ireader/media-server

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A C library suite implementing streaming media protocols and container formats, including RTSP/RTP/RTMP clients and servers, HLS/DASH segmenters, and MP4/FLV/MKV/MPEG-TS readers and writers. It is designed as a modular, embeddable toolkit for building streaming media applications, with cross-compilation support.

Use cases

• parse and write MP4 and fMP4 files in C
• implement an RTSP server or client
• generate HLS m3u8 playlists and TS segments
• build an RTMP live streaming server
• demux and mux MPEG-TS and MPEG-PS streams
• convert H.264 bitstreams between annex-b and MP4 format
• read and write MKV/WebM files
• implement RTP/RTCP packetization for H.264 and AAC

When to choose

• you need lightweight C implementations of streaming protocols without heavy dependencies
• you're building a media server, camera, or embedded streaming device and need cross-compilation
• you need fine-grained control over individual protocol components (RTSP, RTP, HLS, MP4) rather than a monolithic framework

When to avoid

• you want a turnkey streaming media server out of the box - consider ZLMediaKit or similar instead
• your project is C++/higher-level and you prefer a full-featured framework over composable C libraries
• you need codecs themselves - this handles containers and protocols, not encoding/decoding

Facets

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video-processing audio-processing streaming parser serialization media developer-tools cross-platform cpp c cross-platform embedded rtsp rtmp hls mpeg-dash mpeg-ts mp4 fmp4 flv mkv webm rtp rtcp sdp sip streaming-media c-library live-streaming vod video audio linux

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