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Support ArticlesA What is bitrate and how does it relate to Dacast? This is used to either track the speed of transfer over the internet, and how much bandwidth it will consume, or to track the quality of a form of media. For example, something with a high bit rate means that the quality is consistently […]
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A What is VP9 and Does Dacast Support It? VP9 is a proprietary codec that was developed by On2Technologies in May 2003. It is also called the TrueMotion video codec. VP9 is a lossy video compression format and is often used by JavaFX, Adobe Flash and Flash Video Files. Dacast does NOT recommend using VP9. […]
When you set up your live streaming encoder, you’ll be asked to enter a username and password. Follow these steps to find those credentials in your Dacast account: STEP 1: Click the pencil icon on the right next to your live stream on the “Live Streams” page STEP 2: Go to the “General Tab” STEP […]
A When I Cancel/Suspend My Dacast Plan, Can I keep My Bandwidth? Short answer: no, you do not. When you buy a Dacast Streaming Plan, you are buying access to a range of Dacast platform features and services for a period of time and with a certain level of usage (bandwidth) included. This includes the […]
If you’re a vendor for a live streaming encoder, we invite you to integrate your encoding tool with the Dacast platform to make it easier for users to configure your encoder. Whether you offer a hardware or software encoder, the Dacast Encoder API lets you greatly reduce the complexity of live streaming by pre-configuring your […]