Camcaster

Broadcast live video from your desktop or laptop computer's webcam for free.

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Have you ever wanted to broadcast live video?

The default settings should work well for most people, allowing decent quality at the lowest bandwidth rates so you can have as many viewers as possible, because remember that streaming video can use a lot of bandwidth.

Designed for Linux, this is a very simple frontend for VLC's relevant streaming capabilities and as such requires VLC media player to be installed in your computer, which is easy to achieve using the built-in package managers that come with Linux distributions.

LAN Access

Camcaster Video Streaming Software
Camcaster Video Streaming Software

Users can watch the stream over the LAN by accessing the LAN address and port of the stream via HTTP. Here's an example command line to watch a stream on LAN address 192.168.0.10 and port 8000:

vlc "http://192.168.0.10:8000"

Port Forwarding

To make the stream available to the global internet, you need to set up port forwarding in your router. See your router's documentation for more information on setting up port forwarding. In the future, this software might use UPnP to set up port forwarding automatically.

Streaming requires one port, and the default port is 8000. To set up port forwarding on your router, you'll go to an address like 192.168.0.1 and enter the password, which might be found on a sticker on the router. This is usually not the same as the password that is used to access wifi services. Look for port forwarding settings. Find a button or link to add more forwarded ports, and when there, set all port fields to 8000, e.g. source port, destination port, and you don't need a range of ports, so set the start and end ports both to 8000. Besides setting everything port-related to 8000, you just need to enter your streaming computer's address on the LAN. That way, your router sends requests to that port to the right computer so listeners can connect.

Audio Troubleshooting

If you have no audio or distorted audio, check your mixer settings. Go to the speaker icon in the lower right and look for mixer settings. Adjust the microphone level there.

Free Uncensored Video Streaming

Youtube has removed accounts for political and other reasons. Not only is there the blatant censorship, there's also shadow banning. These days, you can't find independent content in your searches on Youtube. Search results there are almost entirely just the professional propagandists of CNN, NBC, CBS, etc. Many other streaming websites create unnecessary hurdles and obstacles. Screw all of that, you can just stream your live videos yourself.

Future Development

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