By Dacast Editorial Team | Reviewed by Jon Whitehead, COO at Dacast | Updated May 2026 An OTT platform is a technology solution that lets businesses deliver video directly over the internet, without cable, satellite, or traditional broadcast infrastructure. If you are building a subscription streaming service, a pay-per-view sports channel, a corporate video portal, […]
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By Dacast Editorial Team | Reviewed by Jon Whitehead, COO at Dacast | Updated May 2026 OBS Studio is an encoder. Its job is to produce a stream that an ingest server can receive, transcode, and deliver at scale. The settings that matter : CBR, keyframe interval, bitrate, are not arbitrary platform requirements. They are […]
By Dacast Editorial Team | Reviewed by Jon Whitehead, COO at Dacast | Updated May 2026 What equipment do you need for live streaming? A complete live streaming setup requires four components: a video/audio source (camera + microphone), a video encoder (hardware or software), a streaming destination platform, and a stable internet connection. This guide […]
HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) is the backbone of modern video delivery, accounting for over 70% of global streaming traffic and reaching audiences across every device category. Originally developed by Apple, HLS streaming has become the universal standard for live streaming platforms, OTT services, enterprise broadcasts, and video-on-demand delivery because of its native compatibility with browsers, […]
AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) is the best audio codec for live streaming in 2026. It delivers superior compression efficiency and sound quality compared to MP3, and is natively supported on iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and virtually all streaming platforms. For professional streams at 1080p, use AAC at 192–256 kbps stereo with a 44.1 kHz sample […]