Resource usage required for Owncast (owncast.online)

submitted 2 years ago by ozoned@lemmy.world to c/owncast@lemmy.world

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So I was wondering the bandwidth usage of Owncast and started crunching some numbers. Then I happened to find that @gabek@social.gabekangas.com had already done the work. Article linked, but here's one of the examples:

Example Scenario#

You’ve configured your broadcasting source (such as OBS) to stream to your Owncast instance at 5000kbps. You have 25 viewers. 5 of them are on slow or mobile networks, 17 of them have fast, stable internet, and 3 of them have fast internet most of the time but the speed fluctuates. All 25 viewers watched an entire stream that lasts two hours. You have a hosting provider that gives you 4TB of bandwidth per month.

Offer a high and low quality option

You decide to offer both a high and low quality option, and you set the high quality option to 5000kbps and the low quality option to 1500kbps.

How much bandwidth is used on your server for this stream?

Bitrate	Duration	Viewers	Total
0.000625 Gigabytes per second (5000kbps)	7200 seconds	19	85 Gigabytes
0.0001875 Gigabytes per second (1500kbps)	7200 seconds	6	8.1 Gigabytes
			Total: 93.1 Gigabytes

How much CPU?

Quality	CPU Usage
5000kbps	Some (It matches the input)
1500kbps	More (CPU needs to be used to compress the video)

How is the viewer experience?

Quality	Viewers	Experience
5000kbps	20	Good
1500kbps	5	Good

Result: You’ve provided both a high and low quality option for your viewers so those with a slow network have an option, and those with a fast network that might periodically slow down can dip down into the low quality when needed. Additionally, in this case you saved almost 20G of bandwidth traffic due to offering a lower quality. You’re using more CPU for a much better experience. You would be able to stream 43 times in a month before you hit your bandwidth limit.

Works On My Machine Live! - Manyfold - Oragnize and Share your 3D Printe Files with the Fediverse (worksonmymachine.live)

submitted 1 week ago by ozoned@piefed.social to c/owncast@lemmy.world

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Tomorrow, April 12th, 0900 UTC-4, Works On My Machine Live!

We'll be taking a look at @manyfold@3dp.chat by @floppy@manyfold.floppy.org.uk !

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Major weather event Hawaii! Phantom falls? Flooding? WHO KNOW!?!?! TropicalDingdong streaming live (makertube.net)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world to c/owncast@lemmy.world

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I had a freind with @livestreamhawaii reach out and ask me to set up a webcam of the mountains behind my house for this major storm we're getting in Hawaii.

If we're lucky, we'll get to see the 'phantom falls', we sometimes get seasonal waterfalls in big rain storms.

Pop into the chat and say howzzit!

NAS Self host (slrpnk.net)

submitted 2 months ago by green_red_black@slrpnk.net to c/owncast@lemmy.world

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I am planning to Self Host on a QnapNAS I was gifted but truthfully I am at a loss to how one does that. I know how to install and run but not on a NAS. Could anyone help and explain?

OBS Studio 3.2.1 Beta is out with a new Audio Mixer, WebRTC Simulcast support and more (www.gamingonlinux.com)

submitted 3 months ago by scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to c/owncast@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/57057580

The Indie Beat Television (piefed.social)

submitted 3 months ago by ozoned@lemmy.world to c/owncast@lemmy.world

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consent driven live stream of indie music videos and animation from artists across the Fediverse. See Now Playing info at https://mastodon.social/@tibtvnowplayingbot. Fediwall at https://shorturl.at/CrWD3 | Submit your videos at https://theindiebeat.fm/the-indie-beat-tv/