Owncast

Created on 2021-11-22T19:42:53-06:00

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RTMP, no SRT support. This means 5-10 second delay minimum.

HLS stream can be played in VLC or embedded elsewhere.

Built-in chat.

Chat supports webhooks (outgoing and incoming) for easy bot support.

Supports webhooks for when a stream starts and stops.

Can stream data off to S3 compatible storage and plays from there; averts the need for edge servers.

Does not support recording or VODs.

Had complaints of fediblobs saying the player takes up gigabytes of RAM in firefox.