The Fediverse has its own Twitch-style livestreaming platform called OwnCast:

➡️ @owncast

You can find out more from its official website at owncast.online

Because it's part of the Fediverse, you can follow OwnCast accounts from Mastodon etc, and when they go live you will see a post in your timeline to let you know.

For example, the RetroStrangeTV livestream can be viewed at:

➡️ live.retrostrange.com

...and it can be followed at:

➡️ @rstv

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@feditips @owncast @rstv I find the name "owncast" rather a turn off, it seems dumb and lame. I want a more creative name, one that strikes me as someone having put in the effort to name it in a cool futuristic and open manner.

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Herzenschein 🐰

@feditips @owncast @rstv

Wow, just tried this Owncast in my local NAT and it's ridiculously easy to set things up.

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Calyo Delphi

@feditips @owncast
My one biggest hang-up about Owncast is that it is a strictly single-tenant application. It does not support multi-streaming. So I can't, like... Have an owncast instance that I can use to host myself and multiple friends all streaming together.

Multi-streaming is a feature supported by both Picarto and Twitch, and it's something I would love to be able to do together with friends, each of us streaming our own thing and we can vibe together a la parallel play.

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Alecia Batson (she/her)

@gbhnews, FYI @owncast.

Thanks for the helpful tips, @feditips!

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isla :nvgray:

@feditips Can you make (or link) a guide to the differences between OwnCast and PeerTube’s Live feature?

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Warlock Of Wires

@feditips @owncast @rstv I love own cast and it is my go-to

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Wanderingmoon

@feditips @owncast @rstv, that's great to know. Maybe I'll check it out.

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Dangerangel

@feditips @owncast @rstv there was a great demo at @fediforum … hopefully there will be an update at the next event!

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Meljoann

@feditips @owncast @rstv Owncast is the frickin best 💜💜💜

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Yannick

@feditips @owncast @rstv

@aral where can I follow your livestreams?

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Phil Nelson

@feditips @owncast @rstv Quick note: You can follow at wrestling.social/@retrostrange in order to get notifications of when the next thing starts playing

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chirospasm

@feditips @owncast @rstv

Have used, and the quality's solid.

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Phegan

@feditips @owncast @rstv thanks for the tip! I've been using both Owncast and mastodon, it's good to know I can link and mention between them

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vinhgia

@feditips woah, this is awesome. I think I'm gonna try to broadcast through here sometime

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Lil NPC

@feditips @owncast @rstv thanks i had no clue this existed! 🥰

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