YouTube has the ability to do live streaming, but [Tinkernut] felt that the process could be much more straightforward. From this desire to streamline was born the Raspberry Pi based YouTube live streaming camera. It consists of a Raspberry Pi with some supporting hardware and it has one job: to make live streaming as simple as pointing a box and pressing a button. The hardware is mostly off-the-shelf, and once all the configuration is done the unit provides a simple touchscreen based interface to preview, broadcast live, and shut down. The only thing missing is a 3D printed enclosure, which [Tinkernut] says is in the works.
Getting all the software configured and working was surprisingly complex. Theoretically only a handful of software packages and functionality are needed, but there were all manner of gotchas and tweaks required to get everything to play nice and work correctly. Happily, [Tinkernut] has documented the entire process so others can benefit. The only thing the Pi is missing is a DIY onboard LED lighting and flash module.
Similar device, but with HighRes display: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RJfinvFBiE
hackster.io feels to me like a “me too” kind of clone of hackaday.io.
and the fact that they “partner” with youtube personalities to peddle their product seems even fishier to me. :|
calling yourself a ‘community’ while taking vc funding and rolling out ad campaigns seems a little strange to me.
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/hackster-io#/entity
Well, Hackaday is fully privately owned as well… So they are both in the same pot (along with instructables). No winner here.
I have a friend who is on Hackster, and refuses to join Hackaday… my understanding, based on what he’s said, is that you’ve got that exactly backwards, chronologically — he has asserted that Hackaday[dot]io is by and large a copy of Hackster.
Mind you, I don’t have a dog in this fight, I’m just reporting what I’ve heard.
Which came first? There were articles on the main site when hackaday.io was launched, and HAD keeps archives of it’s old posts. If you can find out the date of Hackster’s inception, it’s a pretty easy question to answer.
hackaday.io launched February 18, 2014 . Hackster launched sometime in January or February of 2014.
Okay, well, that makes it easy. Hmm… Well…. now then….
Can you be a bit more precise?
Only thing about making it too easy is accidentally streaming to a World Wide Watch.
>World Wide Watch
I have to remember this one.
I have missed Tinkernut. Neat project :)
“Live Stream to YouTube by Pointing a Box and Pressing a Button”
Pffft… Isn’t this called a “Smartphone”? Most people in the developed and semi-developed world already have one.