Q: Introducing the Gamecaster Pro License

Let us know your thoughts: <a href="https://forms.gle/yY81248u7jLBg5sx6">take the survey</a>. <hr /> A year ago we set out on our own to make Gamecaster the best and easiest app for going live to Twitch, YouTube and Facebook, and to help content creators on their journey to grow and be discovered. We are planning some changes to the Gamecaster experience, but we want your feedback to understand if we’re on the right path, before we roll them out. There’s a link to a survey at the end of the email, and we would be eternally grateful if you could take the time to fill it out and let us know your thoughts and opinions on the planned changes. <hr /> <h2 id="thestorysofar">The story so far</h2> Gamecaster started out as a project inside XSplit. A year ago, I and the Gamecaster team decided to split out from XSplit and to make Gamecaster its own product and company, independently from XSplit. We have kept Gamecaster free, hoping that a great free content creation app combined with a superior user experience would help us to grow fast and attract tons of new users. Though we have enjoyed and are immensely grateful for all the great feedback and the support we have received from our growing community, we have unfortunately not been able to grow fast enough for the completely free model to be sustainable as we had hoped. We have tons of new improvements and features on the roadmap that we want to develop to make the Gamecaster experience constantly greater, but we unfortunately also have bills to pay and devs to feed

Question 1

What are the system requirements?

Accepted Answer

Streaming and Recording uses up a lot of system resources. With game capture, camera feeds, animations, web browser sources and a whole host of other goodies, it's important you meet a certain standard to best avoid any unwanted lag.

Minimum Requirements

Processor: 4th Generation Core i5 or equivalent
Graphics Card: GeForce / Radeon Class (DirectX 10.1 compatible or better)
Memory: 8GB RAM

Question 2

How do I add custom transitions (stingers) to my Scene?

Accepted Answer

Adding custom stinger transitions is easy! Gamecaster supports any .webm transition out of the box, read on to find out how.

Open up your Windows File Explorer and go to %appdata%/Gamecaster/transitions (you can just copy and paste this into the "URL" bar!)

Hit Enter to open the directory.
Copy and paste your .webm file into this directory. You can configure when the scene should change by adding a _number in ms to the end of the file name (eg. My_Great_Transition_500, where 500 is equal to 500ms). Play around to see what works best.

In the examples above, the Slime transition will change to the next scene after 550ms, Purple Explosion after 250ms, and Blaze instantly.

If Gamecaster is already open, CLOSE it and relaunch the application. You should now see your custom stinger transition in the "Transitions" dropdown.

Select the transition you wish to use and try changing to another scene!

We appreciate things are a little manual right now, but we'll be overhauling this soon to make it a lot more streamlined! 🙏

Question 3

Introducing the Gamecaster Pro License

Accepted Answer

Let us know your thoughts: take the survey.

A year ago we set out on our own to make Gamecaster the best and easiest app for going live to Twitch, YouTube and Facebook, and to help content creators on their journey to grow and be discovered.

We are planning some changes to the Gamecaster experience, but we want your feedback to understand if we’re on the right path, before we roll them out. There’s a link to a survey at the end of the email, and we would be eternally grateful if you could take the time to fill it out and let us know your thoughts and opinions on the planned changes.

The story so far

Gamecaster started out as a project inside XSplit. A year ago, I and the Gamecaster team decided to split out from XSplit and to make Gamecaster its own product and company, independently from XSplit.

We have kept Gamecaster free, hoping that a great free content creation app combined with a superior user experience would help us to grow fast and attract tons of new users.

Though we have enjoyed and are immensely grateful for all the great feedback and the support we have received from our growing community, we have unfortunately not been able to grow fast enough for the completely free model to be sustainable as we had hoped.

We have tons of new improvements and features on the roadmap that we want to develop to make the Gamecaster experience constantly greater, but we unfortunately also have bills to pay and devs to feed

Question 4

Frequently Asked Questions

Accepted Answer

1. Is Gamecaster free? Will I be charged later on?

Gamecaster is absolutely free and will always be free to use.

2. How about The Vault, do I need to spend money to buy the paid Themes and other assets?

You don't have to spend anything, if you don't want to. You can also earn Gold just by using Gamecaster (for free!) and exploring its features via the Rewards section.

3. What platforms can I stream to with Gamecaster?

Using a stream key via custom RTMP, you can technically stream to any platform your heart desires. However, for the best results & experience we'd recommend using any of the native integrations to easily stream to Twitch, YouTube, or Facebook.

4. Can I record my footage while I'm streaming?

Absolutely! You can stream by itself, record by itself, or do both at the same time, with recording making a copy of your stream saved to your drive.

5. I heard about all the DMCA issues for streamers. Will I get in trouble for using Spotify with Gamecaster?

Most songs on Spotify are covered by laws which prevent the streaming and playing of music you do not own the rights to (yes, even if you're paying for Spotify Premium). To prevent any unwanted claims and ultimately the banhammer, we'd recommend using our Lo-Fi, EDM or Hip Hop playlists containing [150 tracks of copyright-free music](https://gamecaster.com/music) you can use!

6. Can Gamecaster stream to multiple platforms at the

Question 5

Gamecaster is having performance issues, help!

Accepted Answer

Streaming and recording while playing a game will put a burden on any computer, but Gamecaster shouldn't be the one getting in your way, especially if it was running smoothly in the past. We've compiled some quick tips to check and tweak in case you find that Gamecaster is slowing down or causing performance issues.

Read: What are the system requirements? Read: I don't have a powerful PC. Can I still stream or record with Gamecaster?

Disable Settings > Clips
Disable Settings > Game Overlay
Ensure that in Windows' Graphics settings that Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling is OFF. This is especially important as this may be enabled in Windows 11 by default. (Note: this option may not be available on older GPUs.)
Try creating a new scene that has no other elements/widgets except the game source, and see if it still lags.
[Optional] If you're experiencing lag while recording, see if you are able to change your recording destination to a faster SSD, as slower HDDs may cause some slowdown.
[Optional] Playing on a laptop? [Check out our article](https://help.gamecaster.com/en/articl

Question 6

How do I perform a clean install of Gamecaster?

Accepted Answer

For one reason or another you may want to cleanly remove or reinstall Gamecaster to resolve issues. We recommend the following steps to ensure you remove all of Gamecaster's files for a fresh install.

Uninstall Gamecaster from Windows using Add or remove programs.
After uninstalling, go into %appdata%\Gamecaster, and if the cefcache folder is still there, delete it or rename it to cefcache_old.
Go into C:\ProgramData\, and if there's a Gamecaster folder in there, delete it or rename it to Gamecaster_old.
Download a new installer from https://gamecaster.com/ and reinstall the program.

If you've a clean reinstall and Gamecaster is still acting up, you can try installing the most recent Early Access version, which you can install alongside your current Gamecaster install. All your settings and scenes will be the same across both installs.

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