Is it possible to host Zoom webinars or meetings on Discourse? Like, can I create a topic and livestream my Zoom meeting/webinar there? If not, would it be possible to do so through YouTube live maybe?
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In a support discussion titled “Host Zoom Events in Discourse” tagged with “zoom”, lucy.sierracircuits asks if it’s possible to livestream Zoom webinars or meetings directly into a Discourse topic. ondrej responds by pointing to the official Zoom plugin (enterprise-only for hosted Discourse) and Jitsi as alternatives, but lucy.sierracircuits finds these options too limited. JammyDodger introduces a newer plugin, discourse-livestream, which may support live streaming via services like Streamyard or Restream. Teresations follows up seeking guidance on setup, noting the lack of documentation and inquiring whether installing the plugin alone enables direct streaming. JammyDodger confirms the plugin likely supports Streamyard and suggests it’s worth installing to test, mentioning that community member @jordan-violet has successfully used it for live events — though documentation remains sparse. The thread reflects interest in integrating live video streaming into Discourse beyond Zoom’s limited plugin, with the livestream plugin emerging as the most promising (though still experimental) solution.
Hello Lucy ![]()
There is an official Zoom plugin however, if you are using official Discourse hosting then this is only available on the enterprise plan
And also Jitsi
If any of these are of any use?
Thanks but that’s not what I want to do and this plugin is too limited.
We do have a new plugin for live-streaming events, though it’s too new for me to know a lot about it. ![]()
@JammyDodger I can’t find much info on Discourse about LIVE streaming. We’re looking to ramp up our LIVE streams using Streamyard or Restream directly to our Discourse Community. Any advice on what’s the best way to get me started? I have never installed a plugin on our Community, would it be the case that I’d install it and we’re good to directly stream here?
Thank you in advance!
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I believe the discourse-livestream plugin I linked above can handle Streamyard.
I’m afraid I still don’t have much direct experience with it, but I think @jordan-violet has been using it very successfully in his community for live events. It doesn’t look like there’s much documentation for it yet still, but it sounds like it’s worth installing and checking it out. ![]()