Category: owncast

  • Streaming Possibilities

    Using Owncast, a self-hosted streaming solution, I’m able to host an OBS stream. I’ve only tested it on my local network, but I think it’ll be fine over the internet. It’ll be available at dumbleigh.com/stream.

    Owncast is running on my 8gb Raspberry Pi. It features a basic system monitor, and I observed about 70% CPU usage while streaming what I think was a 720p stream. While it was functional, I doubt it’s a good solution long-term. The next testing will be a higher bit rate, higher resolution stream.

    update

    I tried a 4mpbs, 1080p game stream this morning with limited success. While the stream would play, it was very unstable. It suffered from very high latency, stuttering, low frame rate, and even complete dropouts. I monitored the processor and still only observed about 70% usage. However, the Owncast error log showed, I think, that my hardware video acceleration wasn’t working. This seems to be related to an incompatibility between Ubuntu 64bit and Openmax. So that has to be remedied and then more testing can be done.