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Owncast is a free and open source live video and chat server for your events. Stream your entertainment, education, tv station, performances, games, communities, conferences, or whatever you have to share with an audience without big tech.

Note: Microblogging services aren't a great place to provide support. Please file support requests at our issue tracker so they don't get overlooked! https://github.com/owncast/owncast/issues

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owncast, to owncast
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Did you know there’s a Lemmy-powered Owncast forum that @ozoned put together! It’s cool! @owncast

owncast, to random
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Because Owncast is built on open standards, any video player that supports streaming video can natively play an Owncast stream.

This includes many options specifically built for televisions, so you can browse and watch Owncast servers on the big screen.

Visit the TV page with some tips on browsing and watching Owncast live streams on AppleTV, Roku, Chromecast, Kodi, Smart TVs, Android TV and more.

https://owncast.online/docs/watching-on-tvs

owncast, to random
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Did you see, thanks to @mxks, that there's a new way to browse the Owncast directory, and watch those live streams on Roku devices? It replaces the old, previously removed application. https://channelstore.roku.com/es-us/details/2179326b6b85869a1a3a18d48ca76de6/owncasts

You can learn more about it in this month's Owncast community newsletter. I always love reading it, and learning something new.

https://owncast.ghost.io/owncast-newsletter-april-may-2024/

owncast, to random
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Owncast v0.1.3 is released with a small collection of fixes and improvements.

Hope all is well!

https://owncast.online/releases/owncast-0.1.3/

trentskunk, to random
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Oh, neat...there's a channel points bot available for @owncast now too. Urge to hack on python code rising...

https://github.com/SleepyLili/tlapbot

owncast,
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@vintprox @trentskunk Sometimes! Owncast is used for all kinds of things, user-generated content is certainly one of them. But it’s probably used even more as video infrastructure for companies, events, venues, etc. But the user-generated content is going to be the most visible for obvious reasons.

operationpuppet, to fediverse
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Still mulling over my approach to live video here on the while the build streams are on hold for a few weeks.

Put the server on pause for a bit to give them time to get a couple more milestones under their belt, and haven’t yet activated live streaming on our .

I want to get the Frankie Play stuff going again but not sure there’s any audience for it here. Here’s a recent Twitch VoD.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2092922789

owncast,
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@operationpuppet Please do feel free to file issues for anything that you have in mind. Without hearing from people we can’t know what is on people’s minds. Sorry to see you go!

fedithom, to random
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Quick newbie question. When using @owncast , can I broadcast the stream live and save a recording of the "master" output at the same time? (Assuming saving of the stream is an option in the first place, which I'm not sure about ...)

owncast,
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@fedithom You would want to save it from the broadcasting side.

owncast, to random
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Huge thank you to @freenandes for bringing Owncast stickers to !

owncast, to random
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If you have an iPhone, iPad, or an AppleTV, check out Owncasts. A little application for discovering and watching Owncast-powered live streams.

Wish you could be notified when your favorite streamer goes live? This app is an easy way to make that happen.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/owncasts/id6451178968?platform=iphone

owncast, to random
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Owncast exists to be the infrastructure behind your live streams, whatever content or style or audience they might be.

If you have thoughts or ideas that you think would benefit live streamers, please reach out.

This isn't necessarily so we can implement every idea that is suggested. But each thought and concern has a conversation behind it that can benefit everyone. Without these conversations, the project can't know what is most useful, and can't grow.

Get involved!

https://owncast.online/contact/

literalgrill, to fediverse
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Anyone on here who has been brave enough to start an OwnCast server...

I've never done this before but have an old Chromebook I could convert into a server. If I did so, would it likely be strong enough to hold up to occasional streaming endeavors or nah? I'd mostly be sharing some of my physical media with folks to watch together.

owncast,
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@literalgrill @lefractal There's no single answer to these kinds of questions, but maybe this document can be helpful: https://owncast.online/docs/resources-requirements/

owncast, to random
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Owncast offers a small number of free, hosted servers for those that could make use of them. This is both to help out those who otherwise wouldn't be able to try out independent live streaming, and to get the project in front of more people.

If you or somebody you know is interested in the Owncast donated server program, read more:

https://owncast.online/donated/

ozoned, to lemmy EN
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@owncast i'm even more appreciative of you now! Having started that just a day ago, I've already been told by people obviously mich smarter tgan you or I how impossible owncast is. So now that we know that the software we're using, and you wrote, can't ever work, I guess we'll just pack it in huh? /s

Thank you again btw. People are insufferable and I'm sure you've already heard the garbage I'm getting and yet you trudge on. So thank you! You are appreciated.

owncast,
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@Longplay_Games @ozoned I hear it all the time, and I’m really not sure why. They gain nothing personally by talking people out of it, so I can only guess they tie some of their identity to the services they use, and would feel bad if people find there are alternatives to them? But that’s just a guess. Thanks for understanding and standing strong!

owncast,
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@neatnit @ozoned It's the mindset that companies and Big Tech can do it, but individuals can't. I actually address this in my Ubuntu Summit talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZMEuKI4Lpo. My argument is that people treat streaming video like black magic that regular people can't possibly harness, so if it can be demystified and clarified how it actually works, then people will believe that it's far more approachable than they think and believe they can run their own too.

mitch, to random
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I wish that Stream Avatars supported @owncast. 🤔

https://streamavatars.com/

owncast,
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@mitch Somebody was working on it, but I haven't heard the status of it.

nuekaze, to fediverse
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I have been testing a bit and it looks very interesting!

owncast,
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@nuekaze There is no notion of a "channel". Owncast is single-user, infrastructure software. You install it to run your video stream. It's not a service for others, but software for you. It's not meant to replace Twitch or YouTube or whatever.

celesteh, to fediverse
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Looking for an android client that will just let me play the @eulerroom stream without logging in to anything.

I was unable to get any of the ones listed on fdroid to do this, but perhaps this was a UI problem and not a functionality problem?

owncast,
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@lps @celesteh @eulerroom You already don't need to log into anything to watch an Owncast powered stream. Alternatively, many native video players will play the stream out of the box. VLC, for example.

owncast, to random
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If you're in the area, and able, think about adopting Ringo, the 13-year-old star tortoise. Otherwise, he could use some donations to support him in having a good life!

Drop by his live stream and say hi. He doesn't move much, but that makes the payoff even sweeter when he is up and about.

https://ringo.apesshelter.org.uk/

owncast, to random
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Our friends at @radiofreefedi are throwing a New Years Day party, and you can be part of it!

They’re lining up 24hrs of live streamers. Music, technology, performance, art, you name it.

If you want to be involved, or learn more about this event, drop by the RFF blog.

https://blog.radiofreefedi.net/new-years-day-2024-global-24-hour-stream-party

owncast, to fediverse
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Last month @gabek spoke to the attendees of @ubuntu Summit in Riga, Latvia, about Owncast and how live video streaming works.

I can’t promise it’s the most entertaining thing you’ll watch all day, but if you’re into , or even streaming video in general, you might get something from it.

Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/sZMEuKI4Lpo?si=IJxyN86dRvimg4Je

owncast,
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@bojanland Have you had a chance to look through the documentation? Everything should be answered there. You asked a handful of different questions in your post, so I can’t answer them all here, but this might help.

A place to start: https://owncast.online/quickstart/
https://owncast.online/docs/storage/
https://owncast.online/docs/cdns/

owncast,
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@masimatutu Not really. Ubuntu does their own thing. Lots of companies put videos on YouTube.

owncast,
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@masimatutu I agree. But Owncast has no control over what Ubuntu does as a company.

shom, to fediverse
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experts I'm having a difficult time finding information about how to host @owncast locally (as in do all the stream encoding) but serve it through a cheap VPS, so that I'm not exposing my residential IP address. Is that possible? I would appreciate any tips or links to resources.

I'm using a digital ocean droplet with the Owncast referral code but I won't be using it enough to justify ~$20/mo after the promotional credit runs out.

owncast,
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@shom @10leej You have options! https://owncast.online/docs/scaling/

owncast,
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@shom I'm sure you could hack something together, but that's not Owncast is built to run, so it wouldn't be something you could do out of the box. You can absolutely host Owncast locally (I run an instance from my apartment), but it's public on the internet. A couple of people have mentioned a VPN or other type of tunnel, so maybe that's the answer. But honestly, I'm not sure, it's not really an Owncast-specific thing.

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