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:bookmark: ITT we are discussing Owncast on eom.dev. Connection instructions, server scheduling, and deployment information can all be found here. Readers are invited to ask questions and offer feedback in the replies.

About

Owncast is used for hosting live streams on eom.dev.

A special thanks to @LogalDeveloper for his assistance in configuring this instance! Logan has many blog posts that will be useful to anyone looking to deploy an instance of their own.

Server Address: https://owncast.eom.dev/

Scheduling

See the Owncast calendar for scheduled live streams on eom.dev. Events are also published on the BT Free community calendar.

Federation

Owncast is part of the Fediverse! You can follow Owncast using an ActivityPub account to receive stream notifications and interact with the chat.

Mastodon is also available on eom.dev for those who do not yet have an ActivityPub account.

Deployment

Owncast is currently deployed through a single task file in a conglomerate Ansible role. It should be moved to its own repository at some point.

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Just wanted to document a conversation I had with @LogalDeveloper and @ozoned on Matrix comparing Owncast with PeerTube:

@eric

So… Owncast vs streaming on PeerTube… Thoughts?

@LogalDeveloper

  1. Owncast is way better imo. More integrations, better user experience, overall just a decent “twitch like” feeling. PeerTube on the other hand has extremely high latency and just… not as good of a UX. All just my opinion of course.

@ozoned

It depends on what you want out of your livestreaming. Honestly, with my oldest son, he wants to get into streaming. I want to give him a platform where he logs in, he can have his friends create accounts, and it’ll save his videos automatically. IMO, Peertube is a no brainer. He doesn’t need the latency, I want him to have a place to exist with friends in a closed environment, and I want the videos to be recorded automatically. Anything outside of those, Owncast. Owncast is a superior streaming platform. Peertube is a superior all around video platform replacement.