Twitch has officially announced that streamers on Twitch are now allowed to simultanously stream (simulcasting) to all other live platforms. They state that ‘We believe that you should have the freedom to decide which services you want to live stream on.’ The new policy comes with a few restrictions, such as making sure that the quality of the stream on Twitch is not lesser than on other platforms, and they are not allowed to advertise the other platforms on Twitch. Still, these changes will significantly increase options for streamers to experiment with other platforms such as YouTube.
Allowing simulcasting will likely also benefit open source fediverse streaming platform Owncast. Owncast allows you to completely self-host your streams, and connect them with the fediverse for easier social connections. The software itself is pretty great, but the platform does feature a lack of streamers actually using it. Most times when browsing the directory, the only streams listed are 24/7 music live streams. Allowing Twitch streamers to simulcast to Owncast is a first step, and it seems likely that a few more dedicated fediverse fans will use this opportunity. It is still a very long way away of mainstream appeal, but this new policy change does provide Owncast with an opportunity to get at least a few more streamers on board.
@laurenshof Ah c'est bien ça @davduf va pouvoir streamer #AuPoste sur peertube en même temps que sur twitch et mettre ça directement en avant sur le site :neofox_flop_happy:
@warrows@laurenshof C'est ce sur quoi nous travaillons mais avant tout nous avons besoin d'un chat top top, comme celui que @John_Livingston concocte ! 😉
@laurenshof OH wow, how do we set this up? I am on twitch, owncast and youtube. If I can cut restream out of the mix that will be great, then I can have nightbot read my stuff. #Owncast#LiveSream
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