Owncast is a self-hosted video streaming server that allows you to stream live events or pre-recorded videos to your audience. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Owncast on macOS.
Homebrew is a package manager for macOS, and we will use it to install the dependencies required by Owncast. To install Homebrew, open the terminal and run the following command:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
Now, we need to install the required dependencies for Owncast to run. In the terminal, run the following commands:
brew install ffmpeg
brew install youtube-dl
These dependencies are required for Owncast to process video streams and pre-recorded videos.
To install Owncast, open the terminal and run the following command:
brew install owncast
This command will download and install Owncast from the Homebrew repository.
After the installation is complete, run the following command:
owncast
This command will start the Owncast server, and you can access it by visiting http://localhost:8080 in your web browser.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Owncast on macOS using Homebrew. With Owncast installed, you can now start streaming live events or pre-recorded videos to your audience. Happy streaming!
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