WorldTravelerAll7Feb 5

Can you livestream on #PeerTube?

I wonder if someone could set up an instance of PT that is just for people to livestream & capture encounters w/ #ICENazis?

That way #ICE can't take the phone or delete them. #Google appeasers can't scrub them for the fascists

i was just thinking whether i should set my phone ready to livestream to #youtube or #substack for protests or if i encounter the #NachoNazis

#FuckICE #Resist #WT7

Show threadweed stallmanFeb 5

@WorldTravelerAll7 Yes, you can livestream on peertube. Owncast is also an alternative for streaming/self-hosting/censorship resistant. You need OBS via desktop though, not sure how it would work for mobile.

#peertube #owncast

Show threadDingusMacDongle

@incentive @WorldTravelerAll7

Hi! I use owncast for my own personal streams and I would recommend owncast for streaming it is lighter weight than peertube! Now the only problem is that you would most likely have to have something set up for owncast to save any streams that come into a file. That is where the rub comes in.

Thankfully #OBS lists a series of other options from here.

https://obsproject.com/kb/mobile-streaming-apps

Mobile Streaming Apps | OBS

OBS Knowledge Base. Take your streams on the road

Feb 5 at 8:29pmMastodon for Android
Show threadDingusMacDongleFeb 5

@incentive @WorldTravelerAll7 for immediate use, I would check functionality with #loops or #pixelfed to see if those could work.

And... Unfortunately... Your next best bet is #bluesky. I know bluesky isn't safe, but considering most of their money comes from leftist twitter refugees, I dont find it likely that they would take a livestream of this activity down.

Show threadweed stallmanFeb 5
@dingusmacdongle @WorldTravelerAll7 I'm not on Bsky much anymore but I think the "live now" thing only directs a user to a third-party app/site. Still useful though but in a diff way.
Show threadWorldTravelerAll7Feb 5

@incentive @dingusmacdongle

i was banned from bsky anyway for celebrating the death of a racist, fascist bigot. still very happy about it😁💙 the only good nazi...😏

loops doesn't do live & is limited to 40mb vids

i'll check my options from this helpful feedback. of course i was really asking for those who are confronting ICE Nazis regularly

if i were wealthy, i would set up a PT instance for them, so they could stream every encounter. & another for liberal media to begin making the transition

Show threadweed stallmanFeb 5
@WorldTravelerAll7 @dingusmacdongle I'd stick with Dingus' advice and see how you can stream using Owncast in these situations, then rely on PeerTube for storage/VODs. PeerTube is already complicated and I imagine storing while streaming could lead to issues you dont expect related to space depending on how long youre recording for.
Show threadDingusMacDongleFeb 6
@incentive @WorldTravelerAll7 the only issue I see is getting eyes on it. It would at minimum be a two man op. One to stream. One to screen cap.
Show threadKinetix Feb 6
@WorldTravelerAll7 @dingusmacdongle @incentive I'm not sure I understand the advice to not use peertube if recording the stream isn't something owncast can do. Peertube is not a heavy application, and the video storage issue is something one has to deal with no matter the platform used.

Also, the suggestion that one needs OBS for owncast (was that really what was meant?) is not accurate. You should be able to stream to either platform from mobile using your favourite rtmp software.
Show threadDingusMacDongleFeb 6

@kinetix @incentive @WorldTravelerAll7 Owncast (from my own experience) is a lighter weight streaming application than peertube. Plus owncast uses less storage, in using peertube the streaming is not as lightweight as it.

It really just boils down to money. You need to worry about storage and ram for transcoding for peertube. Thanks to Spam Altman #rampocalypse is upon us. Owncast is a bit less cpu and ram cost for streaming.

You also have other options for video storage (like mastodon).

Show threadKinetix Feb 13
@dingusmacdongle @incentive @WorldTravelerAll7 Boy, I need to check on my notifications as I didn't even know this had been posted. Sorry about that.

While both Owncast and Peertube are kind of focused on slightly different needs, when looking at streaming only, I'm not sure I would see any difference between the two, negative-connotation-weight-wise. Peertube doesn't have to transcode or store, so if those are off, what kind of practical weight difference are you aware of? Have you tested?

However, transcoding & auto-archiving/publishing are extremely handy features to have.

Transcoding isn't much of a memory hog - CPU intensive, yes.
Show threadDingusMacDongleFeb 17
@kinetix @incentive @WorldTravelerAll7 thats fair.