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 […]
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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 […]
By Dacast Editorial Team | Reviewed by Jon Whitehead, COO at Dacast | Updated May 2026 Government agencies at every level, from state legislatures and federal departments to public safety offices and regulatory bodies, are under increasing pressure to make their operations accessible, transparent, and verifiable. Live streaming is no longer optional; in many jurisdictions, […]
By Dacast Editorial Team | Reviewed by Jon Whitehead, COO at Dacast | Updated May 2026 Live streaming has become one of the most effective content strategies for businesses and creators. According to industry research, the global live streaming market is projected to surpass $3 billion by 2027 at an annual growth rate exceeding 20% […]
By Dacast Editorial Team | Reviewed by Jon Whitehead, COO at Dacast | Updated May 2026 An M3U8 file is a UTF-8 encoded text playlist used by the HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) protocol to tell a video player which media segments to load, in what order, and at which quality level. It is the manifest […]