Ask HN: What's the minimum-friction way to stream audio from a handheld device?

[killthebuddha]

I basically want a microphone with a button that starts and stops recording and live-streams the recorded audio to a programmable backend. I don't care if it's an app or a cheap-ish piece of hardware, but I have yet to find any single solution that satisfies even the streaming requirement.

Edit, for a bit of context: If there's no good solution, the prototype I'm thinking is just a Twilio Voice API endpoint that pipes received calls' audio into S3.

[xerocole]

I think VLC can record and stream audio. I’ve never used this feature, though I did a quick search and it appears to be a feature.

[bpmedley]

Larix Broadcaster?

https://softvelum.com/larix/

[killthebuddha]

This looks like a hard maybe, thank you!

[bpmedley]

I believe mediamtx can ingest the RTMP and present to a browser, via HLS or WebRTC.

https://github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx

[bpmedley]

You’re welcome. Sounds like what you want is RTMP or SRT. There are free solutions, for those, as well.

[DamonHD]

Does this backend have to be remote? Why not a Bluetooth (or WiFi?) mic or similar?

[killthebuddha]

Hmm, maybe. I could run a server on my laptop and have the wifi/bt mic stream to it. But I really want this to work on the go, and having a running laptop, or Pi or whatever, at all times is kind of a non-starter.

[DamonHD]

Could a phone be the bridge/server?

[mixmastamyk]

Pipewire and a pinephone, librem etc?