By Dacast Editorial Team | Reviewed by Jon Whitehead, COO at Dacast | Updated May 2026 NDI has always been one of the most powerful protocols for video over IP, but it was built for LAN. Send an NDI signal across the internet and you’re fighting packet loss, latency spikes, and a protocol that was […]
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By Dacast Editorial Team | Reviewed by Jon Whitehead, COO at Dacast | Updated May 2026 Internal communication isn’t what it used to be. As teams spread across cities, time zones, and home offices, traditional ways of sharing information are naturally falling short, especially when it comes to sensitive updates and large-scale announcements. Video has […]
By Dacast Editorial Team | Reviewed by Jon Whitehead, COO at Dacast | Updated May 2026 NDI (Network Device Interface) is transforming video production by making it possible to transmit high-definition, low-latency video over standard IP networks, replacing expensive SDI cabling with the ethernet infrastructure most facilities already have in place. In this guide, we […]
By Dacast Editorial Team | Reviewed by Jon Whitehead, COO at Dacast | Updated May 2026 RTMP ingest is the process of sending a live video feed from an encoder to an online video platform (OVP). The encoder connects to the platform using an RTMP URL and stream key, transmitting continuous video data that the […]
By Dacast Editorial Team | Reviewed by Jon Whitehead, COO at Dacast | Updated May 2026 RTMP (Real-Time Messaging Protocol) is a TCP-based protocol used to send live video from an encoder to a streaming platform, a process called ingest. Originally developed for Adobe Flash playback, RTMP today functions almost exclusively as an ingest standard. […]