Ok, the name is intuitive enough, but, there are settings no details on how to use it. I mean this plugin [image] GitHub - discourse/discourse-livestream Contribute to discourse/discourse-livestream development by creating an account on GitHub. So, is…

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 o…

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

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…

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 f…

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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oga August 19, 2024, 12:12pm 3

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.

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What is discourse-livestream used for?

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