2.7.1512.2130 Release Notes

Supported operating systems

Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10

For hardware and software requirements, see further details here:

https://www.xsplit.com/download

Internet connection

Requires Internet connectivity and HTTPS / HTTP port 80/8080 to be open

For live streaming on lowest settings, a minimum upload speed of 500 Kbps is required

Known limitations:

For a list of bugs being worked on see “Known Issues” section. For other general known limitations see list below.

• A bug in some Nvidia’s driver versions ( incl 337.50 and 337.88) prevents some functions in XSplit Broadcaster from working on Laptops with GTX 8XXM GPUs. Nvidia has released updates to its drivers to resolve this problem. Drivers from 340.52 and up resolves this issue

• CPPCORE-399 - Screen capture issues with multi-GPU combination (Exclusive mode window capture is disabled on multi monitor systems where monitors are connected to separate GPU’s)

        See Notes on limitation.

• Some Origin-enabled games (eg. Mirror’s Edge - DX9) may crash or freeze. We are actively working with Origin to resolve this. A workaround for the moment is to disable Origin overlay by going to Origin client’s Application Settings -> Origin In Game -> Uncheck “Enable Origin In Game”

• XSplit Broadcaster may not be compatible with other similar applications that capture games running at the same time (i.e.: MSI Afterburner, Fraps). To resolve issues with MSI Afterburner user may try either of the following: Run MSI Afterburner after XSplit Broadcaster, or set the "Application detection level" to “Low” in the RivaTuner properties.

• In DirectX11 games (for example World of Warcraft and Assassins Creed 3), XSplit Broadcaster will not enter into game and cannot capture when Fraps is running. UPlay and Steam has the same problem, since Fraps prevents any other software from capturing in DX 11.

• XSplit Broadcaster is incompatible with some games using GameGuard for anti-cheat protection, hereunder Hero of the Obelisk and RF online. We have tried to contact INCA Internet (developers of GameGuard) but have received no response on this issue yet. 

• XSplit Broadcaster will run in low performance mode (legacy compatibility mode) on Windows 7/8/8.1 laptops using ATI Enduro switchable graphics (most modern laptops with AMD graphics card). We have to force this mode due to a bug in the AMD Enduro driver. (This issue has persisted since 2013 and can only be resolved by a driver update from AMD)
  NOTE: The bug is fixed in AMD Windows 10 drivers, we are still unsure if AMD will fix the bug for Win 7/8

• XSplit Virtual camera fails in GotoMeeting. Issue has been reported and acknowledged by Citrix - we’re hoping for a fix soon.

• AMD Mantle Graphics API is not supported by GameSource
  
• XSplit Broadcaster required a display driver to be installed to run (XBC-3973)
  
• XSplit Broadcaster may hang if XSplit Gamecaster is running and has RealSense enabled (XBC-4634)
  
• XVE-303 - XSplit Broadcaster may crash in Win7 if a video is played after changing the system's default playback device

Features and improvements

(2.6.1510.2621 -> 2.7.1512.2130)

• CPPCORE-809/XBC-4441 - Support for Intel RealSense
• CPPCORE-861 - Optimize quicksync encoding for systems that only has Intel HD GPU
• CPPCORE-889 - Allow arrow keys to move elements outside the stage
• CPPCORE-903 - Support for Hauppauge HD PVR 60
• CPPCORE-904/XBC-3860 - Masking support for sources
• XBC-3370/4513 - Allow login using social media credentials
• XBC-4541 - Security for the XJS Framework
• XBC-4556 - Allow 60 FPS with watermark for free users
• XBC-4676 - Show additional warnings for power saving and high CPU usage
• XBC-4708 - Allow 48 KHz for audio encoding
• XBC-4738 - Allow XSplit to run on AMD Enduro dGPU on Win 10
• XBC-4754 - Make developer mode option in Advanced settings
• XBC-4760 - Add quality 4 and 5 to TriDef
• XBC-4815 - Use QuickSync in-video memory encoding (hwcodec) when running on Intel GPU
• XBC-4852 - Default broadcast plugins are not installed for accounts created via social login
• XBCPLUGINS-199 - TrackTL source plugin
• XBCPLUGINS-145 - Tobii Eye Tracker source plugin
• XBCPLUGINS-215 - Dailymotion: Automatic recording of stream
• XBCPLUGINS-216 - Dailymotion: Implement ad break functionality
• XBCPLUGINS-232 - YouTube Live Chat source plugin

Fixes

(2.7.1512.2124 -> 2.7.1512.2130)

• CPPCORE-948 - AccessViolationException crash happens when a missing source is masked with a file
• CPPCORE-953 - Masking effects (borders and shadows) of CEF sources are left visible even when the source is hidden
• CPPCORE-955 - Border opacity is faded against black instead of the sources from its background
• CPPCORE-957 - GIF transparency no longer works
• XBC-4862 - Login page re-initializes after switching account
• XBC-4863 - Crash occurs upon switching account when a source masked with a file is present on the stage
• XBC-4864 - Social login is retained if switching account by clicking the XSplit icon
• XBC-4865 - Clicking the "Use a different account" link using the middle mouse button opens a white (blank html) page
• XBC-4866 - Clicking "go back" to change the email from the registration goes back to the login page with the new user info erased

(2.6.1510.2621 -> 2.7.1512.2124)

• CPPCORE-832 - Using QuickSync (QS2) may cause high CPU usage during periodic encoder restart
• CPPCORE-847 - StackHash error during QuickSync (QS2) periodic restart
• CPPCORE-918 - Audio is played back on "New Presentation" for webm stinger files
• CPPCORE-944 - VHMultiWriter crashes during long NVENC recordings
• XBC-3391 - Split recordings doesn't support correct timestamping
• XBC-4004 - Check mark in the Resolution menu for the selected resolution is missing after installing/uninstalling a broadcast plugin
• XBC-4296/XBCPLUGINS-119 - Message prompt dialog can intermittently shrink
• XBC-4451 - Tridef settings of a camera source may follow the last set/viewed values from other camera sources
• XBC-4494 - Menu bar is not fully displayed for other languages
• XBC-4574 - TriDef is selectable for unsupported capture cards
• XBC-4656 - Recorded .FLV files uploaded to YouTube gets broken
• XBC-4665 - Maximized XSplit window can overlap with the taskbar
• XBC-4698 - MS AAC (or AAC LC HQ) is not activated for Windows 10N even if patch is installed
  Note: The Media feature pack for Windows 10 "N" and "KN" doesn't install the required libraries for the feature to work
• XBC-4699 - Missing texts and buttons on some message dialogs may stall the application
• XBC-4721 - Text on "Share your Stream" to Twitter is broken
• XBC-4723 - Video playback may pause before the video ends
• XBC-4728 - Install button in store remains disabled when plugin installation fails
• XBC-4744 - Install button remains disabled if installing plugins in quick succession
• XBC-4746 - Quickly installing and uninstalling source plugins may stall the application
• XBC-4749 - Restart prompt for hardware acceleration of video playback can appear in Windows 7
• XBC-4755 - Push to Talk hotkey is disabled when another key is pressed
• XBC-4758 - Crash occurs when clicking the 'x' button on the redemption window
• XBC-4768 - Pre-installed broadcast plugins do not use default resolutions on video size for newly registered users
• XBC-4806 - Main window can appear truncated with missing bottom panel when resized while loading
• XBC-4813 - XSplit does not allow NVENC encoding of resolutions between 1080p & 4K (3840x2160)
• XBCPLUGINS-210 - hitbox: Best ingest server from wizard may be far away from the best ingest server in the dropdown
• XBCPLUGINS-211 - Twitch: Bandwidth tester may connect to a different server instead of the one shown in the server text box
• XBCPLUGINS-220 - Twitch Chat Viewer via HTML5 may show incorrect chatbox color
• XBCPLUGINS-229 - Some video encoding codecs does not meet the stream recommendation of Hitbox
• XBCPLUGINS-233 - Wowza: Stopping a stream from the website may not stop the stream in XSplit
• XBCPLUGINS-242 - Fade delimiter of Text source becomes visible if font color is changed
• XBCPLUGINS-243 - Changes on the Interval and Fade speed of Text Source do not reflect right away unless source is refreshed or animation is reselected
• XBCPLUGINS-245 - Dailymotion and Livehouse: Changes made on channel settings are discarded on click of authorize/deauthorize button
• XBCPLUGINS-246 - Text Source: RSS feed reader is not working anymore
• XBCPLUGINS-251 - Text opacity does not apply to all delimited text contents unless source is refreshed
• XVE-225 - Express Video Editor: Show form on current position of VOD manager
• XVE-261 - Express Video Editor: Play/pause button may not work after deleting a VOD
• XVE-284 - Express Video Editor: Remaining video will have an incorrect duration
• XVE-289 - Express Video Editor: Stage remains stretched when maximizing then dragging the title bar down
• XVE-290 - Express Video Editor: Clicking the title bar makes the stage flicker
• XVE-294 - Express Video Editor: Crash when closing while exporting video
• XVE-297 - Express Video Editor: Unable to save project with proper file name after removing invalid character
• XVE-303 - Express Video Editor: XSplit may crash in Win8+ if a video is played after changing the system's default playback device
• XVE-304 - Express Video Editor: Crash on editing certain QuickSync encoded files

Known issues:

Major

• CPPCORE-567 - Encoding with QuickSync cause periodic encoder restarts on some hardware
  
  Quicksync encoding for long recordings/streams (4+ hours) can fail or restart on some Ivy bridge and Haswell systems (In version 2.7 , a working fix for Windows 8 and above has been applied, so this issue is now limited only to Windows 7)  

• (M28) CPPCORE-902/XBC-2657 - AMD VideoCodecEngine bitrate goes higher than the set bitrate
  
• (M29) CPPCORE-962/XBC-4801 - WMV files may get stuck on first frame when played back

Normal

• CPPCORE-521 - Audio/Video desync with Axis IP Cameras running on RTSP
• CPPCORE-546 - Source Transitions do not reflect crop settings for Sources.
• (M29) CPPCORE-606 - MP4 recordings (saved from live stream) has a small stop in the beginning of playback
• (M28) CPPCORE-624 - XSplit virtual camera fails in GotoMeeting (needs retesting in latest GTM)
• (M29) CPPCORE-678 - Issues with Mist RTMP server
• (M28) CPPCORE-720 - GameSource: Adding Just Cause 2 shows black feed
• (M29) CPPCORE-769/XBC-4232 - Audio Preview gets delayed
• (M29) CPPCORE-836 - Encoding may continuously restart when recording is paused
• (M28) CPPCORE-844/XBC-4523 - Certain .gif gets slow or laggy when added as media file (drag and drop)
• (M28) CPPCORE-901/XBC-4667 - Setting the Magewell XI100DUSB-HDMI device as "Audio Input" can produce a crackling sound
• (M28) CPPCORE-926 - Unable to generate CFR recording when streaming with auto-recording
• XBC-1457 - VOD Manager becomes slow when reading multiple files
• (M30) XBC-1948 - Source plugins are still accessible even if the plugins are not installed
• XBC-2791 - Rundll32.exe crashes when dragging main window while thumbnail preview is still loading (pretty hard to accomplish-:)
• XBC-3506 - AVerMedia H264 reports an encoding error when recording from live stream
  Note: While this error can happen intermittently, we recommended to restart your computer to begin encoding again with the AVerMedia H.264 codec if you encounter the issue.
• XBC-3525 - Get property "wasapienum" failed for some very particular SWF files; Crash follows
• (M29) XBC-4007 - Multiple encoding with VCE2 can result in Error code 0x19 (AMF_INPUT_FULL)
  * Update (September 4, 2015): Issue seems to affect Win7; our tests with Win8.1 & Win10 did not produce this issue.
  This is now limited to single encoding - succeeding attempts to encode with VCE2 will get a prompt.

• XBC-4044 - Audio can still be heard even if the video fails to play back with "RTMP Stream"
• XBC-4075 - Default broadcast plugins are not downloaded after registering from 2.3 build, and reverting to 2.2 public
  Note: Affects users w/o channel set up in their account. If you’re one of those users, you may manually install the plugins from the store or rename/delete your xmXXXX.db before logging into 2.2 to allow XSplit to automatically re-install the default broadcast plugins upon login.
• (M29) XBC-4116 - Unable to play the converted mp4 in Win7N file if "OPTIMIZE FOR WEB" is checked
• XBC-4668 - Crash in Simba property page - PropPage_Simba.ax when opening Razer Live Gamer Extreme video input menu
  * Tested on ExtremeCap U3, Live Gamer Extreme GC550 and Razer Live Gamer Extreme
• (M28) XBC-4669 - Avermedia USB3.0 devices not capturing from source device with 1080p resolution when running on 32-bit Windows OS
  Note: Issue is caused by limitation of 32-bit OS in allocating memory and also the high memory usage of the Avermedia cards. The memory limitation issue becomes more evident when the resolution set is 1080p which leads to the camera failure.
• XBC-4703 - XSplit Broadcaster crashes with the hardware-accelerated playback enabled, and moving the application to a different display on multi-monitor setups
  Note: Users with AMD R-series GPUs are advised to install the latest Crimson Driver version 15.12; Users with legacy cards on version 15.7 (ref link) are still affected.
• (M29) XBC-4770 - Recording in 4K (3840x2160) with NVENC can show micro stuttering
  Workaround: Use enableusenvenchw:1 exe parameter, but minimize the use of “Keep source in memory” due to the increased memory usage when using this exe parameter.
• (M29) XBC-4807 - Some windows may not appear until the main window is clicked
• (M29) XBC-4897 - "My Recordings" dialog cannot access root level directory
• (M29) XBCPLUGINS-262 - Fade animation is gone on Text script on startup and on switch of scene
• (M29) XBCPLUGINS-265 - YouTube Live Chat Viewer needs to re-authenticate every hour
• (M28) XVE-262 - Express Video Editor: Gray preview after quickly deleting chunks of file

• (M29) XVE-287 - Express Video Editor: Application may have delays in responding to mouse dragging to move the window when it receives back focus
• (M28) XVE-288 - Express Video Editor: Unable to detect installed MFP for Windows 10 N; URL points to the System32 folder
  Workaround: Install Windows Updates first before applying the Media Feature Pack patch

Minor

• (M28) CPPCORE-725/XBC-2956 - Sources where transitions are enabled, but unchecked, can fail to start on the first try after switching scenes (Workaround: check “keep source loaded”)
• (M29) CPPCORE-954 - Default Skype offline image does not load if the scene is switched while Skype source is hidden
• XBC-2497 - Add Source submenus may be hidden in some special cases
• (M29) XBC-2837 - Some dialogs keeps flashing a white page when opened
• XBC-2957 - Source transition doesn't work for Skype Video in Offline mode
• XBC-2960 - "Skype Video" flickers when mini video window is opened
  (Workaround: Calls > Call settings > Show advanced settings > Uncheck “Show call controls when Skype is in the background”)
• XBC-3178 - Projector can show thumbnail previews of other scenes if projecting specific scenes that is not the active scene
• XBC-3347 - Text (Duration and Timer) refreshes when changing System Sound device
• XBC-3481 - Decklink Playout supported frame rates aren't always followed (For Retesting)
• XBC-3874 - Streaming plugins w. NVENC shows "Variable" for Frame rate mode (local recording is ok) (FPS is constant, but Mediainfo show variable due to a small time stamp variation on the first few frames)
• (M28) XBC-4169 - Error message is not user-friendly when repairing a file that is in-used
• (M29) XBC-4316 - Source property dialog loses focus on changing camera sources
• XBC-4736 - Windows Capture crashes Intel driver on some SLI, Optimus, and Quadro machines
  Note: We have identified an issue with the Nvidia drivers, and reported accordingly.
• (M29) XBC-4869 - Changes on some audio settings are still applied after declining the prompt to save changes
• (M29) XBC-4876 - Streaming stops if channel name has a backslash; An error dialog about insufficient free space shows
• (M29) XBC-4895 - The first view during scene transition becomes black when thumbnail preview triggers another scene
• (M28) XBCPLUGINS-253 - Twitch Chat IRC Viewer: Application is sent back after Twitch authentication or if authentication is canceled
• (M29) XVE-301 - Express Video Editor: Video editor seeker is erratic (may go back and forth) when skipping frames
• (M29) XVE-302 - Express Video Editor: Seeker is incorrectly offset and doesn't stick to the mouse if it's dragged to the edge

If you are looking for the release notes of the previous version, please look here.

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