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New HTML5 Player FAQ: All of Your Questions Answered

  Introducing the Dacast’s New HTML5 Player Framework As you may know, Dacast is now a unified streaming platform that offers both VOD and live stream hosting. We are excited to announce our new HTML5 player framework. We have partnered with THEOplayer, a leader in video player technology, in order to give all of our […]

What is “Video Autoplay” Listed Under Publish Settings?

“Video Autoplay” is a setting that makes your video play automatically whenever someone visits a web page that has the player embedded on it. If the content is monetized with either pay-per-view or subscription and is behind a paywall, the viewer will need to have already paid and be logged in for it to play […]

Does Dacast Support Multi-Bitrate Streaming on Live Videos?

Yes, Dacast fully supports multi-bitrate streaming on live videos and video-on-demand content. The Dacast player detects automatically the different bitrates of your live stream and allows the viewer to choose between them. This must be set up in your encoder directly. Also, in order to support multi-bitrates streaming, you need an internet connection that has […]

What does “PPV” Stand for as it Relates to Online Video?

  When talking about video monetization, “PPV” is short for Pay-Per-View Along with subscription-based monetization, pay-per-view is one of the monetization methods offered by Dacast. It allows broadcasters to sell their video content through a secure paywall located inside the video player. Ad-based monetization is also an option. Any questions or need help/access to this […]