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Hetzner is $5 a month for a VPS that would run it. And what constitutes a "server"? A server is just another name for a computer.
As someone who is already in debt because of a bad month with work, I'm not sure if I'm able to put out for a VPS. And as for the "server" thing, what I meant was I don't have a computer I can dedicate to near 100% uptime for running the instances I'd want to.
Got you. Totally understand. I used to be in the same situation. $5/month is sometimes better spent somewhere else. With Owncast you only really need it up when you're stream. You could do that from your PC you're playing on, but idk the kind of overhead that'd cause.
Hmm, it looks like people have "live" sites up that are at least reachable and they aren't streaming currently. Did I misread how Owncast works, or is there something else going on here with these sites?
As for running it during my stream (once I move out of my current apartment), I could have my laptop running Owncast possibly.