Office Hours Global
Friday, April 3, 2026

Ecamm Panel: Glen & Katie

Panel discussion with Glen Aspeslagh and Katie Fawkes from Ecamm on dual streaming, 9x16 vertical production, AI in development, and Mac production workflows.

Today's Panel

Glen Aspeslagh

Ecamm development lead. AI in code, Mac frameworks, dual streaming architecture.

Katie Fawkes

Ecamm marketing & community. Ecamm Camp takeaways, vertical streaming strategy.

Oliver Breidenbach

mimoLive HQ. YouTube dual streaming requirements, Mac Mini availability.

Questions & Answers

Alexander Knight
Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada
What's the graphics strategy for 9x16? I'd love to do a simultaneous 9x16 stream, but I'd have to build a new pipeline with new lower thirds as none of mine are designed for that narrow format.
Answered at 10:00 AM
Josh Kaufman
Pittsburgh, PA
Smart multi-platform streaming sounds deceptively powerful. Can you explain what Ecamm is doing behind the scenes when platforms want different resolutions?
Answered at 9:46 AM
Oliver Breidenbach
mimoLive HQ
What requirements are there for a YouTube account to get the Dual Streaming mode? If I go to live stream, I only get the "Auto" setting, not a second RTMP key.
Answered at 9:43 AM
Chris Fenwick
Emeryville, CA
Can you explain your integration with Zoom and Zoom ISO? If I'm using Ecamm do I also need to pay for Zoom ISO?
Answered at 9:39 AM
Guy Cochran
Seattle
Using vMix for our Saturday show livestream, we can't get our vertical to be a "Short". What is the "Secret Sauce" that makes a short, long (full hour duration)?
Answered at 9:38 AM
Florence Donald
Silver Spring, MD
In Dual Mode you can record up to 1080p in vertical. Any ideas cooking to move to vertical recording at 4K?
Answered at 9:35 AM
Rosco Jones
Madison, Indiana
If you had to pick between streaming providers (YouTube/Facebook/Vimeo/Restream) do you have a preference or see fewer complaints for any particular delivery solutions?
Answered at 9:32 AM
Douglas Carmichael
What is the USP of Ecamm over similar competing products?
Answered at 9:30 AM
Oliver Breidenbach
mimoLive HQ
Glen, how much code in Ecamm is now written by AI?
Answered at 9:21 AM
John Foltz
Selinsgrove, PA
Please give us a companion module or an API. I love working with the software but this would be GREAT!
Answered at 9:18 AM
Guy Cochran
Seattle
What were the big takeaways from the Ecamm Camp?
Answered at 9:14 AM
Josh Kaufman
Pittsburgh, PA
When customizing horizontal and vertical layouts independently with sync, what parts stay linked and what parts can diverge creatively?
Answered at 9:10 AM
Alexander Knight
Port Coquitlam, BC
How has Mac development been since the early Ecamm days? Apple's software quality has gone downhill for the last decade. Have any frameworks like Core Audio and video been challenging?
Answered at 9:48 AM

Chat Highlights

Guy Cochran: We got 10x the reach from Shorts after the livestream. Not with 3-second average view duration — 8 minutes.

John Wallace: 9x16 is owed its own production, not just a byproduct of having a 16x9 video.

John Wallace: Claude for enterprise is very powerful. We have it ingesting our monolith.

Craig Macfarlane: Once you get to a context window over 500k it can be so much wiser about a large codebase.

Craig Macfarlane: AI isn't one thing — think of it as a team with each agent having specific roles (spec analysis, architecting, coding, test case build, security eval, supervision...)

Alexander Knight: People need to streamline and optimize their code. Always. Refactor, refactor, refactor.

Rajan Shandil: The iPhone, the internet and YouTube are crushing every other distribution medium.

Rajan Shandil: Ecamm helped me get a show streamed for artists trying to get their work shown during Giving Tuesday. Easy Zoom integration allowed guests to remotely connect with the artist.

Jeff Simmons: I worked in AppleCare for a decade and I can confirm. "Well it worked before" — yeah, things tend to work up until they don't.

Jack Canon: Film festivals have started having categories with short films in vertical.

Mickey Macachor: YouTube's Dual Stream feature automatically creates the vertical feed by cropping in on the horizontal feed. Create a separate YouTube event that utilizes a separate stream key for the vertical broadcast.

Key Topics

Dual Streaming

Ecamm's simultaneous 16x9 + 9x16 streaming. Separate layouts, synced content. Vertical feeds discoverable in YouTube Shorts.

9x16 Vertical

Needs its own production pipeline — not just a crop. 10x reach in the Shorts feed with 8-minute average view duration.

AI in Development

How much Ecamm code is AI-written? Claude enterprise with 1M context. Context windows over 500k changing the game.

Mac Hardware

MacBook Neo for streaming. Mac Mini supply constraints. Active cooling. Stay 1-2 OS versions behind for stability.

Zoom Integration

Ecamm + Zoom ISO workflow. Remote guest integration for live productions.

Ecamm Camp

Takeaways from the recent event. Community, product roadmap, hands-on training.

Attendees

Alexander Knight • Guy Cochran • Josh Kaufman • Oliver Breidenbach • Chris Fenwick • Florence Donald • Rosco Jones • Douglas Carmichael • John Foltz • John Wallace • Craig Macfarlane • Rajan Shandil • Jeff Simmons • Jack Canon • Mickey Macachor • Mike Beardmore • Steve Yuroff • Vic Hernandez • David Brady • Robert Linkroum • Tamra Pica • CJ Covell • Zach Stahlsmith • Kenny Hampton • Kyle Hamman • Adam Feinsilver • Mardi Dickinson • Robert Green • Eyck Pötter • Paul Walhus

Daily Observations — April 3, 2026

Courtesy of Robert Green

In the U.S.

Nat'l Chocolate Mousse Day • Nat'l Film Score Day • Nat'l Find A Rainbow Day • Nat'l Tweed Day • Walk To Work Day

International

Children's Day (Taiwan) • Good Friday • Passover (2nd Day) • World Aquatic Animal Day • World Party Day