Requirements and compatibility
What it needs, and what it works with.
SportsCaster Pro runs on one computer with a Behringer or Focusrite audio interface. The interface is required: it is where the mics come in and where the headphones are fed. Below is every model it runs on, how it connects to them, and everything it talks to once it is on the air.
- RequiredA Behringer UMC or Focusrite Scarlett audio interfaceSee the models
- The driverASIO®, from the interface makerHow it connects
- The studioMost broadcast codecs, over SIPComrex, Tieline and more
- The streamsYouTube, Facebook, Icecast and ShoutcastWhere it streams
- The computerWindows 10 or 11, 64-bit, with 16 GB of memorySystem requirements
Required
It needs a Behringer or Focusrite interface.
These are the interfaces SportsCaster Pro is built and tested on. The number of mic inputs decides which version you can run: two for the two-channel version, four for the four-channel version.
SportsCaster Pro requires one of these interfaces. A computer's built-in sound card is not supported.
Runs the four-channel versionFour or more mic inputs. Either of these also runs the two-channel version.
- Our pick
Behringer
UMC404HD
4 mic inputs4 outputs
Runs the four-channel version, or the two-channel. Four mic inputs on one box: room for every announcer.
Behringer's page for it (opens in a new tab) Behringer
UMC1820
8 mic inputs20 outputs
Runs the four-channel version, or the two-channel.
Behringer's page for it (opens in a new tab)
Runs the two-channel versionTwo mic inputs.
Focusrite
Scarlett 2i2 (4th Gen)
2 mic inputs2 outputs
Runs the two-channel version.
Focusrite's page for it (opens in a new tab)Behringer
UMC202HD
2 mic inputs2 outputs
Runs the two-channel version.
Behringer's page for it (opens in a new tab)Behringer
UMC204HD
2 mic inputs4 outputs
Runs the two-channel version.
Behringer's page for it (opens in a new tab)
Not sure which one you have, or thinking about another interface? Ask us before you buy
The driver
It works with the interface through ASIO®.
ASIO is the audio driver standard professional audio software uses on Windows to work with an interface directly, with the short delay live audio needs. Behringer and Focusrite each publish an ASIO driver for their interfaces, and SportsCaster Pro runs through it: the mics come in through it, and the program and the studio's IFB go back out through it to the headphones.
Plug the interface into a USB port.
Install the interface maker's ASIO driver.
Download it from Behringer's or Focusrite's support page for your model.
Choose the interface in SportsCaster Pro.
Open Settings and pick it from the list of audio interfaces.
The studio
It calls most broadcast codecs over SIP.
AirCodec is built into SportsCaster Pro. It calls the studio over SIP, the standard most broadcast codecs take calls on, so it reaches the Comrex or Tieline gear already in your rack, and most other codecs that answer SIP calls. It can also connect straight to an AirCodec at the studio.
- Dials the studio by name when you press Start All, and answers automatically when the studio calls in.
- The far end picks the codec from what SportsCaster Pro offers.
- The studio's return comes back as IFB in the announcers' headphones, never into the broadcast.
The streams
It streams the game straight to your listeners.
Start All brings every stream up and dials the studio at the same time. Each stream can also go live on its own.
YouTube Live and Facebook Live
Live video carrying your logo, or a rotation of sponsor logos through the game.
Icecast and Shoutcast
Audio streams to your Icecast or Shoutcast server.
The recording
The whole show recorded to a folder on the SportsCaster Pro computer, started with one press.
System requirements
The computer it needs.
SportsCaster Pro mixes, processes, streams and records all at the same time, so it needs a real computer under it. This is what we recommend.
- Operating system
- Windows 10 or Windows 11, 64-bit.
- Processor
- Four cores or more: an Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen 5 from 2018 or later. A Core i7 or Ryzen 7 if you stream video to YouTube and Facebook at the same time.
- Memory
- 16 GB or more, installed as two memory sticks rather than one.
- Storage
- A solid-state drive (SSD), with room for your recordings.
- Screen
- 1920 × 1080 or larger.
- Connections
- A USB port for the audio interface, and an internet connection. Wired Ethernet is best when the venue has it.
On game day, keep the computer plugged in and set Windows to the High performance power plan, so power saving never interrupts the audio interface.
SportsCaster Pro
$599
The whole remote kit on one PC, in two-channel and four-channel versions.
Requires a Behringer UMC or Focusrite Scarlett audio interface.See which models
SportsCaster Pro works with the interface through ASIO®. ASIO is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH, registered in Europe and other countries.