Hi!

Debugging is almost complete.  There is something wrong between java and a compiz enabled desktop (like Unity), so I left that on the side for now.  I just made a live broadcast on Justin.tv from a Gnome classic desktop without compiz and everything went really well.

I used FFMPEG to broadcast the stream instead of relying on the Flash interface.  It makes a big difference on the CPU usage as Flash is a beast with the latest version.  I was broadcasting at 320x240, 15 fps.  Several layouts were used:

1 - Main webcam, text and animation
2 - Text and pipeline (using goom to display the sound)
3 - Two webcams, text
4 - Full Desktop (5 fps), Desktop and Text (5 fps)

In every layouts, the CPU usage was around 25-40% depending on the source used.  So basically, my laptop was not even strugging, even with the Full Desktop source. 

Some effects and shapes were applied to have a cool display.  See the recording here: http://justin.tv/patrickballeux2/b/293665919


I've also tried the Google Hangout feature, and it worked great beside the fact that the image is reverse.  Just needed to activate the "Mirror Output" in the output menu to make the image as it should show.

Tried Skype also, and still no luck.  With a previous version, WebcamStudio was able to work with Skype, but with the latest release of Skype, it's not working anymore... 

And finally, I fixed the UYVY output where only 640x480 was working.  The issue was in the module itself... 

Keep watching, 0.57 Beta 3 will be out really soon...

Patrick