mpromonet/webrtc-streamer

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

A C++ WebRTC streamer that exposes media sources such as V4L2 capture devices, RTSP/RTMP streams, screen capture, and MKV files to browsers via a simple HTTP signaling API, also compatible with WHEP. It ships as a standalone binary, Docker image, and snap package with an embedded HTTP server and web frontend.

Use cases

• view an RTSP IP camera feed in a web browser without plugins
• stream a webcam or V4L2 capture device over WebRTC
• share the screen as a low-latency WebRTC video stream
• embed live camera video into a web page using WHEP
• serve local MKV video files to remote viewers via WebRTC
• self-host a lightweight video streaming gateway for CCTV cameras

When to choose

• you need to view RTSP or RTMP sources in browsers with low latency
• you want a simple self-hosted WebRTC gateway with minimal setup
• you need WHEP compatibility for standards-based playback
• you run on embedded Linux devices like NanoPi with V4L2 cameras

When to avoid

• you need large-scale multi-tenant streaming with recording and transcoding
• you want a full media server with adaptive bitrate and HLS/DASH output
• you need WebRTC peer-to-peer conferencing with multiple participants
• you require a managed cloud streaming service

Facets

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video-processing http-server streaming webhook media web-development self-hosted windows cross-platform webrtc rtsp v4l2 whep rtmp screen-capture video-streaming signaling video linux macos docker web-server

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