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   3dcandy (3dcandy@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Feb-2025 05:04:22 JST 3dcandy

   @FediTips no android then?

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Friday, 28-Feb-2025 05:04:22 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     @3dcandy @FediTips Not yet, and not fully planned AFAIK. It's worth understanding these apps are the result of Owncasters taking the initiative to solve needs for themselves. Gabe's an iOS user; I have several Rokus in my house and wanted to monitor my own stream.

     Given that the Owncast Directory is publicly available, easy to parse JSON, and that Owncast servers put out a simple m3u file for their streams, an enthusiastic Android dev could make one pretty quickly.

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     3dcandy (3dcandy@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Feb-2025 05:45:27 JST 3dcandy

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     • Kit Rhett Aultman

     @roadriverrail @FediTips thanks.... I just wondered if there were any plans? I mean it's not strictly necessary as you say... but would be nice. Peertube suffers greatly as the apps are so poor as for many the best sources of content are their phones

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Friday, 28-Feb-2025 05:45:27 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     @3dcandy @FediTips The core Owncast devs, including Gabe, devote almost all their efforts to Owncast, and it takes everything they've got to keep it moving forward. It and the Directory work quite well in browsers, including mobile ones. So there hasn't been a focus on clients. I spent a week learning Brightscript and putting together the Roku app, and my labor time is still about 1 week a year.

     We'd be happy to have an Owncasts Android client, but we need people.