bluenviron/mediamtx repository overview

MediaMTX is a ready-to-use and zero-dependency real-time media server and media proxy that allows to publish, read, proxy, record and playback video and audio streams. It has been conceived as a "media router" that routes media streams from one end to the other, with a focus on efficiency and portability.

• Installation⁠
• Documentation⁠

⁠Features

• Publish⁠ live streams to the server with SRT, WebRTC, RTSP, RTMP, HLS, MPEG-TS, RTP, using FFmpeg, GStreamer, OBS Studio, Python , Golang, Unity, web browsers, Raspberry Pi Cameras and more.
• Read⁠ live streams from the server with SRT, WebRTC, RTSP, RTMP, HLS, using FFmpeg, GStreamer, VLC, OBS Studio, Python , Golang, Unity, web browsers and more.
• Streams are automatically converted from a protocol to another
• Serve several streams at once in separate paths
• Reload the configuration without disconnecting existing clients (hot reloading)
• Serve always-available streams⁠ even when the publisher is offline
• Record⁠ streams to disk in fMP4 or MPEG-TS format
• Playback⁠ recorded streams
• Authenticate⁠ users with internal, HTTP or JWT authentication
• Forward⁠ streams to other servers
• Proxy⁠ requests to other servers
• Control⁠ the server through the Control API
• Extract metrics⁠ from the server in a Prometheus-compatible format
• Monitor performance⁠ to investigate CPU and RAM consumption
• Run hooks⁠ (external commands) when clients connect, disconnect, read or publish streams
• Compatible with Linux, Windows and macOS, does not require any dependency or interpreter, it's a single executable
• ...and many others⁠.