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How to protect my VODs with DRM in Dacast?

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Introduction to DRM DRM (Digital Rights Management) is a well-established technology that addresses both unauthorized distribution and access. DRM allows the broadcaster to protect their on-demand content from ripping (grabbing the video chunks from the network) or screen recording. We utilize industry-standard protocols (Widevine and Fairplay) to cover most browsers and devices, and we have […]

How to Secure My Content With Signed Keys?

Signed Keys are an alternative to Domain Control for preventing your videos from being embedded where you don’t want them to be. Whereas Domain Control security is based upon verifying the referrer information sent by the embedding user agent, a user signed security is based upon verifying a signature appended to your embed code that […]

Which Video Formats Does Dacast Support?

Optimal Video Formats for Dacast The optimal format is: MP4 H.264 AAC This ensures great delivery over the widest range of devices. However, other formats can be uploaded and then transcoded over the system to become compatible. All Video Formats Supported Dacast currently supports the following video file formats: mp4 — MPEG-4 .mov, .qt — […]

What Is MTR (My Traceroute) And How to Use It?

MTR is similar to other tools such as Traceroute. However, an MTR report will provide more information on each “hop” your connection makes. While generating the MTR report you will see the hops and all of their related information update in real-time. You can then use this report as an in-the-moment monitoring tool if you […]

How to Stream to Dacast using YoloLIV?

This guide will walk you through how to stream live using YoloLIV hardware encoders.  How to Live Stream with YoloLiv Step by Step with your YoloBox The first step will be to create an event in your YoloLIV product.  Once your event is created, click on it: Then add your video sources: Then click on […]