Streaming from Wirecast

Wirecast is a popular application used for live broadcasting. It is a proprietary and paid product available as a free trial.

Configuring Wirecast

Like OBS, Wirecast offers many configuration options.

The following is a common example configuration:

• Encoder - x264, nvenc or Quicksync H264
• Rate Control - CBR
• Bitrate - 2000
• No buffer
• Keyframe Interval - 1, set to 1 or 2 seconds (for faster channel switching, lower value is preferred)
• CPU Usage Preset - veryfast
• Profile - baseline
• Tune - zerolatency
• B-frames - 0 / disabled