If I may, I'd like throw this idea into the mix..
The FOSS Peerhub (https://Peerhub.app) plugin took us a couple of years to build and we've been adding more to it ever since. Install it and try it!
Hosting a Peerhub-powered server/instance (using https://Agori.host or your own server)
Storage
- Peerhub uses minio for offsite master/slave distributed storage of your entire server, not just db's and video files etc. Slave nodes can become master nodes automatically if something happens at the master DC so users will never see downtime.
- Peerhub can auto-Hive-monetize the master and slave node operators if desired
Transcoding
- Peerhub can also auto-Hive-monetize people who want to run transcoder nodes for you, lightening the load on your master server
Syndication & Discoverability
- There's literally no other video/podcast/livestream hosting product or platform in the world that blasts the content out further than a Peerhub-powered site. To Hive communities, Peertube, Mastodon, Pixelfed, RSS, torrent sites and more networks are being added constantly. There are literally hundreds of apps that can display Peerhub-powered streams too. Give users choices, and give your streamers the reach they deserve.
P2P
- Server resource use is kept at a bare minimum since the bandwidth, cpu and mem use gets disseminated across multiple other users who are watching the same stream. P2P livestreams are the way to go since it ends up costing you way less money in server expenses.
User-engagement thru multi-network aggregation
- An active comment section results in more shares of the video and hence more views.
- The real-time comment section on a Peerhub-powered site works just like a chatbox. You comment or reply, and then just a few seconds later you can see someone else (on a totally different network sometimes) replying to your reply. Those people can even Like and Tip each other. The more Likes a comment gets, regardless of which network they are on, the higher up on the page that comment will appear. For example, see this screenshot from one of the videos on vigilante.tv...
No need to reinvent any wheels.
We've built it all for you, you've just got to use it.
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RE: The HiveStreams.Live Manifesto!