Notes from the build
Field notes from the team building Polycast. What we're shipping, what we changed our minds about, and the technical decisions behind a self-hosted broadcast studio.
- Guide
A self-hosted alternative to Restream
Restream is the easy default for multistreaming. If the monthly bill or the quality cap has you wondering about running it yourself, here's the case for it.
- Guide
Multistreaming from OBS without a plugin
OBS multistream plugins run inside OBS, which is exactly why they're risky. Here's the approach I use instead.
- Guide
Stream to YouTube and Twitch at the same time, at each platform's best quality
Most multistream tools make you send every platform the same quality, which means your best platform gets your worst stream. Here's how to stop doing that.
- Founding
Why we built Polycast
Every multistream tool I tried put a server between me and the people watching. So we built one that doesn't.