Because it's part of the Fediverse, you can follow OwnCast accounts from Mastodon etc, and when they go live you will see a post in your timeline to let you know.
For example, the RetroStrangeTV livestream can be viewed at:
Let me start by saying that you don't need to mess with your NAT or ISP to get aired on thirdparty #PeerTube instance. #Owncast, on the other hand, would require you to set up some reverse proxy in order to let others see you.
At the moment, though, PeerTube's live chat highly suffers from bot abuse and the lack of interoperability with #Fediverse. On Owncast, you can identify yourself in chat by logging in via Mastodon, for example, and you can have some guards to prevent spam.
I might stream, on my #owncast tonight, some Wii gameplay since I found my USB sensor bar.
However I don't feel too good/healthy so this may be unwise.
Announcement: Tlapbot 1.2.1 is out! :tlapkaStareR:
The new version of the #owncast#redeems bot removes the clunky required minimum bid from milestones, adds a way to directly reset milestones (so that you no longer have to remove and readd them), and improves a lot of error behavior, so that it’s easier to debug and fix.
:KroosHappy: I’ve managed to keep the small update small this time, so this shouldn’t majorly change how Tlapbot works, it just makes a bunch of things simpler and more convenient.
Hey Question for the more technical side of the fediverse. I've been looking into OwnCast and I'm wondering what would most people recommend specs wise for a small viewer count of lets say under 10 at a time?
I keep seeing mentions of digital ocean's droplet for $5ish a month but surely that's low spec on the side of live streaming right? I do want to at least send out 3000 Kbps, so I know that's a factor.
We have to make it easier and better in #fediverse for academics, artists, indie reporters, writers etc to come here and be able to publish and own their content. Somehow we have to get #peertube#owncast#CastoPod and other tools used and consumed regularly #GoldfishSocial
The thing that frightens me about the #fediverse is there is nothing stopping me from getting drunk one night and setting up an #owncast or #peertube and pretending to be Joe Rogan or Alex Jones and make a podcast. Like an immature 12 year old boy which I know I still am sometimes 🤣 #joke#humor
Why is #raspberrypi 4B (still) so expensive?
I've spent hours searching for an affordable set price and most sellers sell it brand new for €100 on average. 😩
Even on #eBay it's more or less same price - sometimes even for just the board.
I doubt this to be the case, but if anyone found a #EU set for cheap please do share.
@errhead & @agates - I know you both do things with @peertube … what do you think about @owncast? I frequently see #PeerTube listed as a YouTube alternative and #Owncast as a Twitch alternative. The latter is frequently mentioned as the best live streaming option that’s hooked into the #Fediverse but I see you all using PeerTube for this instead… thus my curiosity.
@owncast@agates can explain the details, but basically I’m interested in #Owncast’s openness to supporting what’s needed so that podcasters can use it for live shows. Currently all the shows that support the <podcast:liveItem> tag are using @peertube. Here I see recommendations for Owncast for its #Fediverse integration so it seems it could also be a good option
I have an account on both misskey and calckey instances and #owncast announcements seem to be formatted in a way that breaks the link to join the channel
then misskey converts it into its own internal representation (misskey-flavoured markdown) without adding any whitespace to mark the ``, so when it converts it again to HTML for presentation, the hashtag and the link get smushed together Reported upstream
I will be #streaming#Noita for a little bit, to test out my #Owncast server setup; I think the server it's on needs an upgrade, or I need to bring this in-home.