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In case you missed it, the Fediverse's livestreaming platform OwnCast has official apps:

:apple_old_logo: iPhone, iPad, Apple TV
https://apps.apple.com/app/owncasts/id6451178968

📺 Roku
https://channelstore.roku.com/details/2179326b6b85869a1a3a18d48ca76de6/owncasts

You don't have to use these though, all of OwnCast's features are available through the web.

(OwnCast is like the Fediverse's alternative to Twitch, it's a livestreaming platform with a built-in chat service. More info at https://fedi.tips/owncast-live-streaming-and-chat-on-the-fediverse)

#OwnCast #FediTips #LiveStreaming #Twitch #Alternatives

‎Owncasts

‎Add your favorite Owncast-powered live streams to watch on the go. Get notified when streamers go live so you'll never miss out.
App Store
#owncast #feditips #Twitch #alternatives #livestreaming
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Another way to stream live in the #Fediverse is via #Peertube.

PeerTube Live (helps you to create a live stream from your device)
PeerTube Live (hilft Dir, einen Live-Stream von Deinem Gerät zu erstellen)
https://f-droid.org/packages/fr.mobdev.peertubelive/
#FediTips#LiveStreaming#Twitch#Alternatives#fDroid

PeerTube Live | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Stream your device camera to your PeerTube channel!
f-droid.org
#fediverse #feditips #fdroid #peertube #Twitch #alternatives #livestreaming
Fedi.Tips
Yes, PeerTube is another one too! 👍

I don't think PeerTube has official chat yet though? It requires a third party plugin?
Vencabot
This is true, but to be fair the developer of this plugin, John Livingston, works closely with the PeerTube developers, and PeerTube has an excellent one-click mechanism for installing plugins. It's all-but-official and integrates very well with PeerTube, to say the least.
Eckes :mastodon:
do you have an idea why it doesnt recognize mastodon Server for indieauth (for comments). Should it do that out of the box?
Fedi.Tips
I don't know, you would have to ask @gabek

Guessing it may be related to the weird rules Apple's App Store has about getting listed? A lot of Fediverse apps have trouble getting listed because of Apple's rules assuming all social networks are centralised, and they just don't make sense when applied to federated networks.
@Gabe Kangas
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Eckes :mastodon:
hm, i was using browser. I guess I have to Read up on indieauth, thanks!
Fedi.Tips
Ahhhh sorry I thought you meant the app! My mistake. 😳

The browser should work with any Fediverse microblogging account, but I'm not familiar with how it relates to indieauth.
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Eckes :mastodon:
hm, i cant Login for comments to Watch.opencast.online maybe „can i use mastodon etc“ needs to be adjusted in the fedi tips
Aral Balkan
How did I miss this. What a lovely app @gabek 💕
@Gabe Kangas
Marian McWilson
@Mendi_Tech App description only says you can choose streams to watch on the go. Any idea if you can use it to stream on your device? I'm desperately seeking an alternative to Facebook Live.
@Mendi Evans
Fedi.Tips
As far as I know the app is just for watching.

OwnCast streams are made using standard streaming software but you need your own OwnCast server to broadcast streams.

If you're wanting to stream on someone else's server, you might want to look into using PeerTube livestreaming (but that doesn't have official built-in chat).
BlindHedgehogStew
If I was to live stream with this, how accessible would #OwnCast be vs. #StreamYard ? I've kinda never done this before, but I'm sure people will want me to start streaming at some point to, um, fill their time? I ask because I'm #BlindSinceBirth and use the #NVDA screen reader fulltime on #Windows11 #24h2
#owncast #nvda #Windows11 #24h2 #Streamyard #blindsincebirth
Fedi.Tips
I don't know the accessibility of OwnCast, maybe the developer @gabek has some info on this?

Or perhaps @WeirdWriter has experience streaming on here?
@Gabe Kangas @Robert Kingett
3dcandy
no android then?
Kit Rhett Aultman
Not yet, and not fully planned AFAIK. It's worth understanding these apps are the result of Owncasters taking the initiative to solve needs for themselves. Gabe's an iOS user; I have several Rokus in my house and wanted to monitor my own stream.

Given that the Owncast Directory is publicly available, easy to parse JSON, and that Owncast servers put out a simple m3u file for their streams, an enthusiastic Android dev could make one pretty quickly.
3dcandy
thanks.... I just wondered if there were any plans? I mean it's not strictly necessary as you say... but would be nice. Peertube suffers greatly as the apps are so poor as for many the best sources of content are their phones
Fedi.Tips
Installing PeerTube instances as web apps work a lot better than installing the PeerTube app store apps. (More info: https://fedi.tips/how-to-install-web-apps-for-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/)

The app store apps are apparently hamstrung by weird rules that don't work for federated networks 😔

How to install Web Apps for Mastodon and the Fediverse | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse
fedi.tips
3dcandy
of course, and I get that. Don't confuse my point with being nasty or against these things - but for some people the need for a decent app outweighs anything else (say the less technical for example). This is why pixelfed loses out to instagram or peertube against youtube. I just aksed the question as I have been kinda away from federated services recently
Kit Rhett Aultman
I think there's a disconnect here. Pixelfed is not "losing out" to Instagram nor Peertube to Youtube. There is no competition, and thus no way to "lose". And even if there were a competition, it's like saying Formula One "wins" over someone going for a walk.

Nobody in these projects has the access to massive capital nor the constraints to abuse the world until a profit is made.

And regardless, an app installed via the mobile browser can be just as good as a "native" one.
3dcandy
if you really and honestly believe that, well then I wholly disagree with you. Being so small as to realistically not matter is losing believe me....
Kit Rhett Aultman
The concept of "mattering" is always contextual. Matter to whom, and how? Should I likewise conclude that Atlanta Roller Derby "has lost" to the Atlanta Falcons because their audience is orders of magnitude smaller, too? Have my 20 years in roller derby been wasted because it "lost"? Or is it enough to know all the lives I've touched, all the lives that have touched mine, and to know all the struggle, joy, and people who've been made better for it?
Fedi.Tips
For whatever it is worth, I agree with Kit 🙂

Also, commercial centralised social networks shut down when the investors get bored of burning cash. For example Post News got way more funding than Mastodon ever did, but it closed down after barely a year of operation because the money stopped (https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/19/24135011/twitter-alternative-post-news-shutdown).

By contrast, non-profit volunteer projects like Mastodon have been going since 2016, PeerTube 2017, Pixelfed 2018 etc. It's slow but sustainable growth.

Twitter alternative Post News is shutting down

Post News, a Twitter alternative run by the former Waze CEO Noam Bardin, is shutting down. Bardin says the platform “is not growing fast enough.”
Emma Roth (The Verge)
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Kit Rhett Aultman
As the former developer of an Android photo sharing app for Ello, I know this one quite well.
Fedi.Tips
What VCs did to Ello was very, very sad 😞

At least it served as a warning for others to avoid the VC path.
Arthfach ΘΔ 🐻
Oh I like this service very much.
Ville 'cos' R
better call it "a" instead of "the" as it's not the only alternative.
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