD webcam
- Creative Labs Live! Socialize HD (VF0610)
- Hp Webcam HD 3100
- Microsoft Lifecam Cinema
- Game Mode Improvements (used to stream video games):
- New Features
- Support for Direct X 11 games
- Better support for Open GL games
- In games you can now move the HUD by pressing the hot key for it (by default it’s ctrl+5)
- You can close Procaster now when a game is running
- Text input is improved
- Tested single player games on Windows 7 64 bit (all of these games are the STEAM version of the game):
- Aliens versus Predator (DX 9 and DX 11)
- Amnesia: The Dark Descent
- Assassins Creed 2
- Audiosurf
- Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY Edition
- Battlefield: Bad Company 2
- BIT.TRIP BEAT
- BIT.TRIP RUNNER
- Bulletstorm Demo
- Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Counter-Strike
- Counter-Strike: Source
- Counter-Strike: Source Beta
- Day of Defeat
- Dead Space 2
- Deathmatch Classic
- DogFighter
- Dragon Age II Dem
- Fallout 3
- Fallout: New Vegas
- Garry’s Mod
- Half-Life
- Half-Life 2
- Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
- Half-Life 2: Episode One
- Half-Life 2: Episode Two
- Half-Life 2: Lost Coast
- Half-Life Deathmatch: Source
- Half-Life: Blue Shift
- Half-Life: Opposing Force
- Half-Life: Source
- Just Cause
- Just Cause 2
- Left 4 Dead
- Left 4 Dead 2
- Machinarium (Full Screen)
- Medal of Honor
- Metro 2033 (DirectX 9, 10 and 11)
- Mirror’s Edge
- Poker Night at the Inventory
- Portal
- Portal 2
- Ricochet
- Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure
- Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter Demo
- Super Meat Boy
- System Protocol One
- Team Fortress 2
- Team Fortress 2 Beta
- Team Fortress Classic
- The Witcher 2
- Trine
- Twin Sector
- Universe Sandbox
- World of Goo
- Zen Bound 2
New in Livestream Procaster 20.0.151 (Dec 22, 2010)
- New H264 Encoder, which greatly enhances broadcasting quality for the same or lower bitrate.
- Full HD/SD support for the following certified input hardware cards, including custom input selector built-in to Procaster (No need to learn and use the device driver software to configure):
- ** HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ** Blackmagic Design DeckLink Card Range (HD-SDI, HDMI, SDI, Component, Composite, S-VIDEO
- Viewcast Osprey Card Range (SDI, Analog, Composite)
- Improved audio-synchronization and related bug fixes
- Improved Audio Mixer Meters
- New simplified and optimized quality settings: - Mobile Quality (198 Kbps) - Normal Quality (414 Kbps) - High & Mobile – Stereo (876 Kbps) - High & Mobile – Mono (844 Kbps)
- High & Mobile sends two video streams to the Livestreams servers. The "High" stream is used for the Web player and the Mobile stream is used for Mobile playback (iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry) on m.livestream.com/[channel_name] or our iPhone application.
- We will introduce, new settings including a triple stream option called: “HD, High & Mobile” once the Livestream player supports user selection of bitrate (for live and on-demand archive). The HD will 1280x720p resolution at 1.5Mbps.
- VP6 support has been permanently removed (this was a popular feature for games streams broadcasters). Based on user feedback, we now believe that this latest version of our H264 encoder provide better image quality and performance than VP6.
- New Feature to name and save or delete a recording directly from Procaster. This option is shown once you stop a live stream.
- Game streaming : New Interactive HUD with in-game chat input and Twitter
- Game streaming : We are working on supporting DirectX11 and extend the list of certified games in the next release of Procaster.
- Various bug fixes and crash fixes.
New in Livestream Procaster 20.0.95 (Dec 22, 2010)
- Gaming bug fix (for version 93)
- Better High and HD H.264 qualities
- Added new Normal+Mobile multi-bitrate setting
- VP6 encoding
- Automatic audio selection for certified devices
- Quicker quality and settings changes
- Blackmagic wizard now persists settings across qualities
- Automatic audio sync correction for faulty devices
- Allow only desktop broadcasting (without a camera)
- Simpler Auto mixing (no normalization)
- New gaming HUD technology
- UK keyboard keys now all work
- Login fix for users with extra long channel list
- Miscellaneous bug and crash fixes
New in Livestream Procaster 20.0.75 (Dec 22, 2010)
- New Features:
- New User Interface highlighing certified devices
- A wizard for easy input selection for Blackmagic cards
- Customizable aspect ratio and size with screen broadcasting
- Quality optimization for Webcams
- Bug fixes:
- Audio mixer crash
- Hotkey function for removing green brakets works now
- Identified several game hooking problems (see FAQ)
- Misc. bug and crash fixes
New in Livestream Procaster 20.0.65 (Dec 22, 2010)
- All streams are H264 with AAC Audio (On2 VP6 no longer supported)
- Highly optimized multi-core support for encoding. Procaster takes advantage of your Quad-core CPUs
- One-click broadcast to mobile and web simultaneously. Multi-bitrate and multi-platform support.
- Use the "High + Mobile Quality" to send a 700Kbps stream to the web player and a 300 Kbps to the mobile player on mobile.livestream.com/[your channel]. You will need enough bandwidth (1.5 Mbps upload) and CPU (Quad core recommended) to support this feature
- Full real-time audio mixer with Nordic compliant PPM to monitor volume level
- Add as many audio sources as you have
- Auto-mix adjusts volume automatically
- Auto-convert camera aspect ratio to 16/9 (16/9 is the default for all profiles)
- One-button log-out and application exit. Application no longer start on computer startup as default
- Auto-reconnect solves Firewire/DV cameras crashes when the camera is indavertently disconnected
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and more
New in Livestream Procaster 10.0.124 (Dec 22, 2010)
- Audio master volume
- Mono mixing mode
- Cropping
- 'Some audio problem' bug fix
- Misc. bug fixes
New in Livestream Procaster 10.0.114 (Dec 22, 2010)
- Improved broadcasting quality
- Option for separate preview window
- Misc. bug fixes
New in Livestream Procaster 10.0.103 (Dec 22, 2010)
- Better iPhone support (no 'green begin', less blocking. watch on iphone.livestream.com)
- Blackmagic audio sync fix
- Misc. bug fixes
- Stream auto-restart
New in Livestream Procaster 10.0.96 (Dec 22, 2010)
- iPhone support (watch on iphone.livestream.com)
- Stable XP FPS support
- Misc. bug fixes
New in Livestream Procaster 10.0.93 (Dec 22, 2010)
- Dual screen support: allows screen casting from a dual screen setup
- HUD in Open GL games
- Rich auto updater
- Better anti-aliasing for 2D and 3D Mix
- Higher FPS for High and HD modes
- Persist aspect ratio changes across qualities
- Misc. bug fixes (auto start, offline, memory leak, reconnect)
- Added Save logs and debug capabilities buttons