Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) is a free to download, open-source encoder. In this OBS tutorial for Dacast, we will cover how to connect OBS to the Dacast service, and how to get set up for your first live streaming channel. This is for the Mac OS version of the Encoder. OBS is tremendously versatile because anyone […]
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Projects involving streaming video present a series of challenges to any business or organization. One of those challenges is choosing the right 3rd party players for your website. Most people don’t know much about 3rd party players or how it works because their only interaction with this technology is to click the “play” button. In this […]
Note to our readers: We’ve updated this tutorial with information that is current as of 2018. This ROKU Walkthrough will walk through how to set up a live ROKU channel and begin streaming using Dacast. Need help with the basics of live streaming (i.e., setting up cameras and encoders)? Check out this guide instead. In […]
Standard television is on the way out, and the devices that are putting the nails in its coffin are streaming boxes: small, networked computers that attach to your television. Perhaps the most well known of the set-top boxes is Apple TV, but today’s article focuses on the Roku, a highly competitive device that […]
Many broadcasters, video producers, and live streamers may have heard of the technology MPEG DASH. But even for those who have heard the term, few really understand what MPEG DASH is and what implications it has for the future. In this article, we’ll be explaining MPEG DASH: what it is, who is already using it (and […]