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by ShamelessC
2083 days ago
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What's your experience been like with WebRTC? I've been playing games and watching shows with Jitsi and Discord with friends. The lower latency is fantastic. I've been looking for a self hosted (or p2p) solution for streaming to a large audience e.g. Twitch but with WebRTC instead of HLS/DASH/rtmp. Are you aware of anything like that? |
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My Answer: You have PeerTube, which you can self-host.
> PeerTube is software that you install on a web server. It allows you to create a video hosting website, so you can create your "homemade YouTube". The difference to YouTube is that it's not intended to create a huge platform centralizing videos from the whole world on a single server farm (which is horribly expensive). On the contrary, PeerTube's concept is to create a network of multiple small interconnected video hosting providers.
- From PeerTube's FAQ(verbatim except for a few minor grammar errors)
> PeerTube has 3 main adventages: 1) An open code (transparency) under a free/libre license (ethic, respect and community-driven development); 2) A federation of interconnected hosting providers (so more video choices wherever you go to see them); 3) Peer-to-peer broadcasting – and therefore viewing – (so no slowing down when a video becomes viral).
- From PeerTube's FAQ: What are the main advantages of PeerTube?
On the specifics of the live streaming features, albeit vague:
https://joinpeertube.org/roadmap
Apparently Framasoft(the organization behind PeerTube) is planning to implement the live streaming feature once they hit $60,000 USD in funding. However, keep in mind that this is a new feature that hasn't come out yet, and if and when it comes out the first time, it will be a work-in-progress. They are currently below funding goals for step 4 of the roadmap, aka the live streaming feature. Donations may or may not be tax deductible, depending on the jurisdiction in which you live.
What is PeerTube:
> PeerTube is software that you install on a web server. It allows you to create a video hosting website, so you can create your "homemade YouTube". The difference to YouTube is that it's not intended to create a huge platform centralizing videos from the whole world on a single server farm (which is horribly expensive). On the contrary, PeerTube's concept is to create a network of multiple small interconnected video hosting providers. - From PeerTube's FAQ(verbatim except for a few minor grammar errors)
A more descriptive explanation of PeerTube here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PeerTube
FAQ: https://joinpeertube.org/faq Documentation: https://docs.joinpeertube.org/
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Framasoft is the parent organization of Peertube. It maintains the source code for PeerTube and several other projects. It's also based in France(important if you want to send tax-deductible donations to Framasoft).
Website on the parent organization: https://framasoft.org/en/association/
> The Framasoft association is a 1901 not-for-profit association whose character of general interest authorizes a tax deduction. Which shows its willingness to stay an association on a human scale (less than forty members, less than ten permanent staff) ___________
Sorry for the crappy formatting, I wasn't sure how to format the information optimally.