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Dacast emerges as a robust streaming solution, offering users the ability to reach a wider audience through simulcasting. Simulcast is the practice of broadcasting content simultaneously across multiple platforms, expanding the reach of your live streams.  Depending on your plan, you have a certain number of hours available per month to simulcast:  Starter: 5 hours  […]

In preparation for the rare instance when the Stream URL or Server URL does not work, Dacast provides a backup URL in case you encounter issues with the primary stream URL.  This precaution is in place so that you can easily troubleshoot and get back on track if you have any hiccups when streaming live. […]

In this article, we will review our Simulcast feature and show you how to configure your encoder to broadcast a stream across multi-destinations. Setting up a Multistream In order to stream to multi-destinations, you must first send the stream to your Dacast ingest point, we will then broadcast the stream to all other destinations. If […]

Setup for HTML5 live channels requires a login and password. This information can be found in the “Encoder Setup” for any given HTML5 live channel. Upon clicking “Encoder Setup,” you will be redirected to the page that shows your username and password. Copy down this information to input in the designated field of your encoder. […]