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You’ve just been migrated from your Dacast legacy account, and you are wondering how to navigate in your new, improved Dacast streaming platform? You are in the right place! We invite you to take a look at the following video tutorial where we present a quick overview of your new Dacast video hosting and […]
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Can I Add Subtitles to Video Content on Dacast? Yes, you can add subtitles to on-demand video files (VOD) on Dacast. Please check out our closed captioning walkthrough to learn how to add subtitles to your videos. read the walkthrough To add subtitles to a live stream, you must burn them into the video feed. […]
This post covers how to do VOD streaming over Dacast, including secure video upload with FTP and content management and publishing via your account. 1. Get Started with VOD Streaming Creating video on demand content over Dacast requires uploading media files to our network of servers. To do this, sign into your account and […]
X264 Live Streaming Support Yes, Dacast supports x264 streaming for both live and on-demand video content. X264 is very similar to the H.264 video codec, and both are ideal choices for broadcasting with Dacast. What is an Encoder? The H.264 and x264 codecs have to do with your live stream encoder. Video encoding is […]
To ensure your transcoded live stream is stable and fully functional, you MUST configure your encoder to use the settings defined on this page. These settings have been chosen to ensure maximum compatibility with the Dacast platform. Failure to follow these settings may result in your live stream’s renditions having a wide variety of […]