Periscope Pro App Reviews

The new interface is great, though I would like to be able to record 16:9 with supported camera, not just 4:3. I had an issue with the app crashing and contacted support. They were very fast and the developer even sent me an updated version of the app to test. In the end it turned out to that CamTwist was the culprit. After removing CamTwist with AppZapper the issue is resolved. Well done folks!

This program will only record one camera at a time (I did not see this in the description). When I start to record the one camera my internet up load becomes between 3 and 4 Mbs. If you are using AT&T “high speed” it is a maximum of 6 Mbs. So half of your bandwidth is always being used by this program. I am going to try to return it.

On my computer (MacBook Pro Quad Core) this app uses up to 27% of my CPU when monitoring. This causes the computer temp to rise. Even when the app is idle (before/after I click the monitor button to start monitoring) it uses 10-14% of the CPU. Why? FaceTIme only uses less than 2% CPU when it’s idle.

FIrst off, I contacted support at 3:45am on Dec 26 and had a response within 7 minutes. Wow. Positives: 1) Simple 2) You can add a custom camera feed for "unsupported" cameras (provided they support MJPEG feeds) Limitations: I had to contact support in the first place. Also, in order to get it working (and the app descritption says this), I had to Google around for the details of my camera feed.. The app is simple, yes, but is severely limited as it stands. 1) there’s no way to resize the main window. I have an HD camera, but there’s no way to view the HD resolution unless you open the "dedicated camera window" 2) Even in the dedicated camera window, it doesn’t show the correct aspect ratio, forcing my 16:9 camera into a 4:3 ratio. 3) As others have mentioned, there’s no way to see multiple cameras at once 4) As others have mentioned, there’s it takes a lot of CPU overhead, and it’s double when you open the dedicated camera window, as there are 2 windows showing the same feed, but if you close the first, the app quits. 5) No support for PTZ - capable cameras 6) No apparent support for H.264 camera feeds. I had to Google around for how to force my Foscam HD camera to provide a MJPEG (Motion JPEG) video feed. Some have also mentioned paying $20. I paid $2. This is more of a $2 app, and I wouldn’t pay more for it, given the limitations above.

The description was ambiguous, so I thought I’d try it. It’s for recording. It isn’t for remote live viewing of what one computer sees on another computer. Also, it is not covert. The app is visible in the dock. You’d have to use some trickery to hide it there.

4/18/2016 I bought this Periscope Pro and installed it on my MacBook Pro laptop and it really screwed it up and CRASHED it. I deleted the app and it has taken me 4 hours to get everything back to the way it was before installing Periscope Pro. I have nothing to show for my $20.00 not even a paper weight. bm