I’m writing a brief guide for how to set up OBS to livestream with #Owncast and #PeerTube. What questions do y’all have? What do you want to know about?
@owncast@mxks And hey...this is Kit, the person behind @mxks and the Owncast Newsletter! I'd love to have some friends along for the ride developing the #Owncast#Roku channel! DM me or email me if you're interested in helping!
If you're not familiar with the project, Owncast is a project thet lets you host your own single-user streaming service, complete with web player, chat, integrations support, etc.
If you're into streaming on Twitch, Kick, etc, but would like something a little more #OpenSource or #Fediverse friendly, check it out.
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For those who use OBS to broadcast there's something I learned a year ago that I don't think people take advantage of.
Nested scenes.
Instead of adding a video capture device to a scene and then trying to make it look the same from scene to scene, you can create a scene with your VCD chosen, create the style you want it to look like, and then use that scene in all of the scenes where you want your camera.
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I've decided that I'm going to stop multi-livestreaming for a while and focus on streaming to the Fedi with #owncast
I get more engagement with Owncast and almost none on Twitch and YouTube (aside from trolls) so focusing on broadcasting to the Fedi seems like the right thing to do.
Don't let me down Fedi.
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I noticed the company who wanted to add their service directly into Owncast, and I said no, started releasing their own version of Owncast with their own changes in it to support this use case.
I'm not sure how to feel about this. It's kind of a fork, but it's really just another release of Owncast by somebody else. They're releasing something called Owncast with functionality and decisions that have nothing to do with the real Owncast. It specifically says stuff like "Owncast does X", and Owncast does not do X, and will never do X. Only their changes do X.
I fear this may confuse people. If something goes wrong with their version of the software, people are going to ask me for support, and might make the real Owncast look bad. But I don't know if this is wrong, or if this is completely acceptable. It's open source, and the name "Owncast" isn't owned by anybody, as Owncast is an open source project, not a company. So I guess they have the right to do whatever they want and call it Owncast.
But it feels wrong, and it seems like really bad things could come of this.
@gabek If they want to fork #Owncast, they legally can, but they should not call it Owncast anymore. I know #Mastodon & #WordPress are open source as well, but they vigorously protect their trademarks to prevent this type of confusion.
If possible, I would encourage them to rename their fork something else. If they refuse, let us know which company it is so we can avoid doing business with them.
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