Show HN: omen.tv – Low-latency P2P streaming with Chromecast support

I'm in Stage 4 lock-downs here in Melbourne, Australia. Over the weekend I threw together a hacky little project that lets you stream your screen in a way that anyone joining can cast that stream to their Chromecast without the latency of Twitch, Youtube Live etc.

It was built with Jackbox Games in mind i.e. I can stream Jackbox Games and my friends can cast that to their TVs whilst answering questions on their phones.

It's P2P, so your computer directly sends the stream to each participant individually, which obviously won't work with a large number of people watching the stream. So it's by no means trying to be a replacement for real streaming services. It's just a handy way for a small number of participants in your game to get Jackbox up on their TV, so they don't need multiple devices in order to participate.

It's implementation is far from optimal e.g. the WebRTC signalling server uses polling instead of Web Sockets. However, it gets the job done.