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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 fediverse
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I’m hearing murmurs of YouTube blocking browsers that support ad blockers.

You know where you don’t have to worry about such things? Host your videos on a instance and use for your live video streaming needs.

But of course you already knew that.

owncast, to random
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Little known fact: Before Owncast had a web-based admin, a terminal-based dashboard was built, but never shipped.

owncast, to random
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If you've ever wanted to contribute to an open source project, but thought "I'm not technical" or "I don't program" but have experience with design Owncast would love to have you involved!

We're planning for future features and would love to have a designer involved early.

People say "Owncast needs polish", so maybe you can help make a real difference!

Read more: https://owncast.online/designer-wanted/

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, to random
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The Owncast project runs a demo server at https://watch.owncast.online. This server runs a series of short promos and informational video clips for projects and initiatives, and we'd love to use this space for yours as well.

If you have some open source software, a fediverse-related project, or creative-commons licensed content and have a short video clip for sharing, we'd be happy to add it to the rotation. Reach out!

owncast, to random
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Do you use Owncast but don't enable Fediverse functionality? I'd love to hear from you to learn your use case. I'd love to see more Owncast instances on the Fediverse, and I want to learn why people don't. Maybe asking people on the Fediverse is preaching to the choir, but it's all I've got!

Please chime in! https://github.com/owncast/owncast/issues/3088

owncast, to fediverse
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How easy is it to get running?

https://owncast.online/quickstart

There are a few methods, pick the best for you. Here's an example, using the installation script. No npm, no pip, no Ruby gems. Just get up and running, so you can start streaming.

Animated GIF showing an Owncast installation.

owncast, to random
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When you operate your own live stream your sponsor's logo can be as big as you want and you can advertise anything you like. Your server, your content, your rules.

owncast, to random
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Who wants some bug fixes and quality of life improvements?

v0.1.1 is now available. A huge thank you to everyone who was involved!

https://owncast.online/releases/owncast-0.1.1/

owncast, to fediverse
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Coming up in v0.1.0 is an additional way for you to create custom action buttons for your interface. You could always point to remote resources as actions, but now you can just author them from scratch in HTML!

One fewer step required for you to build your own custom UI for tip jars, leader boards, 3rd party integrations or whatever you can think of. It's your server, go nuts.

Looking to get this in your hands in May.

A screenshot of an Owncast custom action button modal displaying.

owncast, to random
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Today is the three year anniversary of Owncast's first commit. I hoped a new release would be ready by "First Commit Day", but a little more time is needed. Thank you for your patience and support, here's to another three years!

owncast, to random
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Owncast is what it is because of all the amazing contributors from all over the world. I'm immensely thankful to each one of them.

Take a moment to see all the contributions from all the fantastic developers since the first day of the project.

https://videos.owncast.online/v/pUYWMexu63hm7qKVX5Dpsd

owncast, to random
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I'm not sure anybody really used it, since it was more or less just a quick convenience for people, but:

The Owncast Directory Roku app will be removed in January 2024 since Roku is removing the specific platform used to put this little application together. There are no plans to rewrite it. Sorry for any inconvenience.

omniscion, to fediverse Greek
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Sometimes, my stupidity amazes me. I can't grasp the steps in order to setup an server via hetzner

owncast,
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@omniscion One of our community members just saw this conversation and passed along this tutorial that was written. https://community.2tonwaffle.com/topic/11/owncast-instance-setup

owncast, to fediverse
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It's a long time in the making. A new release of is available.

https://owncast.online/releases/owncast-0.1.0/

owncast, to random
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Love all the customization people are making to their Owncast servers with the release of the new version. Owncast streamers are a creative bunch!

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Thank you to everyone who has filed issues and shared feedback about the latest release, it was a big one. Another release with bug fixes and small improvements will be out soon!

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With new features on the horizon Owncast is looking for a UX designer!

We’re still young in our design goals and would love the experience of a dedicated designer to inform both the process and the pixels around building a cohesive product that people love to use.

Please share with the designers in your network!

https://owncast.online/designer-wanted/

/cc @Curator

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 fediverse
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Did you notice that the new release, v0.1.1, has re-sizable chat? If you think this is cool, you can thank @janWilejan for the handy feature!

owncast, to random
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You might think after reading this post "Hasn't Owncast been saying this for years?" Yes. And we still haven't given up!

As new, very cool, features start to get planned, the Owncast project is on the hunt for a user experience designer to help us turn them into reality.

Do you want to have a say in how new features, that will get into people's hands, work and look? Now is the time to get involved, early on, so you can have influence on them.

Reach out and say hi!

https://owncast.online/designer-wanted/

owncast, to guitar
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Looking to improve your guitar skills, or are just curious? Tune in to the weekly Simply live lessons! https://live.simplyguitar.com

owncast, to kbin
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Just created a group at https://fedia.io/m/owncast. Maybe now is the time to see if having a place to support group-based conversations is helpful for the project. Hello @owncast!

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Thanks to a suggestion from @roadriverrail we're seeing if there's any interest in a periodic Owncast community email. The idea is to feature streamers, share tips, highlight releases, and try to reach out a bit more.

If you think this should exist, feel free to throw your email into the hat. If nobody is interested, that's cool too! Like always, we only want to create things people actually want.

https://owncast.online/newsletter/

owncast, to fediverse
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Today marks four years of ! Can you believe it? For fun, let's take a short look back at what that looked like.

https://gabekangas.com/blog/2024/05/today-marks-four-years-of-owncast/

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