Ok, the name is intuitive enough, but, there are settings no details on how to use it. I mean this plugin https://github.com/discourse/discourse-livestream.git So, is it used for Live Streaming as in Showing something live?

Edit - View the documentation here. Hey there @oga :slight_smile: As you can see, the plugin is currently open sourced meaning anyone can use it. That being said, it is very much an experimental plugin for the time being. Hence the lack of public documentation. We (Discourse) have the intention of making it more accessible in the future, but we don’t have a concrete roadmap for the plugin at the moment.

From the ReadMe Plugin Summary This plugin allows you to embed a live stream from a variety of sources inside a Discourse community.

Yes, but how? Say I am streaming from xyz. Do I just simply copy xyz url and paste? Sorry, I am used to complexity, LOL, and I noticed it has no configurable properties.

I agree, this plugin could really use some better documentation.

There is a spec for this plugin, from where you can deduce its working: spec/lib/discourse_livestream/handle_topic_chat_channel_creation_spec.rb main # frozen_string_literal: true RSpec.describe DiscourseLivestream do describe ".handle_topic_chat_channel_creation" do let(:topic) { Fabricate(:topic) } context "when the topic has no category" do it "does not create a chat channel" do described_class.handle_topic_chat_channel_creation(topic) expect(Chat::Channel.count).to eq(0) end end context "when the topic has a category" do let(:category) { Fabricate(:category) } before { topic.update!(category: category) } context "when the topic has no 'livestream' tag" do This file has been truncated. show original I’ve tried to use ChatGPT for a how-to, but most of it seems to be hallucinations. I would have expected: Add the tag livestream to a topic to create a connected chat channel. The topics author will be subscribed to this channel automatically.

What a good news for gaming communities. I’ll test this as soon as possible in my gaming forum

Well, looks like its (one) purpose has been connecting a chat to an event. But it works with other topics too. But layout is somewhat broken (Buzz announcement) so this isn’t suitable for production, though.

[image] Jakke Flemming: so this isn’t suitable for production, though. This was made for our Enterprise customers, and has seen live streams with thousands of participants, very much in production :smile: The plugin is ready, and open source, but that doesn’t mean it also contains a newbie friendly out of the box experience. When we work on those plugins that are designed for a specific need of our customers, we open source most but that doesn’t mean it will always include batteries.

I know that. But good to know they aren’t using default theme and iPads :wink: My very weak point was it isn’t for everybody even it is open source.

What is discourse-livestream used for?

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Jagster (Jakke Flemming) August 20, 2024, 12:35pm 10

I know that. But good to know they aren’t using default theme and iPads

My very weak point was it isn’t for everybody even it is open source.

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What is discourse-livestream used for?

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