Show HN: PBJ Live – Add live streaming to any app or website in ~6 LOC
pbj.liveNote that the hero background video stutters a lot for me (on a powerful PC with good wired internet).
The issue seems to be that on a 4K screen it uses all my GPU to play a what looks like low-resolution video. And I have a 1080TI.
The landing page seems to provide absolutely zero information other than giving off the impression that something may be taking an extremely long time to load.
Edit: Seems to just be completely broken in Firefox...
Sorry about that. We fixed this earlier. Please let us know if you're still having issues.
That in and out scrolling of images doesn't seem to work properly in all cases, so I am getting overlapping images which looks like an error. Personally I would tune that scrolling down a little bit.
Hi HN! Joe and Paul here to share PBJ Live. We're releasing an SDK which adds end-to-end live streaming capabilities to any app or website in minutes.
Once the SDK is installed, PBJ Live allows you to create, manage and schedule live broadcasts, categorize past streams or recorded content (coming soon), issue permissions to streamers and even simulcast (soon) to other platforms all through your pbj.live account. To avoid hardware and RTMP headaches, we've paired the platform with a live stream app for a convenient way to broadcast.
About us: We're two of the three founders behind PBJ Studio, a product studio formed by a close group who have worked together for 6+ years. Outside of client work, we build our own products, the first of which is PBJ Live.
PBJ Live is the result of our painfully repetitive experience building a half dozen custom live stream products for clients. We found there were quite a few common features, outside of the actual stream provider (thanks, Mux!), we needed to build to support streaming. Once COVID hit, we had an increase in requests for custom live stream solutions. Initially, we built the platform and paired it with iOS, Web and Android apps which we'd customize. Today, we're releasing our Live SDK so anyone can easily add live streaming to their own apps and take advantage of the Live platform.
While you can use any RTMP client (obs, etc) we found our customers were constantly messing with settings, struggling with hardware requirements or internet connectivity, and mixing up stream keys. Many attempting to stream are easily overwhelmed by this, so we built an RTMP Broadcast App (iOS) which allows a streamer to log into their provisioned account and stream to whichever destination(s) they've been granted access, all from their phone.
We have some influencers, brands and fitness chains actively using our white label Web, iOS and Android clients, but exposing the functionality via an SDK made a lot of sense.
*Note - the SDK is early, please be gentle*
While we work on exposing additional platform features to the SDK (VoD, simulcasting, live shopping), we would love your feedback. HN is a frequent destination for us, we're excited to share our progress. Feel free to drop us a line by emailing hello@pbj.live.
Landing page: https://www.pbj.live
Streaming App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pbj-live-video-streaming/id153...
Use code "HN2021" to waive the first month's SAAS fee.
Your site does not work in Firefox.
Hey! Paul here, sorry about that and thanks for reporting. Everything should be sorted. Let us know if you experience any problems!
Does this mean I could livestream to an arbitrary number of viewers for 99 dollars a month? How does bandwidth factor into this?
Great question, we don't have any user caps or limitations as we pass through bandwidth costs. The bandwidth costs are pay as you go.
For reference: Live encoding of input stream ($0.07/min), video stream delivery ($0.0013/min) and video storage ($0.003/min) apply. Billed at the end of each payment cycle.
That's one of the problems with running streaming on AWS. While your objective normally is to increase your audience it also means that you will pay more and more. That's why we switched to a cloud provider that doesn't charge for traffic.
was interested in this when I checked it via mobile I did not find a terms.. then checked again today found terms link, and found" input, upload, transmit, or otherwise provide to or through the PBJ Live Platform any information or materials that are injurious, infringing, libelous, pornographic, offensive"
Well that counts me out. If you folks decide to release code that we can self host, so as to avoid any conflicts of concern in that terms area, I'd still be interested perhaps.
Doesn't seem to work in my browser (Firefox)
Hey! Paul here, sorry about that and thanks for reporting. Everything should be sorted. Let us know if you experience any problems!
Anyway to do this for cheaper ?
100$ a month excludes hobbyist who can still provide revenue.
Hell, if it was 10$ I'd signup just to try it .
Email hello@pbj.live and we'll sort something out for you!
Try Agora. They power Clubhouse.
Love it guys! Looking forward to trying this out
Love it, this is going to save us so much time not having to develop a stream management app.
Pixelon vibes.