UFO ~ Live Streaming from Video on Demand

UFO is establishing the first internet radio station built with web3. We launched as a podcast in September 2022 with 30,000+ subscribers over Lens, Mirror and Twitter.

In the ETH Tokyo hackathon we are exploring the live video streaming aspect of the radio station. A functionality we had in mind is calling the Lens API to live stream video on demand content from Lenstube, embedded into a video player on our website at ufo.fm.

This broadcasting concept transforms async content which is normally experienced only individually into a collective social experience. The Watch Party and live community experience can be token-gated. The curation can also be community led.

UFO content is produced by live streaming video: DJs, music performances, podcasts, web3 talks and events etc. This will be built on Livepeer. These live streams are minted to a catalog on Lenstube.

This Video on Demand (VOD) content can be curated afterwards into a Lenstube playlist which is streaming live to a video embed on ufo.fm. Curating VOD and making it live again.

To build this functionality we need to have the ability of creating playlist natively on Lenstube - this functionality is not created yet, also Lenstube is not equipped for live streaming on Livepeer yet.

Tools used: Lens Protocol, Livepeer, Lenstube, Figma, Guild, Website Builder

We didn't get the chance to make this concept live as didn't find a developer to work with our non-technical team. We also confirmed with Lenstube that essential functionality for this concept is not yet live on their platform.