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 […]
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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 […]
Yes, it is possible to switch from live content to VOD with the same embed video code. What you can do is create a channel playlist. This creates a single embed code, and you can load it with a live channel. You can later remove the live channel and replace it with the VOD on […]
NOTE: Following the launch of JW8 in October 2017, self-hosting the player is now only available to Enterprise customers. New Free license customers with accounts created before mid-September 2017 will not have access to self-hosted player files and license key (source here). If you are an Enterprise customer, you should be able to access your […]