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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>Form&nbsp;S-8</B>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>ViewCast.com, Inc.</B>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>75-2528700</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>17300 Dallas Parkway, Suite&nbsp;2000, Dallas, TX</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>75248</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ViewCast.com, Inc.<BR>
1995 Director Option Plan</B>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full title of the plan)</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Mr.&nbsp;George C. Platt<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR>
ViewCast.com, Inc.<BR>
17300 Dallas Parkway, Suite&nbsp;2000<BR>
Dallas, TX 75248<BR>
(972)&nbsp;488-7200</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Copy to:<BR>
Matthew Dyckman, Esq.<BR>
Thacher Proffitt &#038; Wood LLP<BR>
1700 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., Suite&nbsp;800<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20006<BR>
(202)&nbsp;347-8400</B>


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telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount To Be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate Offering</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Per Share (2)</B></TD>
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                    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">250,000 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">0.33</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">82,500.00</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">10.45</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Notes:


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    <TD>This registration statement (&#147;Registration Statement&#148;) is being filed for
purposes of registering 250,000 shares of common stock of VewCast.com,
Inc. (&#147;ViewCast&#148;) par value $.0001 per share, reserved for the issuance of
awards granted pursuant to the ViewCast.com, Inc. 1995 Director Option
Plan, as amended (&#147;Plan&#148;). In addition to the shares being registered
hereunder, this Registration Statement also covers an undetermined number
of shares of common stock of ViewCast that, by reason of certain events
specified in the Plan, may become issuable under the Plan.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee in
accordance with Rule&nbsp;457 of the Securities Act of 1933, shares that may be
granted as restricted stock or acquired through the exercise of options
granted in the future are deemed to be offered at $0.33 per share, the
average of the bid and ask prices of ViewCast common stock at the close of
the day on September&nbsp;16, 2004 as reported on the Over-the-Counter (OTC)
Bulletin Board.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d18507exv5.htm">Opinion of Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d18507exv10w1.htm">1995 Director Option Plan Amendment No.2</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement
incorporates by reference, Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-63799 including all
attachments and exhibits thereto, on Form S-8, which was filed for ViewCast&#146;s
1993 Viewpoint Stock Plan, the 1994 Stock Option Plan, 1995 Stock Option Plan,
and the 1995 Director Stock Plan (the &#147;Plans&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September&nbsp;18, 1998 and the amendment thereto filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;16, 2000.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 1995 Director Option Plan has been amended to increase the shares
available for issuance from 250,000 to 500,000, for a total increase of 250,000
shares. Shareholders of ViewCast approved the increase in shares for the 1995
Director Option Plan on September&nbsp;18, 2002. See Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to this Form S-8
for Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to the 1995 Director Option Plan.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See the Exhibit&nbsp;Index.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement or amendment thereto to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on September
17, 2004.

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    <TD colspan="3">ViewCast.com, Inc.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ George C. Platt
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">George C. Platt&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">President and Chief Executive
Officer
(principal executive officer)&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">                                             /s/ Laurie L. Latham
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Laurie L. Latham&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Chief Financial Officer and
Sr.Vice
President of Finance and
Administration
(principal accounting officer)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act 1933, this registration
statement or amendment thereto has been signed below by the following persons
in the capacities and on the date indicated.

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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">/s/ George C. Platt<BR>
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George C. Platt</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director, President and<BR>
Chief  Executive Officer<BR>
(principal executive<BR>
officer)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 17, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Laurie L. Latham<BR>
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Laurie L. Latham</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Financial Officer and<BR>
Senior Vice President of<BR>
Finance and Administration<BR>
(principal accounting<BR>
officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 17, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ H.T. Ardinger, Jr.<BR>
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H.T. Ardinger, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 17, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Joseph W. Autem<BR>
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Joseph W. Autem</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 17, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ David A. Dean<BR>
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David A. Dean</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Director
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 17, 2004</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>


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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ViewCast.com, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
75-2528700
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
17300 Dallas Parkway, Suite 2000, Dallas, TX
75248
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
ViewCast.com, Inc.
1995 Director Option Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Mr. George C. Platt
Chief Executive Officer
ViewCast.com, Inc.
17300 Dallas Parkway, Suite 2000
Dallas, TX 75248
(972) 488-7200
Copy to:
Matthew Dyckman, Esq.
Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP
1700 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., Suite 800
Washington, D.C. 20006
(202) 347-8400
(Name, address and
telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Title of Each Class Of
Amount To Be
Offering Price
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Securities To Be Registered
Registered (1)
Per Share (2)
Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock
250,000 shares
$
0.33
$
82,500.00
$
10.45
Notes:
1.
This registration statement ("Registration Statement") is being filed for
purposes of registering 250,000 shares of common stock of VewCast.com,
Inc. ("ViewCast") par value $.0001 per share, reserved for the issuance of
awards granted pursuant to the ViewCast.com, Inc. 1995 Director Option
Plan, as amended ("Plan"). In addition to the shares being registered
hereunder, this Registration Statement also covers an undetermined number
of shares of common stock of ViewCast that, by reason of certain events
specified in the Plan, may become issuable under the Plan.
2.
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee in
accordance with Rule 457 of the Securities Act of 1933, shares that may be
granted as restricted stock or acquired through the exercise of options
granted in the future are deemed to be offered at $0.33 per share, the
average of the bid and ask prices of ViewCast common stock at the close of
the day on September 16, 2004 as reported on the Over-the-Counter (OTC)
Bulletin Board.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
Opinion of Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP
1995 Director Option Plan Amendment No.2
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement
incorporates by reference, Registration Statement No. 333-63799 including all
attachments and exhibits thereto, on Form S-8, which was filed for ViewCast's
1993 Viewpoint Stock Plan, the 1994 Stock Option Plan, 1995 Stock Option Plan,
and the 1995 Director Stock Plan (the "Plans") with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 18, 1998 and the amendment thereto filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on October 16, 2000.
The 1995 Director Option Plan has been amended to increase the shares
available for issuance from 250,000 to 500,000, for a total increase of 250,000
shares. Shareholders of ViewCast approved the increase in shares for the 1995
Director Option Plan on September 18, 2002. See Exhibit 10.1 to this Form S-8
for Amendment No. 2 to the 1995 Director Option Plan.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See the Exhibit Index.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement or amendment thereto to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on September
17, 2004.
ViewCast.com, Inc.
By:
/s/ George C. Platt
George C. Platt
President and Chief Executive
Officer
(principal executive officer)
By:
/s/ Laurie L. Latham
Laurie L. Latham
Chief Financial Officer and
Sr.Vice
President of Finance and
Administration
(principal accounting officer)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act 1933, this registration
statement or amendment thereto has been signed below by the following persons
in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ George C. Platt
George C. Platt
Director, President and
Chief  Executive Officer
(principal executive
officer)
September 17, 2004
/s/ Laurie L. Latham
Laurie L. Latham
Chief Financial Officer and
Senior Vice President of
Finance and Administration
(principal accounting
officer)
September 17, 2004
/s/ H.T. Ardinger, Jr.
H.T. Ardinger, Jr.
Chairman of the Board
September 17, 2004
/s/ Joseph W. Autem
Joseph W. Autem
Director
September 17, 2004
/s/ David A. Dean
David A. Dean
Director
September 17, 2004
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
5
Opinion of Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP
10.1
1995 Director Option Plan Amendment No.2
23.1
Consent of Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP (contained in opinion filed as Exhibit 5).
23.2
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
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