MediaMTX is a ready-to-use live media server and proxy designed to route real-time video and audio between publishers and viewers.
It can sit at the centre of a streaming setup, accepting media from cameras, encoders, applications or browsers and making the same streams available through different delivery protocols. The software is distributed as a single executable without runtime dependencies, making it suitable for compact self-hosted installations as well as more complex streaming infrastructures.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Publishes streams through Media-over-QUIC, SRT, WebRTC, RTSP, RTMP, HLS, MPEG-TS and RTP.
- Reads streams through Media-over-QUIC, SRT, WebRTC, RTSP, RTMP and HLS.
- Automatically converts streams from one supported protocol to another.
- Accepts publishers including FFmpeg, GStreamer, OBS Studio, web browsers, applications and Raspberry Pi cameras.
- Serves multiple independent streams through separate configurable paths.
- Reloads configuration without disconnecting existing clients.
- Can keep streams available when their original publisher is offline.
- Records streams to disk in fragmented MP4 or MPEG-TS format.
- Provides playback of previously recorded streams.
- Authenticates users internally or through HTTP and JWT authentication.
- Forwards streams to other media servers.
- Proxies streams supplied by remote servers.
- Exposes a Control API for managing and inspecting the server.
- Exports Prometheus-compatible metrics.
- Provides facilities for monitoring CPU and memory consumption.
- Runs external commands when clients connect, disconnect, publish or read streams.
Website: github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx
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Developer: bluenviron
License: MIT License
MediaMTX is written in Go. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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