June 25th Changelog

New Features

  • Mixer Integration Multistreaming
    • Users can now stream to a second destination from their Mixer Project to help transition their audience to a new home.

Improvements

  • [STUDIO PROJECTS] Green Room will now properly load its interface before requesting access to mic’s and cameras from guests (This fixes instances where a user wouldn’t accept access and they would only see a blank screen)

Changes

  • [STUDIO PROJECTS] Users can now see a full transaction history for paid plan purchases
  • Revamped how Lightstream displays scenes at the bottom of your project to improve usability for users with a large amount of scenes

Fixes

  • [STUDIO PROJECTS] Output resolution will now correctly switch to the maximum available output quality when switching to a destination that does not support your current selection 
  • [STUDIO PROJECTS] The correct expiration date is now shown when downgrading your account’s plan type
  • [STUDIO PROJECTS] RTMP Sources no longer show as deactivated when ending your broadcast
  • Fixed an issue caused by duplicating scenes where duplicated audio sources would not reflect changes made to them on stream
  • Fixed an issue where users would end up in an endless loop when trying to log in through Mixer while already logged in to Lightstream Studio
  • Streams will now properly end when deleting your Lightstream account while live
  • Modal presented to users with invalid account emails for them to set a correctly email once again functions correctly

June 17th Changelog

Audio System Updates

  • Decreased audio drop-outs
  • Fixed issues with certain audio device setups resulting in audio channels switching between L/R on stream
  • Improved audio/video sync for more complicated streams, webcams, and guests
  • Missing guest audio
  • Improved audio on muddy sounding audio layers 

Changes

  • [GREEN ROOM] Relocated the Green Room to be more prominently featured in the editing area instead of the right side broadcast bar. Engine preview is now at the top of the right side bar and each chat has more room to breathe in their own tabs.

Fixes

  • [STUDIO PROJECTS] Resolved an issue due to a Facebook permissions update that caused users to be unable to go live
  • [STUDIO PROJECTS] Resolved an issue displaying Twitch chat inside of Studio due to a missing property on the embedded url
  • [MIXER PROJECTS] Fixed an issue with longer Mixer Integration broadcasts that started to see lower FPS as the stream progressed
  • [MIXER PROJECTS] Removed the pause/unpause previews button from Mixer Projects that neither paused or unpaused anything
  • Fixed an issue preventing some 3rd Party Integrations from not showing correctly before going live
  • Fixed an issue causing Stream Previews to slowly fall behind what was happening live

June 10th Changelog

New Features

  • Video Files (STUDIO PROJECTS)
    • Video files (.webm) are now available for users on our Creator (100MB per file) and Professional (500MB per file) plans (MORE INFO)
  • 1080p 30 FPS (STUDIO PROJECTS)
    • 1080p 30 FPS output is now available for users on our Professional plan. New Creator plans will roll out with this support soon!
  • Uploaded image deletion
    • You can once again delete images from your uploaded items list to clean up any old images you may have there

Improvements

  • Lightstream now prevents adding duplicate audio sources to a scene in order to prevent echo
  • Improved troubleshooting for issues involving disconnecting guest audio and video

Changes

  • Free users can now swap their Lightstream watermark for a #blacklivesmatter banner in order to show support for the cause
  • Added this #blacklivesmatter banner to our pre-uploaded overlays, as well, for all users
  • Updated our bottom right support button for a fresh, new look

Fixes

  • STUDIO PROJECTS: The optimize for high fidelity option now works correctly for Green Room guests
  • Resolved issues going live to YouTube for users with no previous broadcasts on their YouTube channel

June 3rd Changelog

New Features

  • STUDIO PROJECTS: Users may now choose to unpause (and then pause again) previews inside of Lightstream. This feature will unpause the preview of both RTMP Sources as well as 3rd Party Integrations (3rd Party Integrations were previously unpaused by default in Mixer Projects)

Improvements

  • STUDIO PROJECTS: Adjusted how our green room system communicates with our servers to improve performance
  • MIXER PROJECTS: Made changes to the handling of audio and video for Mixer Integration users to improve sync between the two
  • Improved stream previews (located in the right hand broadcast bar) to display more reliably

Changes

  • STUDIO PROJECTS: Added a survey prior to cancelling a paid plan to allow users to provide feedback on their experience with Lightstream
  • Adjusted output bitrate for 720p 30 fps broadcasts

Fixes

  • STUDIO PROJECTS: Studio users going live with the Mixer Integration enabled will no longer experience crashes before disabling their integration