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owncast, 1 day ago to fediverse

Today marks four years of #Owncast! 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/

owncast, 14 days ago to owncast

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

owncast, 18 days ago to random

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, 1 month ago to random

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, 1 month ago to random

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/

owncast, 2 months ago to random

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, 3 months ago to random

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/

owncast, 3 months ago to random

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/

owncast, 5 months ago to random

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, 5 months ago to fediverse

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 #Owncast, or even streaming video in general, you might get something from it.

Enjoy!

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

owncast, 5 months ago to random

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, 6 months ago to random

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, 6 months ago to fediverse

How easy is it to get #Owncast 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, 7 months ago to ubuntu

Owncast will be at #Ubuntu Summit in Riga, Latvia November 3-5!

Gabe, the project maintainer, will be giving a talk about self-hosting live video streams and how Owncast might be able to help you do that on the 4th, at noon.

Plan on saying hi to Gabe, because he has cool pins (and stickers, of course) to give you.

#ubuntusummit #ubuntusummit2023

https://events.canonical.com/event/31/contributions/207/

owncast, 7 months ago to fediverse

Just noticed that #hacktoberfest isn’t doing t-shirts this year. That was always cool, but I totally get it.

#Owncast still has t-shirts for contributors, dedicated users and supporters of the project, however!

owncast, 7 months ago to random

It’s #Hacktoberfest time! If you’re not familiar, Hacktoberfest is the annual event that encourages people to contribute to Open Source software throughout the month of October.

If you’ve ever been thinking of finding a way to contribute to Owncast, this month is a great time. Documentation, code, designs, social, blog posts and more are all a great way to take part in the project.

https://owncast.online/hacktoberfest/

owncast, 7 months ago to random

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, 7 months ago to guitar

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

owncast, 8 months ago to random

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, 9 months ago to random

"I don't think it's something that's going to take over the streaming space, and I don't think that's the intention of it either. The whole goal is just to provide something cool where you control your content".

Yes. He gets it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58ep8o3WEZo

owncast, 9 months ago to fediverse

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

owncast, 9 months ago to random

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, 10 months ago to random

Are you familiar with @radiofreefedi, the fantastic community radio for the Fediverse? All the awesome music and audio content created by those across the Fediverse is now simulcasted in video as another way to enjoy it.

https://party.radiofreefedi.net/

owncast, 10 months ago to random

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

owncast, 10 months ago to random

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!