OwnCast is a live streaming Fediverse server with built-in chat window, sort of like the Fedi's own alternative to Twitch.
You can follow OwnCast accounts from Mastodon etc, and they will post a message in your timeline when they start streaming.
The project's official account is at @owncast@fosstodon.org and the website is at https://owncast.online. There's a demo stream at https://watch.owncast.online
If you want to find streamers, there's a directory at https://directory.owncast.online and you can follow a bot that posts about new streamers at @owncast@botsin.space. You can also follow @FediVideos which boosts livestreams as well as PeerTube videos.
Some accounts I personally recommend following are @rstv, @Hamish, @live, @ozoned, @hatnix and @jnktn_tv
If you want to create your own OwnCast server, there's a quickstart guide at https://owncast.online/quickstart and in-depth documentation at https://owncast.online/docs
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OWNCAST CONSIDERATIONS:
Careful it consumes a lot of UP/DOWN DATA + HEAT TO DO OWNCAST VIDEO BROADCASTING...
Data default is ~1mb per second (up and down maybe = 2mb)
and then data is dropped / disposed of / disappears...
60min = 7.2GB / 7200mb
(both ways in total)
+ hardware involved
+ distance traveled
SOOO do try it lower resolution perhaps than standard setting...
I see audio as best footprint unless really you're showing more than just your hands on a keyboard or barely-moving screen code... a lot of own cast is just static and BIG WASTE of megabytes.
For example voice only would be say half a megabyte AND needs almost no hardware or power
(much less)
All that data + wattage etc does add up folks... make sure it's really useful if you project energy like that.
