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Support ArticlesYes, just like any other streaming on Dacast, streaming on Facebook consumes video bandwidth. The more people that watch the video, the more bandwidth your Dacast account uses. It doesn’t matter if it’s via your site or Facebook Bandwidth is treated the same, no matter where the viewer is accessing the content. This applies to […]
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Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder (FMLE) is a discontinued product that is no longer supported. We recommend using OBS, a free and much more reliable alternative for streaming live video: /support/knowledgebase/how-do-i-stream-using-the-obs-studio-dacast-encoder-on-windows/
Unfortunately, there is no way to get around entering the Dacast login and password for encoders when trying to set up an HTML5 video player live channel. The reason for this is that they require RTMP authentication. This added level of security is mandatory on all of these channels. We recommend keeping track of all […]
For most people, it will take around 15-30 minutes for someone to sign up and start streaming. This time does not account for setting up broadcasting equipment to a computer and assumes that someone is streaming from an already attached device such as a webcam or a camcorder. This time estimate does include the process […]
Dacast has a lot of customers in South Africa and they don’t experience any particular problems due to their location. This is due to the CDN connection that Dacast utilizes (Limelight Networks), which has a server presence all over the world. Background: As recently as May 2018, Limelight networks had opened a new Point-Of-Presence (PoP) […]