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  A stream coming from Dacast can be viewed from a number of video game consoles and devices, including the Nintendo Wii U, Microsoft Xbox360, Sony Playstation 4 and more. This involves using the consoles’ browser to navigate to a page that has the feed. Most browsers for these systems ship with Flash already installed […]

Yes, you can rename your HTML5 live channel at any time without altering the embed code. This means that even if you change the name of the HTML5 live channel, your video player will still work as normal anywhere you’ve embedded it. To rename your channel, navigate to the specific video, and find the “Title” […]

Yes, Dacast allows users to add geo-restrictions: restrict access to their live streams to specific countries if needed.  You can create lists of countries that are allowed to access your content. This bans viewers from outside of these specified nations. To enable geo-restrictions, login and go to “Settings” on the left sidebar, then click “Security.” […]

There are a few security measures that you can use to limit access to free streams on our live streaming platform. One way is to set a password for your stream. You can set this up by going to the stream that you set up in your Dacast account and click the “Security” tab.  Click […]

Ustream Producer Pro, which is now called “Telestream Wirecast,” was released as a budget encoder to only be used with Ustream. That being said, you cannot use Ustream Producer Pro to live stream on your website with Dacast. However, broadcasters can use Dacast with just about any other RTMP-enabled live streaming encoders.  Any questions or […]