When using it integrated seamlessly with multi camera as well as remote access shots. I used it for 2+ years as the broadcast platform for our team sports, special events, graduation ceremonies and daily morning news broadcasts.

The Morning news was done with multi camera segments and differing backgrounds. Switching the shots was easy and my student directors and producers as well as the cameramen learned to make the switches with no lag. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Wirecast?

Honestly, I do not remember any downsides, if we had problems it was usually our equipment or internet, Florida is famous for electrical storms... but this was rare. Whenever there was a glitch or a question, the Wirecast team was ready and able to support us, from first time set up and or remote access to resolve any issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Wirecast:

If you are using a different broadcast service, I recommend that you talk to the Wirecast team and give it a try. It is especially user friendly and easy to set up and allows for hassle free streaming. We used different backgrounds and overlays and it was remarkably easy to set up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Wirecast solving and how is that benefiting you?

When I first took over the broadcast program, we had wirecast but it was not being used to its potential. It was a new program for me so I spent quite a bit of time with the support team to set up the studio and learn how wirecast used multi-camera etc. They were patient and their help made the learning curve short. I have a lot of experience with technology, film etc on both Mac and PC platforms (30+ years) so learning a new program was not difficult but explaining/teaching has to be easy. I found Wirecast to be intuitive and so did my students, and like I mentioned before, the Support team at Wirecast was always ready to answer any question that arose... so we had a great experience with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

James R.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/4/2020

"Really great in theory but incredibly buggy"

1.5/5

What do you like best about Wirecast?

It's a very well featured piece of software and it gives you full TV studio like operability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Wirecast?

But I've been using it for 9 months every week now and it is THE MOST buggy piece of software I've ever used.

The tech support people are nice, but every week, which is to say every show, I have a problem.

I don't think I've ever just turned it on, done a live broadcast and that's it.

Problems include crashing mid broadcast, though infrequent.

But also crashing just as you're about to go live and then causing me to miss my advertised go-live time. When that happens, it really throws you off as you're stressed.

Other problems include graphics not cutting when cued, guest audio problems, guest video feeds showing a black screen, guests complaining of looped back audio, guests video needing to be cropped and re-sized for no apparent reason.

As said, the technical people respond nicely, but I have to allocate a solid hour to every broadcast to account for technical problems ahead of schedule.

And as mentioned, I really can't remember having done a single broadcast without software based problems that can only be resolved by a series of full reboots, and in the worst cases - having to create your broadcast document (your settings, layout, graphic and video sources) all from scratch.

That's also worth a mention - be prepared to completely remake your document from scratch as the software has a habit of corrupting it when it invariably crashes. And re-creating perfectly takes time!

Telestream - sorry to have to leave this review, but it is very much true and you've never responded to my request for making up for the incredible amount of time I've had to endure fixing these problems, and on occasion, telling what what has been the specific triggers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Wirecast:

Try all other options first - speaking for myself, the cost of my time and stress in dealing with these problems is arguably just not worth it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Wirecast solving and how is that benefiting you?

Wirecast creates more problems than it solves would be my answer to that question. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Media Production

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/15/2020

"Intuitive design and robust for professionals"

4/5

What do you like best about Wirecast?

The animated transition, ease of dragging and dropping assets during production Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Wirecast?

Bugs, every version introduce too much bugs and hard to stay with a stable version Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Wirecast:

The layering of scenes and assets needs some practice to get use to as compare to other streaming production software, but it will be rewarding. The build in animated transitions help with spicing up the production on the fly. But becareful on the latest updates, sometime it can break your presets. Always test the flow after any updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Wirecast solving and how is that benefiting you?

The CPU usage is a lot lower than other common paid software out there Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Religious Institutions

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/16/2019

"Great streaming software with lots of flexibility"

5/5

What do you like best about Wirecast?

I don't even use it to its fullest potential, but I love how easy it is to control the live stream. From adding slides and graphics to different sources, it makes having a separate stream from your production feed easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Wirecast?

The thing I dislike the most isn't even an issue they can control. You can't output to the native Facebook destination and other destinations at the same time. There is a workaround, by building a manual RMTP feed to Facebook. Annoying, but it is totally driven by Facebook regulations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Broadcast Media

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/24/2020

"Wirecast provided a smooth way to broadcast sporting events."

3.5/5

What do you like best about Wirecast?

I found Wirecast to be helpful with using smooth transitions and easy accessibility Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Wirecast?

I would like to have more knowledge of Wirecast and maybe be offered more tutorials on how to navigate the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Wirecast:

Learn as much as you can to be able to find use in everything it has to offer! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Wirecast solving and how is that benefiting you?

I used Wirecast when streaming sports games at my college. A huge benefit were the graphics I was able to incorporate at the click of a button in real time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/10/2020

"Excellent software for conferences"

5/5

What do you like best about Wirecast?

It was design for easy use during conferences especially with live feed/streaming Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Wirecast?

1 thing i dislike is it uses a great amount of resources. I hope this will improve so that wirecast won’t shutdown during recording in conferences Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Wirecast:

I would say go and use it. You will enjoy once you know how to use it properly especially if you are the technical head during conferences Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Wirecast solving and how is that benefiting you?

Creating a seamless conferences. Wirecast makes the streaming and what is required by the program team available in this 1 piece of software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.