Streaming directly from OBS to HTML browser on local network.

[Babs Johnson]

So I've done some research on this but nothing conclusive as of yet. What I'm trying to achieve is to stream directly to HTML browser as player on a local network, so that way as users join the network they will be faced with a link or open the stream automatically on their devices.
Any suggestion is welcome.

 

[bcoyle]

Do I understand correctly, that you want to give people a link to a browser that you interface to with obs. ie. IPTV? Do you want chat?

 

[qhobbes]

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[bcoyle]

Do you have website?

 

[Babs Johnson]

Do I understand correctly, that you want to give people a link to a browser that you interface to with obs. ie. IPTV? Do you want chat?

Yes, exactly that.

 

[Babs Johnson]

Do you have website?

No I don't but I guess I can host one on my Mac mini to serve the webpage.

 

[bcoyle]

No I don't but I guess I can host one on my Mac mini to serve the webpage.

I've been "flirting: with owncast.. I'm sure there are lots of ways to do iptv, but owncast worked out pretty well for me. I decided to self host and and brought a raspberry pi to do the streaming (linux - denian 12). I actually reserved a domain name and added to it to point to my owncast server. It's designed to act like a webserver if you us a browse (with chat) or a IPTV service if using VLC. It can be embedded in a website if desired.
Anyway , take a look at this and see if it's anything near what you want

Mr Bills Retro TV

Welcome to Bill's Retro Tv channel. #1 - 1950s retro tv.

owncast1.cast-tor.com

It's not streaming all the time, but handles "no streaming" smoothly.

 

[bcoyle]

The owncast web server is free.

also, owncast has a server directory if you wish to do something more public.

https://owncast.directory

 

[bcoyle]

On a local network, you can use 192.168. :8080 style of url to run locally without an outside url/website

 

[Babs Johnson]

Many thanks for this, I will look into Owncast. NDI was another way I thought I could do it. I have one of those TBS 2603SE NDI Encoder laying around I could try to experiment with.

 

[Babs Johnson]

I've been "flirting: with owncast.. I'm sure there are lots of ways to do iptv, but owncast worked out pretty well for me. I decided to self host and and brought a raspberry pi to do the streaming (linux - denian 12). I actually reserved a domain name and added to it to point to my owncast server. It's designed to act like a webserver if you us a browse (with chat) or a IPTV service if using VLC. It can be embedded in a website if desired.
Anyway , take a look at this and see if it's anything near what you want

Mr Bills Retro TV

Welcome to Bill's Retro Tv channel. #1 - 1950s retro tv.

owncast1.cast-tor.com

It's not streaming all the time, but handles "no streaming" smoothly.

Loving the TV GUIDE FOR BILL'S RETRO CHANNEL

 

[bcoyle]

Loving the TV GUIDE FOR BILL'S RETRO CHANNEL

Thanks. A feature of casttor ai is that it can generate a schedule, months ahead and generate a tv guide, up to 2 weeks in length. Here is the forum blog I started about this, flirting with owncast and self hosting.

Flirting with Owncast, Raspberry Pi and OBS - Adventure in Self Hosing

Owncast is an environment similar to youtube etc, just not as well known. There is no censorship and you are pretty much allowed to have you own channel with your own stuff. But, You should still pay attention to copyright laws. Owncast has a central directory where other people have their...

obsproject.com

 

[Babs Johnson]

Thanks. A feature of casttor ai is that it can generate a schedule, months ahead and generate a tv guide, up to 2 weeks in length. Here is the forum blog I started about this, flirting with owncast and self hosting.

Flirting with Owncast, Raspberry Pi and OBS - Adventure in Self Hosing

Owncast is an environment similar to youtube etc, just not as well known. There is no censorship and you are pretty much allowed to have you own channel with your own stuff. But, You should still pay attention to copyright laws. Owncast has a central directory where other people have their...

obsproject.com

Cool, thanks for shearing.

 

[rockbottom]

I've been using MistServer for years, it's easy to set-up & super stable. Stream can be opened via browser or media player depending on what links are sent out. The Pro version has be free for a couple of years now.

MistServer - Live streaming with MistServer and OBS Studio

MistServer - Official MistServer build downloads

 

[rockbottom]

You're already using NDI. Install NDI Tools & use the NDI Bridge if you want a secure stream or super high quality stream. NDI HX can be used for lower bit-rate streams if bandwidth is limited. All users will need to install Tools if you try it.

 

[rockbottom]

Scratch that NDI thought, there's no Bridge in the Mac toolkit yet.

 

[bcoyle]

I'm a windows guy and part of my agenda with owncast was to play with a raspberry pi and get more familiar with linux. I like the idea of the raspberry pi server. Just leave it powered up 24/7 , only 27 watts. The pi seems to be able to host 3 owncast servers by itself and a caddy software webserver to steer the incoming http/https streams to the correct owncast server. Caddy software also changes the 8080 output of the owncast servers by adding a free SSL certificate to turn the stream into a httpS server.

 

[Babs Johnson]

I've been using MistServer for years, it's easy to set-up & super stable. Stream can be opened via browser or media player depending on what links are sent out. The Pro version has be free for a couple of years now.

MistServer - Live streaming with MistServer and OBS Studio

MistServer - Official MistServer build downloads

Thanks for this, I will give this a try.

 

[Babs Johnson]

I'm a windows guy and part of my agenda with owncast was to play with a raspberry pi and get more familiar with linux. I like the idea of the raspberry pi server. Just leave it powered up 24/7 , only 27 watts. The pi seems to be able to host 3 owncast servers by itself and a caddy software webserver to steer the incoming http/https streams to the correct owncast server. Caddy software also changes the 8080 output of the owncast servers by adding a free SSL certificate to turn the stream into a httpS server.

I host the owncast on a Mac Mini. That would help as I host OBS on a mini as the playout server.

 

[bcoyle]

I host the owncast on a Mac Mini. That would help as I host OBS on a mini as the playout server.

I do find it helpfull to use the raspberry pi as the owncast server(s). It offloads my lapdown.
which can run obs. I started another thread

Flirting with Owncast, Raspberry Pi and OBS - Adventure in Self Hosing

Owncast is an environment similar to youtube etc, just not as well known. There is no censorship and you are pretty much allowed to have you own channel with your own stuff. But, You should still pay attention to copyright laws. Owncast has a central directory where other people have their...

obsproject.com

where i thought other people might be interested in learning about 24/7 streaming. Didn't get any response. Sad Face.

I'm able to run 3 owncast servers on the pi(5) at about 60-70% cpu cycles at 720p, 2500kbs bitrate. The laptop is running 3 obs's. I don't know if the pi could handle more users than a few.

Here is a picture of my laptop running the 3 channels. fun to see.

Are you in the owncast directory?