I have done a small update tonight and wrote up a new page for the site. This new page will display a list of people who have set their Twitch or Youtube address in their profile. It will also tell you if someone is live on Twitch.
For the "(Online)" indicator to work, you need to have your Twitch channel properly set in the UserCP, the correct formatting is this:
Your channel only, not profile or anything else. I've done my best to code in detections if people forget things like http or https, but there's only so much I can check for.
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/index.php?module=video
I will look to see if I can add an online indicator for Youtube livestreams too. On top of that I will look to add other services like hitbox and whatever is popular for Linux gamers to view and stream on.
I have an idea on how to show only people who are online and streaming right now, but that's phase 2 of the roll-out as I have to get it correct.
This is just a small feature, but for those of you looking for something new to watch, I hope it's helpful.
If you have suggestions, let me know. It's very much a WIP, so keep that in mind.
Ps. If you don't want to be listed, you can simply remove your links from your profile at any time. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
For the "(Online)" indicator to work, you need to have your Twitch channel properly set in the UserCP, the correct formatting is this:
Quotehttps://www.twitch.tv/gamingonlinux
Your channel only, not profile or anything else. I've done my best to code in detections if people forget things like http or https, but there's only so much I can check for.
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/index.php?module=video
I will look to see if I can add an online indicator for Youtube livestreams too. On top of that I will look to add other services like hitbox and whatever is popular for Linux gamers to view and stream on.
I have an idea on how to show only people who are online and streaming right now, but that's phase 2 of the roll-out as I have to get it correct.
This is just a small feature, but for those of you looking for something new to watch, I hope it's helpful.
If you have suggestions, let me know. It's very much a WIP, so keep that in mind.
Ps. If you don't want to be listed, you can simply remove your links from your profile at any time. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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I'm not a dev, but re: YouTube a quick search turned up potentially:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32454238/how-to-check-if-youtube-channel-is-streaming-live
Also, I know it's not really a big deal, but I wonder if it's worth sweetening the deal for Patreon / GoL Supporters by doing something as simple as, say, putting all the supporters on the first page of results together? ;)
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32454238/how-to-check-if-youtube-channel-is-streaming-live
Also, I know it's not really a big deal, but I wonder if it's worth sweetening the deal for Patreon / GoL Supporters by doing something as simple as, say, putting all the supporters on the first page of results together? ;)
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Also, re: Hitbox:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38539751/code-always-shows-livestream-as-offline
There's an API URL there that should be returning JSON to parse through.
I'm actually leaning a lot towards YouTube for streaming now over Twitch or Hitbox just because it lets me upload at much higher than 3.5Mbps - I've got a 50/10 line, so I can stream at 9Mbps for 1080p60 to YouTube and they transcode on the fly for viewers who don't have that kind of bandwidth on the downstream. I actually have friends who are able to watch me just fine on a 1Mbps line at 360p30. :D
And of course, it automatically can do the whole VoD thing the moment you're done streaming, which is handy.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38539751/code-always-shows-livestream-as-offline
There's an API URL there that should be returning JSON to parse through.
I'm actually leaning a lot towards YouTube for streaming now over Twitch or Hitbox just because it lets me upload at much higher than 3.5Mbps - I've got a 50/10 line, so I can stream at 9Mbps for 1080p60 to YouTube and they transcode on the fly for viewers who don't have that kind of bandwidth on the downstream. I actually have friends who are able to watch me just fine on a 1Mbps line at 360p30. :D
And of course, it automatically can do the whole VoD thing the moment you're done streaming, which is handy.
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Apparently there are quite a few links that are not valid or not actually YouTube. You should do some validation.
Some promotion for high quality YouTube channels would be nice. Maybe Linux gaming related videos could be featured in an article once in a while?
Also unrelated, but would you consider renaming User CP to something like Control Panel? The acronym is not really that well known or unambiguous.
Some promotion for high quality YouTube channels would be nice. Maybe Linux gaming related videos could be featured in an article once in a while?
Also unrelated, but would you consider renaming User CP to something like Control Panel? The acronym is not really that well known or unambiguous.
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Philadelphus Jan 14, 2017
Hey, I found myself! Neat. I keep meaning to try out this whole "livestreaming" thing sometime, maybe I should get around to actually doing it soon.
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Nice. Already found a couple of streamers I've been meaning to follow. I'll have to setup a notifier of some sort as well.
I actually never watched a gaming livestream before checking out a GOL stream one Friday. You know, "Why would I want to watch others play games when I could be playing myself" or something. I'll still get the hell out if I think there'll be spoilers to games I want to experience myself, but I've found it pretty fun otherwise, especially if there's some nice banter between the streamer and the peanut gallery. I don't even seem to mind if the game isn't exactly my cup of tea.
Last edited by tuubi on 14 January 2017 at 1:04 pm UTC
I actually never watched a gaming livestream before checking out a GOL stream one Friday. You know, "Why would I want to watch others play games when I could be playing myself" or something. I'll still get the hell out if I think there'll be spoilers to games I want to experience myself, but I've found it pretty fun otherwise, especially if there's some nice banter between the streamer and the peanut gallery. I don't even seem to mind if the game isn't exactly my cup of tea.
Last edited by tuubi on 14 January 2017 at 1:04 pm UTC
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Suggestions
First show the live streams
Make a team on Twitch twitch.tv/team/gamingonlinux
First show the live streams
Make a team on Twitch twitch.tv/team/gamingonlinux
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Okay I've updated the page with some URL sanity checks. It will check for missing www. and https:// and add them in if missing.
I have updated the UserCP to check if people miss the actual Youtube URL and tell them to do it properly.
This should stop a lot of broken links for the weird combinations everyone has been using.
I have updated the UserCP to check if people miss the actual Youtube URL and tell them to do it properly.
This should stop a lot of broken links for the weird combinations everyone has been using.
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Page updated again, I've moved the "(Online)" bit out of the directory. Anyone who is online will be shown at the top in a box by itself.
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Another update, it will now list the game a person is streaming on Twitch if they have it set on their channel at the time :)
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