Low Latency Streaming Dacasts new platform makes low latency streaming standards at every plan level. This means t o get low latency streaming set up, you simply need to select standard ( HTML5) or compatible (direct M3U8 format if this is available with your plan) as your stream type. You also cannot turn on […]

If you want to make your video inaccessible, you must turn off the VOD or live stream. How to Turn Off Streaming on VOD In order to turn off Dacast live streaming or any VOD, you must navigate to the content and click Description. From there, you can toggle the VOD file, live stream, package […]

Our direct low latency streaming solution works with any HLS streaming protocol compatible encoder. The advantage of using our own HLS compatible live streaming software encoder based on OBS Studio is the cost (free for everyone) and the super-fast set-up with preset encoding settings. However, you are more than welcome to use your own HLS […]

VP9 is a proprietary codec that was developed by On2Technologies in May 2003. It is also called the TrueMotion video codec. VP9 is a lossy video compression format and is often used by JavaFX, Adobe Flash and Flash Video Files. Dacast does NOT recommend using VP9. If you plan to do All Device (HTML5) live […]

Short answer: no, you do not. When you buy a Dacast Streaming Plan, you are buying access to a range of Dacast platform features and services for a period of time and with a certain level of usage (bandwidth) included. This includes the player, broadcast manager platform, content management, access to support, and more. Dacast […]