awslabs/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-webrtc-sdk-c

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A pure C WebRTC client SDK for Amazon Kinesis Video Streams that enables real-time audio/video communication between embedded devices and the cloud. It provides a small-footprint, cross-compilable library with developer-controlled media pipeline, DataChannels, and built-in KVS signaling.

Use cases

• stream live video from an IP camera to AWS Kinesis Video Streams
• add WebRTC support to an embedded C/C++ device
• build a two-way audio intercom between a device and a web browser
• stream low-latency video from a Raspberry Pi to the cloud
• send data over WebRTC DataChannels from an IoT device
• integrate STUN/TURN-based peer-to-peer media streaming in C

When to choose

• you need WebRTC in a resource-constrained embedded environment with a sub-200k library footprint
• your media pipeline must ingest into Amazon Kinesis Video Streams
• you want fine-grained control over encoding, congestion control, and raw media input/output
• you need cross-compilation for ARM or other embedded targets

When to avoid

• you need a high-level WebRTC stack with browser-style APIs rather than C callbacks
• your project is not tied to AWS/Kinesis Video Streams and you prefer libwebrtc or aiortc
• you need broad OS support beyond Linux/macOS
• you want a pure C++ or managed-language SDK instead of C

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video-processing audio-processing networking sdk streaming iot embedded-systems cloud-computing media embedded iot cpp c webrtc kinesis-video-streams aws peer-to-peer real-time-communication embedded-devices signaling stun-turn real-time linux macos

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