A What is H.264 Advanced Video Coding and is it Supported by Dacast? Advanced Video Coding (AVC) is known asH.264, or MPEG-4 AVC is a video codec that is commonly associated with the distribution of high definition content. This is the form of compression used for Blu-ray discs as well as many streaming video […]
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A What is Video Frame Rate (FPS) and Why Is It Important To Live Streaming? The terms frame rate and FPS are often used interchangeably. FPS stands for frames per second and refers to the number of video frames that display each second in video. Essentially, FPS is the unit of measurement for frame rate. […]
No, Dacast does not place limits on video file size. However, it is important to point out that videos with larger file sizes could impose issues on the viewers’ end, so they require a bit of extra attention. For example, if you are uploading a 4K file, it is important that you offer multiple renditions […]
Dacast has a feature that sends you an email when a video file has finished encoding. This is done to make sure it’s compatible across our system. This feature can be disabled so you don’t receive email notifications if you don’t want to. In order to unsubscribe from these emails, log in to your Dacast […]
Yes, Dacast fully supports multi-bitrate streaming on live videos and video-on-demand content. The Dacast player detects automatically the different bitrates of your live stream and allows the viewer to choose between them. This must be set up in your encoder directly. Also, in order to support multi-bitrates streaming, you need an internet connection that has […]