Please read the steps below to learn how to add dacast as a destination into your Switchboard Account.
Step 1
Log into your dacast account.
Click on the Live Channel you want to stream to.
Under the General tab click on the “Encoder Setup” button.
Step 2
Grab the following information:
- RTMP Server address
- Stream key
- Username
- Password
Add dacast as a Custom RTMP destination in your Switchboard Account.
Next, you will go back and forth between dacast and Switchboard as you copy and paste the information from dacast into your Switchboard Account.
Step 3
Open a new browser tab and log into your Switchboard Account.
Press the ADD DESTINATION button.
Step 4
Choose NEW DESTINATION. Select RTMP from the list.
Step 5 IMPORTANT STEP
Authenticate dacast.
Toggle the “USE AUTHENTICATION” switch to green.
Step 6
Paste the streaming information from dacast into the appropriate fields. Hit NEXT.
Congratulations! You have successfully added dacast as a destination in your Switchboard Account!
Follow the steps here to rename the dacast destination to easily identify for later.
Ready to Go Live!
- Start sending video from your encoder to Switchboard Live.
- Verify that video is displaying in the Switchboard confidence monitor.
- Go Live to your destinations one by one or Bulk select using the white box at the top of the destination group.