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Can this do web RTC between servers? Can we construct a tree of OBS instances? The numbers are purely illustrative. I don’t know what OPS can actually do but l

Can this do web RTC between servers? Can we construct a tree of OBS instances? The numbers are purely illustrative. I don’t know what OPS can actually do but let’s say each OBS server can handle 50 connections that means if we had a two level deep tree, we could handle 2500 participants in a single call.

pavlov 3y ago
This is output only (more specifically over WHIP, WebRTC-HTTP Ingest Protocol). For incoming connections and compositing them you need something beyond OBS. Gstreamer is one option.
Sean-Der 3y ago
I don't have an idea on how to do cascading OBS instances. I should write some software to make this easy though. I want to make 'self hosting' as easy as possible. I think https://github.com/glimesh/broadcast-box https://github.com/glimesh/broadcast-box will fill that gap for now. For my own usage I run WebRTC servers and have them 'replicate' the video traffic. LiveKit did a write up on this with some good graphics https://blog.livekit.io/scaling-webrtc-with-distributed-mesh/ https://blog.livekit.io/scaling-webrtc-with-distributed-mesh...
- prox 3y ago
  What I would like to see is a Twitch like experience but within your own space, aka what a website is for the web, and the hoster is nothing more than a facilitator. So you pay for the basic tech and maybe bandwidth but the rest is up to the streamer. Would be great to have a real alternative to Twitch that’s completely your own. People could still federate, but there is also a mainhub (broadcastbox.com or whatever) Anyway it’s super exciting stuff! Great work!
  - bluefirebrand 3y ago
    I have been thinking about this a bit, kind of like a "what if you could set up a streaming website as easily as a wordpress blog"
    - Sean-Der 3y ago
      That was my hope for Broadcast Box! Mind checking it out and telling me what you think? It has a docker image so you should be able to run a 'streaming site' with just a few commands :)
      - prox 3y ago
        What if you create extra facilities on a unified website? I would pay for that. Maybe sub functions, chat functions and so on. You need that for more discoverability I think.
- sitkack 3y ago
  Thanks for the response, I’ll take a look. I really appreciate how much focus you put into this project. I think it does good for the world.

pavlov 3y ago

This is output only (more specifically over WHIP, WebRTC-HTTP Ingest Protocol). For incoming connections and compositing them you need something beyond OBS. Gstreamer is one option.

Sean-Der 3y ago

I don't have an idea on how to do cascading OBS instances. I should write some software to make this easy though. I want to make 'self hosting' as easy as possible. I think https://github.com/glimesh/broadcast-box https://github.com/glimesh/broadcast-box will fill that gap for now. For my own usage I run WebRTC servers and have them 'replicate' the video traffic. LiveKit did a write up on this with some good graphics https://blog.livekit.io/scaling-webrtc-with-distributed-mesh/ https://blog.livekit.io/scaling-webrtc-with-distributed-mesh...

prox 3y ago
What I would like to see is a Twitch like experience but within your own space, aka what a website is for the web, and the hoster is nothing more than a facilitator. So you pay for the basic tech and maybe bandwidth but the rest is up to the streamer. Would be great to have a real alternative to Twitch that’s completely your own. People could still federate, but there is also a mainhub (broadcastbox.com or whatever) Anyway it’s super exciting stuff! Great work!
- bluefirebrand 3y ago
  I have been thinking about this a bit, kind of like a "what if you could set up a streaming website as easily as a wordpress blog"
  - Sean-Der 3y ago
    That was my hope for Broadcast Box! Mind checking it out and telling me what you think? It has a docker image so you should be able to run a 'streaming site' with just a few commands :)
    - prox 3y ago
      What if you create extra facilities on a unified website? I would pay for that. Maybe sub functions, chat functions and so on. You need that for more discoverability I think.
sitkack 3y ago
Thanks for the response, I’ll take a look. I really appreciate how much focus you put into this project. I think it does good for the world.