Category Archives: Team Blog

In this video tutorial, we’ll be looking at the monetization options on your Dacast Channel. Dacast’s Pay Per View video platform includes adding Pay Per View tickets, setting up Subscriptions, and using Promo codes. Live Streaming Broadcasts can be a great source of revenue for your events and regular broadcasts. Typical paywall models include a one-off […]

You put in long hours making your video the best it can be. You’re careful about the camera, the lighting, the performance, the post-production stuff. When you upload the fruit of your labor to your video hosting platform, you want people to see it. Whether it’s to drive traffic to a web site, promote an […]

In this video tutorial, we will provide a comparison of the Chroma Key features in the live streaming encoders; Wirecast, Xsplit, vMix, and OBS. “What is the best chroma key software encoder?” has no simple answer, so we will explore the Chroma Key features of all of these encoders. Chroma Key, or Chroma Keying, is […]

Let’s get physical for a moment. Because live streaming is an Internet thing, it’s easy to think entirely in virtual terms, but physical reality plays a part, too. That includes camera quality, lighting, makeup if possible, camera angles, and of course, reliability and speed of Internet connections. It also includes the architecture used by live […]

In this video tutorial, we’re going to cover how to use Flash Media Live Encoder (FMLE). We’ll take a look at how to set up video and connect to the Dacast service. Flash Media Live Encoder (FMLE) is free to use encoding software that will allow you to broadcast live video over the internet. It […]

Looking for an EasyLive cloud video editing guide? We walk through using the sophisticated, cloud-based platform in tandem with the Dacast live streaming solutions. This tutorial is intended to show off some of how to connect your Dacast account and content to EasyLive, along with showcasing some of the features of the platform. What is […]

This is the third in our series of posts on chroma key compositing. We’ve explored what chroma key is–a way of shooting a video before a blank blue or green screen background and then replacing that screen with another background. We’ve discussed the differences between using a green screen and a blue screen, and how to use […]

In our previous tutorial, we covered how to create your Dacast channel. Now we’re going to look at how to complete your Dacast live streaming encoder setup. This will require your video broadcast software, also known as your encoder. After you’ve created your channel, to start your broadcast you will need an encoding software and […]

Bitrate is one of those nerdy technical terms that need a lot of explanation. It makes a huge difference in the quality of the video that your users will see, — but not in a consistent and straightforward way. It’s not the same as file size, resolution, or frame rate, but combines with all of […]

Today’s job market is intensely competitive, and standing out from the other applicants is a must. A video resume is one way to do that, but only if it’s done well and if it’s appropriate for the position. A few jobs actually require applicants to submit a video resume. A few companies are conservative enough that […]