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Support ArticlesWhat is Playback Protection? Playback protection is an added feature you can set up on your Dacast account. This feature ensures you will never run out of bandwidth in the middle of a live stream. Essentially, “playback protection” is another name for “overage protection” that guarantees that your account remains active and that your […]
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When it comes to reading your Dacast analytics, it is important to pay attention to the difference between Plays, Impressions and Unique Viewers. Here are the differences: Plays: Total clicks of the play button. Impressions: Number of times the video was loaded on to a webpage, even if the viewers did not click begin playback. […]
Setting up viewer permissions and accessing your video player on Dacast is easy. You can see your content using the share link available in the “General Settings” under “Sharing.” Copy and paste this link in your browser and your content will appear. You can also paste this share code into a Twitter or Facebook post […]
Bandwidth overage protection is how Dacast keeps live streams up and running when users are out of bandwidth. The way this works is whenever you run out of bandwidth, the system will order the amount that you have selected under “Playback Protection.” For example, if you selected 50 GB of “Playback Protection,” the system […]
The viewer count measures how many people tuned into a live stream on your website. In order to see the viewer count on Dacast, you will need to check “Viewership” under your “ Analytics” tab for that live stream. You can view your viewer count by day, month or year, and it should give […]