Please read carefully the following before creating a low latency channel: 1/ Low latency channels with Safari Our secure low latency streaming solution is working on most of devices and all browsers except Safari desktop (working on Safari mobile for iOS version 10 and below). The reason is that we use Akamai’s standard cookie-based token authentication […]

This article concerns all premium plans (and above) with access to the HLS m3u8 media link. The HLS m3u8 link allows you to deliver your live stream to Roku TV, Apple TV or any private web TV channels and mobile app. Ways to test your m3u8 link: To test your m3u8 link in order to […]

This guide will help you stream on a DaCast channel using the ManyCam encoder. Please follow these steps: 1) If you don’t have this encoder installed already, please download it here: https://manycam.com/ There is a free version available with limited features. 2) Login to your DaCast account, select the channel you want to stream on and […]

In April 2016, Dacast announced the ability to provision live channels for Roku TV, Apple TV, or any private web TV channels and mobile app. This feature is possible via the generation of an HLS M3U8 media link for any of your live streaming channels. Please note that this feature is available on Dacast’s live […]

This will guide you through setting up your video preferences Login to your Dacast account at my.dacast.com Click on the icon on the left side of the New Back Office Select “Video Preferences” In this section, there are 7 general options. Let’s go through them one by one: Autoplay The video will start to play […]

Making your live streaming experience better and easier is our goal at Dacast. This is why we have developed a custom version of the free live streaming software OBS Studio. The latest version we released in October 2018 is in beta. This new Dacast beta version of OBS Studio is available for free for all our […]

Annual billing is an awesome way for you to save money. If you commit for the full year with DaCast you will pay: – $228 for the annual starter plan (there are no monthly starter plans). – $1,500 for the annual premium plan, instead of $1,980 when billed month-to-month. – $3,468 for the annual enterprise plan, […]

Please be advised that the first payment request will take a minimum of 30-35 days to process.  Login to your DaCast account at my.dacast.com Click on the ACCOUNT icon on the left side of the New Back Office Select “Request Payment” You should be able to see this page afterwards: The page requires that you […]

Protect your live stream by setting a threshold email alert. The DaCast account monitor will send you an email alert when you reach a certain amount of Bandwidth (GB) left on your account. 1/ How to set up an email alert ? Step 1 – Go to “Upgrade my plan” and click on “email me […]