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What Is The DVR Or Digital Video Recorder Feature In Dacast?

DVR, or Digital Video Recorder, is a feature that is becoming increasingly popular on live streaming platforms. With the growing demand for live video content, the use of DVR has become a crucial aspect of live streaming. DVR allows viewers to pause, rewind, and fast-forward live video content, offering a more flexible and interactive viewing […]

What Is HLS Streaming?

HTTP Live Streaming (or HLS) is an adaptive streaming communications protocol created by Apple. It is used for communication between iOS and Apple TV devices. HLS has the capability to evenly distribute either live or any on-demand video. As such, it is the sole technology available for adaptively streaming to Apple devices HLS is widely […]

What You Should Know about Dacast’s API Developer Portal

Navigate through Dacast’s API documentation with our new API Developer Portal.  Here you will find how to obtain an API key, make your first API call, test Dacast’s endpoints, be guided through the main use cases such as uploading videos, creating livestreams, playlists and more!   You can access the API Developer Portal on the […]

Setting Up the Dacast Live Stream Monitoring Feature

Our live stream monitor feature allows you and your team to scan your available live channels, detect which are active,  and then view up to four active live stream channels on one screen. In essence, live stream monitoring. By having the ability to detect and view all of your running live stream channels you will […]

Dacast Free Account: Viewer Limits

Free trial accounts are not limited in any way by the number of viewers. But with a free trial, naturally, there are limitations when it comes to bandwidth and storage. These are the only factors of course which would hamper your free trial, in terms of course of limited capacity. Free trials are given 14 […]