KamaiiTV

A web application for content creators who want to share their live video content

I wanted to build this project to create a platform for smaller communities, which are often neglected by twitch.

Live Link

https://kamaii.tv

Technologies used

• Front-End client constructed with React
• RTMP Streaming using NGINX RTMP Module
• Backend API using Express
• Real time messaging using socket.io
• Backend Database utilizing PostgreSQL
• Image resizing and processing using Sharp
• DASH Protocol video consumption using Shaka Player React

Features

• Live streaming to the browser
• Chatting with users aside the stream
• Uploading Profile Pictures
• Streaming to your channel using OBS
• Custom chat colors

Chatting using socket.io

2021-09-24.12-41-03.mp4

Streaming using OBS

2021-09-24.12-50-08.mp4

Stretch Features

• Moderate your channel by banning users and moderating users
• Edit your profile using markdown
• Bot API to chat, and perform administrative actions

Dependencies

• Tested on Debian 10 and Ubuntu 19.04
• A domain name and SSL Certificates installed by certbot See https://certbot.eff.org/lets-encrypt/debianbuster-other

Getting Started

• Setup free SSL certificates using certbot (see link above for debian buster)
• Clone the repository from GitHub into a users home directory (kamaii)
• Modify nginx.example.conf to match your domain name and your username
• Set dash path to /server/public/live
• do npm run setup to setup NGINX with custom RTMP Module
• Wait for compile to finish
• Change permissions of /server/public/live so that the user running express can read it e.g. chmod -R 777 /server/public/live
• Do npm run start as a user with sudo permissions, or setup your own startup script to run NGINX as root, and express as your user.