Owncast is a self-hosted live video and web chat server for use with existing popular broadcasting software.

Admin login: The credentials for the admin site: 'http://SERVERIP:PORT/admin' are Username: 'admin' and Password: 'abc123' (please note that the password is also your streaming key and should be changed to something very strong).

Update Notice: Simply restart the container if a newer version from Owncast is available.

AMD Hardware transcoding (Please note that you have to be on Unraid 6.9.0beta35 to enable the moduel for AMD):

• Open up a Terminal from Unraid and type in: 'modprobe amdgpu' (without quotes or you edit your 'go' file to load it on every restart of Unraid - refer to the support thread)
• At 'Device' at the bottom here in the template add '/dev/dri'
• In Owncast open the admin page and go to 'Configuration' -> 'Video Configuration' -> 'Advanced Settins', select 'VA-API hardware encoding' from the dropdown and click 'Yes'

Intel Hardware transcoding:

• Download and install the Intel-GPU-TOP Plugin from the CA App
• At 'Device' at the bottom here in the template add '/dev/dri'
• In Owncast open the admin page and go to 'Configuration' -> 'Video Configuration' -> 'Advanced Settins', select 'VA-API hardware encoding' from the dropdown and click 'Yes'

Nvidia Hardware transcoding:

• Download and install the Nvidia-Driver Plugin from the CA App
• Turn on the 'Advanced View' here in the template and at 'Extra Parameters' add: '--runtime=nvidia'.
• At 'Nvidia Visible Devices' at the bottom here in the template add your GPU UUID.
• In Owncast open the admin page and go to 'Configuration' -> 'Video Configuration' -> 'Advanced Settins', select 'NVIDIA GPU acceleration' from the dropdown and click 'Yes'

Also visit the Homepage of the creator and consider Donating: https://owncast.online/