Nvidia Broadcast, Make Your Livestream Better

Have a High-Performance PC with RTX-series GPU? Like to Hold a Livestream? Check This Software Tool First Nvidia, a company which famous and has a strong reputation for its GPUs that offer excellent graphics and parallel processing capabilities also developed a software tool named Nvidia Broadcast. The software tool can be used to improve quality of livestream, voice chats, and video conference. What are the main features? Let's take a look.

Nvidia, you must have heard or even seen the logo of Nvidia on a laptop displayed in a shopping center. Nvidia is an American technology company that specializes in designing and manufacturing GPUs (Graphics Processing Units) and SoCs (System On a Chip units) for both gaming and professional use. The company is famous and has a strong reputation for its GPUs that offer excellent graphics and parallel processing capabilities, so they are widely used in the gaming, professional visualization, and data center industries. No wonder high-end laptops and gaming laptops use their proprietary GPUs. Nvidia also expanded their range into new market such as autonomous vehicles, AI (Artificial Intelligence), and cloud gaming (GeForce Now), to raising its reputation and popularity even more.

Aside from their innovative technology and powerful GPUs they offered, Nvidia is also known for their user friendly software to support and maximize their hardware. One of them named Nvidia Broadcast. The software tool that was released on September 2021, will allows users to enhance their video and audio content in real-time while using a webcam or microphone. This software tool has been created to be used with Nvidia GPUs, and is able to be utilized with various popular video conferencing and streaming platforms.

The latest version of Nvidia Broadcast is version 1.4. The following are the main features of the latest version of the software, including the latest features which was introduced at Consumer Electronic Show (CES) 2023.

Noise and Echo Removal.

With this feature, sounds such as typing on the keyboard, fan sounds from pc or laptop coolers, echoing sounds, and other unwanted noises will disappear with the help of AI. So, you'll be more comfortable and focused on what you're doing without worrying about finding a quiet place first. Makes it fast and easy, with just a press of a button.

Virtual Background.

Increase privacy and make your space look more professional even without a complex lighting setup. No more cluttered or distracting backgrounds, replace them with virtual backgrounds. Customize your background with Background Removal, Replacement, and new effect which was introduced on CES 2023, Vignette.

Auto Frame.

This feature will dynamically track your movements in real-time, it automatically cropping and zooming. So that the user will stays centered as the star of the show even if there is a move.

Video Noise Removal.

This feature will improve the quality of your webcam by removing the visual noises in low-light conditions for a clearer image. Very helpful for users with dim rooms and poor lighting setups.

Eye Contact.

Although it is still in beta, the feature that introduced at CES 2023 is already running well. This feature utilizes AI to make it appear as if you are looking directly at the camera, even when glancing, taking notes, or doing other activities. So that users still look professional.

As the tagline says, “The NVIDIA Broadcast app transforms any room into a home studio. Take your livestreams, voice chats, and video conference calls to the next level with AI-enhanced voice and video”. This software tool is very good, definitely will help to improve the quality of livestream, voice chats, and video conference. Unfortunately, this software has quite high requirements such as:

Hopefully in the future, Nvidia can optimize this software tool further, so that it can be compatible with some older Nvidia GPU such as GTX series. Because, in addition to the relatively affordable price, the performance of this GTX series is still quite capable and is still used by many people. This can be proven by the hardware ranking used by steam users which can be seen at https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/videocard/

           

For more information, download and setup guide can be found at https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/broadcasting/broadcast-app/

 

Note:

• Internet connection is required during the installation process. This process ensures users to have the latest AI version, and reducing the download size as it only requires users to download the models your GPU requires.
• Starting from version 1.2.0, users can run more than one AI effect per device. Maximum 6 active effects at once, which consist of two effects on microphone, speaker, and/or camera. Keep in mind that the more effects that are active, the heavier the computer workload will be.
• NVIDIA Broadcast also compatible with most PC microphones, speakers, headsets, and webcams from various popular manufacturers such as Logitech, ElGato, AverMedia, Razer, Asus, HyperX, SteelSeries, Rode, Bose, Apple Airpods, and many more.
• Some broadcasting, video conferencing, and voice chat applications that compatible with Nvidia Broadcast are: OBS Studio, Streamlabs, XSplit Broadcaster, Twitch Studio, HuYa, DouYu, Bilibili, Discord, TeamSpeak, Skype, Zoom, Webex, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Google Meet, Bluejeans, and many more.

 

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