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Learn how to customize your video player’s offline message on Dacast in a few simple steps. Small touches like these give your viewers an on-brand experience, which puts you in a professional light. What is the Offline Error Message? Whenever a live stream or a VOD on Dacast goes offline or is having an issue, […]
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Yes, you can insert a live broadcast in a live stream playlist in Dacast. To insert a live channel in a Dacast playlist, go to the “Setup” tab of your Playlist. In the “Content” option, check the boxes of the videos you want to add and click the arrow button to append them to your […]
The viewer count measures how many people tuned into a live stream on your website. In order to see the viewer count on Dacast, you will need to check “Viewership” under your “ Analytics” tab for that live stream. You can view your viewer count by day, month or year, and it should give […]
Dacast needs ports 80, 443, or 1935 open in order to live stream. Most setups should have these ports already opened by default, but you should first check 1935 before streaming. To find this, you can use the “Command Prompt.” Please search for how to use the command prompt for your particular version of Windows, […]
Yes, you can see a live viewer count via the real-time analytics dashboard. This feature is particularly valuable for professional broadcasters when they are live streaming on their websites because it gives them the ability to gauge their viewership in real-time. Real-time analytics are available on HTML5 and low latency channels which are available in […]