Nostr Web Client

Been looking at streaming.

Streamer broadcast apps (e.g. prism, larix, etc) are dumb pipes that push video from a phone or other device to a server for their viewers.

But streamers don't just want to output video, they want to see and respond to live chat.

No open source streamer apps provide this. Only centralised apps do (e.g. the twitch app provides this but only for twitch chat).

If only there was an open source chat standard that could be integrated into streamer broadcast apps.

Streamers go out of their way to configure their setup, so managing keys would be little extra work.

Viewers can be anon or transient and don't need to know their live chat is riding Nostr rails.

Sovereign streaming seems very aligned to Nostr ethos.

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Tony 9mo ago

I believe you can already do this with zap.stream. Of course, it will take a lot of polishing and improvements to make it appealing to normies.

Or maybe I’m not properly getting your point.

Rod 9mo ago

As I understand nostr:nprofile1qqsv73dxhgfk8tt76gf6q788zrfyz9dwwgwfk3aar6l5gk82a76v9fgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhszxthwden5te0wfjkccte9eekummjwsh8xmmrd9skctcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0dutak6 the app is for viewers of the stream, not for the streamer themselves.

To start a stream I add zap.stream rtmp and streamkey to my broadcast app, and it makes that part easy.

And I can use any broadcast app, like prism or larix or whatever, so long as it can push to rtmp.

BUT, if you as a viewer message me on zap.stream (or zap me, or whatever), my broadcast app doesn't show me this. To see it, I will have to run and watch a second completey separate device in order to see my audience chat.

Big gap

Rod 9mo ago

That's not exclusively a zap stream problem mind you.

Was chatting with a guy who uses whatnot to break baseball cards on live stream. He says the key to being a good streamer is to provide good entertainment and audience engagement.

Pushing the video is just the start, seeing and responding to chat etc are all critical for him.

Tony 9mo ago

Oh, I see now. That’s definitely something that should be looked into. I guess this will be easily fixable when we have Nostr-native broadcast apps.

Rod 9mo ago

Do you know is someone already working on Nostr-native broadcast apps?

Tony 9mo ago

To be honest I didn’t know this was a thing 😅 I thought it was just a feature in every streaming app type of thing.

Rod 9mo ago

I might hack on this tomorrow. I think I know where to start