If you’ve registered for a free trial of Dacast and you’re looking for a brief overview of the platform, you’re in the right place. Our new platform is very easy to use and allows you to set up a live stream or upload your online video content in just a few clicks. Check out this […]
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Following the launch of JW8 in October 2017, self-hosting the HTML5 player is now only available to Enterprise customers. If you are an Enterprise customer, you should be able to access your license key in your JW Player account. New Free license customers with accounts created before mid-September 2017 will not have access to self-hosted […]
Yes, you will pay small commissions for paywall transactions in your Dacast account. This is applicable for both subscription-based (SVOD) and pay-per-view (TVOD) streaming. Dacast takes a percentage of commissions for each transfer done over our platform. This commission is 9.9%, plus $0.40 on each viewer purchase. Feel free to contact your account manager with […]
VidBlaster is a software encoder for Windows only. There are several paid versions of this tool, but you can download a free version of VidBlasterX Studio version 5 here. VidBlasterX Broadcast (the most inclusive version of this encoding software) supports multiple streamer modules, which allows you to set up multiple streams. Below find our […]
When using the vMix encoder, do you see a message that says the following message: DirectX9 compatible hardware required. D3DStartup.D3D_NEW_EX D3DERR_INVALIDCALL: Invalid call (-2005530516)” If the following window appears with that message, you must get to the root of the problem before you start streaming: Solution: Unfortunately, this message means that your Graphics Card is […]