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Support ArticlesAds insertion made easy A wide variety of ad servers and ad networks can now be used directly with your Dacast player. Simply use your server or ad network account credentials and set this up in your Dacast account! 1/ Compatibility Dacasts default player now can support Pre-Roll ads using any VAST 2 and […]
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The viewer count measures how many people tuned into a live stream on your website. In order to see the viewer count on Dacast, you will need to check “Viewership” under your “ Analytics” tab for that live stream. You can view your viewer count by day, month or year, and it should give […]
NOTE: Following the launch of JW8 in October 2017, self-hosting the player is now only available to Enterprise customers. New Free license customers with accounts created before mid-September 2017 will not have access to self-hosted player files and license key (source here). If you are an Enterprise customer, you should be able to access your […]
VidBlasteris a paid encoder for Windows only. You can download a free version of VidBlasterX Studio version 5here. Note that VidBlasterX Broadcast (the high-level software version) supports multiple streamer modules, allowing you to set upmultiplestreams. Inside your Dacast Account: If you havent done so already, you first need to create a live channel. Go all […]
Graphics Hardware Compatibility Issues: When using the vMix encoder, do you see the following screen appear? Specifically, do you see a message that says that “DirectX9 compatible hardware” is required? Full Error Message: See below for the text of the error message that appears on the screen above: “Graphics hardware not supported. DirectX9 compatible hardware […]