# pedroSG94/RootEncoder

RootEncoder for Android (rtmp-rtsp-stream-client-java) is a stream encoder to push video/audio to media servers using protocols RTMP, RTSP, SRT and UDP with all code written in Java/Kotlin

Repository: https://github.com/pedroSG94/RootEncoder
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rootencoder
Language: Kotlin
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: rtmp, android, rtsp, java, encoder, stream, filters, streaming, amf, kotlin, rtp, srt, aac, h264, h265, opus, udp, whip
Last push: 2026-08-26T10:35:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 97/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 93, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3511, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 48, "gap_med": 14.0, "n_releases_24m": 27}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3028, forks 940 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:38.851516+00:00)

## What it is
RootEncoder is an Android library written in Java/Kotlin for encoding and pushing live video/audio streams to media servers over RTMP, RTSP, SRT, UDP, and WHIP protocols. It supports camera1/camera2 sources, filters, and multiple codecs like H264/H265, AAC, and Opus.

## Use cases
- stream live camera video from an Android app to an RTMP server
- broadcast audio and video over RTSP from Android
- push SRT streams from a mobile device
- build a live streaming app on Android
- record and stream phone camera to a media server
- add WHIP WebRTC ingest to an Android app

## When to choose
- you need to push live streams from Android to RTMP/RTSP/SRT servers with pure Java/Kotlin code
- you want codec and camera source flexibility including CameraX and UVC
- you need a mature, actively maintained Android streaming encoder library

## When to avoid
- you need iOS streaming (use the separate RootEncoder-iOS project)
- you need playback or receiving streams rather than encoding/pushing
- your target platform is not Android

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, audio-processing, streaming
- domain: mobile-development, media
- platform: jvm
- tags: rtmp, rtsp, srt, live-streaming, encoder, h264, h265, aac, opus, whip, camera, video, audio, android

## Member repositories
- pedroSG94/RootEncoder (main) score 97

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:38.851516+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:29:51.488102+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pedroSG94/RootEncoder (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:38.851516+00:00, sha f0612b76c0e8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.