Macworld 2009: BoinxTV – elegant live video production for Mac

I’ve beta-tested it, loved it and even bought myself a sponsored edition for just $97 at Macworld Expo 2009. It’s normally $199 from their web site, with the full version being $499.

Why do I like BoinxTV so much?
Bastian, the video guru at Boinx Software, explains some of the key features of BoinxTV for live video production on the Mac.

BoinxTV’s slick interface, hardware flexibility (see how he uses a midi mixer for channel control), and extensibility (create show templates) won it over for me.

Being real-time means you get to stream shows live (e.g. Ustream.tv via GrabberRaster) with multi-camera support, overlays, chroma keys (for green screen) and more. It also means we get to produce video podcasts on the fly, with literally no need for post-editing over than video encoding for targeted media players.

They’ve just released BoinxTV 1.1 and here’s hoping for a strong user community and support.

  • At the moment only the nocturn will work. We are planning a general MIDI interface for a future release.
  • bobseverns
    Do you have an eta on the general midi switching layer? This would be really cool
  • Bastian, did the general midi layer get scrapped. It has been over a year, and I do not see any news on this front. I believe that the ability to map any midi controller to controls on switching layers would be extremely beneficial and make boinxtv much more useful.
  • For $149 on Amazon, the Novation Nocturn looks like a reasonable choice. Do you think these $60 Korg nano midi controllers would be doable too? They are really portable!
  • BTW: The MIDI Controller we had was the Novation Nocturn (http://xrl.us/nocturn) As soon as the MIDI Switcher Layer is finished it will be part of BoinxTV
  • Hello Bastian, glad to have finally managed to chat with you about how much I love BoinxTV. I hope to see more addons over time, and more tips on how we could extend it, such as recommended midi controllers and device mappings. Kepp up the great work! :)
  • Hey Kevin,
    thanks for the interview :)

    Greets

    Bastian
    Boinx Software
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