<s>
XSplit	B-Application
is	O
a	O
live	O
streaming	O
and	O
video-mixing	O
application	O
developed	O
and	O
maintained	O
by	O
SplitmediaLabs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Steam	B-Application
version	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Devolver	O
Digital	O
on	O
12	O
June	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
two	O
products	O
under	O
XSplit	B-Application
:	O
XSplit	B-Application
Broadcaster	I-Application
and	O
XSplit	B-Application
Gamecaster	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
XSplit	B-Application
Broadcaster	I-Application
,	O
acts	O
as	O
a	O
video	O
mixer	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
switch	O
between	O
various	O
media	O
configurations	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
“	O
scenes	O
”	O
)	O
while	O
dynamically	O
mixing	O
it	O
with	O
other	O
sources	O
such	O
as	O
video	O
cameras	O
,	O
screen	O
regions	O
,	O
game	O
capture	O
,	O
and	O
flash	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XSplit	B-Application
Gamecaster	I-Application
,	O
on	O
the	O
other	O
hand	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
turnkey	O
live	O
streaming	O
and	O
recording	O
application	O
,	O
designed	O
for	O
casual	O
gamers	O
who	O
immediately	O
want	O
to	O
start	O
live	O
streaming	O
or	O
recording	O
their	O
gameplay	O
with	O
minimal	O
setup	O
and	O
configuration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XSplit	B-Application
started	O
in	O
2009	O
when	O
SplitmediaLabs	B-Application
merged	O
with	O
Hmelyoff	O
Labs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
initially	O
a	O
screen	O
capture	O
product	O
,	O
which	O
eventually	O
became	O
a	O
livestreaming	O
application	O
and	O
was	O
called	O
XSplit	B-Application
Broadcaster	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2010	O
,	O
SplitmediaLabs	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
XSplit	B-Application
would	O
go	O
into	O
public	O
beta	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XSplit	B-Application
Broadcaster	I-Application
1.0	O
was	O
officially	O
released	O
on	O
13	O
April	O
2012	O
,	O
which	O
formally	O
marked	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
its	O
public	O
beta	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
before	O
releasing	O
XSplit	B-Application
Broadcaster	I-Application
version	O
1.1	O
,	O
SplitmediaLabs	B-Application
and	O
AVerMedia	O
made	O
their	O
partnership	O
official	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
centered	O
around	O
AVerMedia	O
shipping	O
three-month	O
licenses	O
of	O
XSplit	B-Application
along	O
with	O
their	O
Live	O
Gamer	O
HD	O
C985	O
capture	O
card	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2012	O
,	O
XSplit	B-Application
1.1	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XSplit	B-Application
Broadcaster	I-Application
1.2	O
became	O
publicly	O
available	O
in	O
January	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XSplit	B-Application
Broadcaster	I-Application
1.3	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apart	O
from	O
this	O
,	O
the	O
update	O
also	O
contained	O
full	O
Twitch	O
platform	O
compatibility	O
for	O
all	O
users	O
,	O
improved	O
Game	O
Source	O
compatibility	O
with	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Battlefield	O
4	O
,	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
Ghosts	I-Application
,	O
Hearthstone	B-Application
,	O
etc.	O
,	O
and	O
enhanced	O
capture	O
card	O
support	O
for	O
AVerMedia	O
,	O
Hauppauge	O
,	O
Elgato	O
,	O
Matrox	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2013	O
,	O
an	O
early	O
preview	O
version	O
of	O
XSplit	B-Application
Gamecaster	I-Application
was	O
shared	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2014	O
,	O
a	O
preview	O
of	O
XSplit	B-Application
Gamecaster	I-Application
was	O
shared	O
to	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
press	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
full	O
version	O
being	O
made	O
publicly	O
available	O
in	O
February	O
of	O
that	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XSplit	B-Application
Gamecaster	I-Application
was	O
initially	O
only	O
available	O
to	O
users	O
who	O
purchased	O
a	O
license	O
for	O
XSplit	B-Application
Broadcaster	I-Application
,	O
however	O
,	O
a	O
free	O
version	O
was	O
added	O
later	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
partnership	O
between	O
MSI	O
and	O
XSplit	B-Application
was	O
also	O
established	O
in	O
March	O
,	O
where	O
newly	O
released	O
MSI	O
gaming	O
hardware	O
would	O
feature	O
XSplit	B-Application
Gamecaster	I-Application
pre-installed	O
and	O
configured	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
middle	O
of	O
November	O
2014	O
,	O
XSplit	B-Application
V2	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
general	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XSplit	B-Application
V2	O
which	O
stands	O
for	O
XSplit	B-Application
version	O
2	O
was	O
a	O
major	O
update	O
for	O
both	O
XSplit	B-Application
Broadcaster	I-Application
and	O
XSplit	B-Application
Gamecaster	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
14	O
July	O
2016	O
,	O
SplitmediaLabs	B-Application
acquired	O
tournament	O
platform	O
Challonge	O
and	O
social	O
service	O
Player.me,	O
and	O
acquired	O
Strexm	O
on	O
28	O
September	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
