And how to use the new restrictions to your advantage!
@kencode has fixed the issue with the live streaming on Blurt.Media but there are some restrictions in place. These are so that they can be sure that the hardware can handle the live streaming without a bunch of upgrades.
I'm guessing that as more and more of us do those live streams they will be forced to upgrade. I would personally love to see that. Lol.
If you still cant live stream since this fix was announced on 2025-04-23 then check in your admin screen to make sure you do not have any live streams that are waiting to go live. If you do delete them until you get down below the 3 allowed.
Take advantage of these restrictions!
Instead of creating a new live stream every time create a recurring live stream. This will allow you to:
Pimp out your stream to your audience over many days or weeks.
Your audience will always know the link to tune in and watch/listen to you.
I know this has a couple of perceived disadvantages and although I didnt talk about those in this video I will on the one tomorrow. Those two perceived disadvantages are actually very big advantages to both you and Blurt. But I will quickly touch on them here.
A recurring live stream does not get votes every time you go live. It's a one and done thing. But you will make up for it in all your announcement posts about the next time you go live. ie It's Monday and your live doesnt start until Friday night. How many post can you write about it over those 5 days? How much more audience interaction will get? Allow you to hone in on exactly what they want from you?
You will need to record your stream locally on your computer. OBS Studio is completely capable of doing this. Stream and record at the same time.
You can then upload that recording later and get votes on it as usual.
Like I said I will go over that part tomorrow with a lot more nuance.
Btw, welcome to my new Blurt.Media channel. OpenSourceStudio. Can you guess what I will be talking about on it?
