Ecamm Live Beta
We'd love your help testing out our newest features and fixes that are not yet available in the platform-wide version of Ecamm Live. If you want to be a beta tester simply download the beta below!
Version 4.4 beta is here!
There are several new features and changed ready for testing. Please note that the documentation for these new features is not yet available.
- A new transition option called Live Motion animates changes in overlay size, position, rotation, and border size.
- Ecamm screen sharing now uses ScreenCaptureKit for improved performance and compatibility. (Requires macOS 13 or newer.)
- Ecamm system audio capture no longer uses the system audio plugin. (Requires macOS 14.4 or newer.)
- Ecamm system audio capture can now capture audio from a specific app. (Requires macOS 14.4 or newer.)
- Adds support for audio filters. Ecamm will recognize any installed AU Component audio plugins.
- Ecamm for Zoom enhancements:
- Ecamm’s Zoom Active Speaker camera now includes meeting participants that haven’t been added as camera sources.
- An option has been added to automatically exclude visible inputs from the Zoom Active Speaker camera.
- Enhanced support for Zoom Webinar Q&A, including an “Open Questions” tab in the Comments and Reactions window, support for answering, dismissing and deleting questions, and viewing question upvotes.
- An isolated video track (ISO) recording will now be created for the Zoom Active Speaker camera.
- Adds an option in the Zoom window’s corner menu to start Zoom capture without adding a guest camera.
- Adds an option in the Zoom window’s corner menu to spotlight or unspotlight yourself.
- Adds an option to automatically spotlight yourself in Zoom meetings and webinars.
- Updates Zoom Meeting SDK to v6.2.10.
- Ecamm for Zoom and Interview Mode automatic guest titles now work for camera overlays.
- Adds support for controlling PTZ (pan/tilt/zoom) cameras. (Supports OBSBOT, Insta360 Link, UVC, VISCA, and NDI cameras.)
- PTZ camera preset positions can be assigned to placeholder cameras.
- Adds support for mapping the individual channels of a multi-channel audio input device to mono, left, or right.
- Sound effects and sound playlists can now be paused using the Option key or pause menu item.
- Adds an option in the General preferences to hide YouTube dislikes.
- Adds an option in the Recording menu to save a photo as an overlay.
- Adds an option in the Ecamm Live menu to start a new recording file during a broadcast or recording.
- Adds a title bar to the main window.
- A yellow ring is now added to the main window when in Preview Mode.
- The red border indicating Live Demo Mode will now show up even when not recording or streaming.
- Updates NDI to v6.0.1.
- Includes an updated Elgato Stream Deck plugin:
- Adds a new key to spotlight yourself in Ecamm for Zoom. (Zoom spotlight requires three or more meeting participants.)
- Adds a new key to pause the current sound effect or sound playlist.
Once you've downloaded the beta, please test, test, test all of the newest features and fixes and let us know how things are working (or not working) for you. We also have a great beta test community on our Beta Facebook Group and a beta channel in our Ecamm Discord.
Note that you can keep both the Ecamm Live beta version and normal version in your Applications folder without causing any issues.
Need to submit a problem report or ask a question? Click the orange chat button in the bottom corner of the site, or pick Contact Support from the app's Help menu. Be sure to include as much detail as possible, and be sure to mention that you're using the beta version of the app.