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mediasoup
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mediasoup
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Read 5 Oct 2026 · mediasoup.org
On the record
- Client libraries
- The project provides mediasoup-client, a JavaScript library, and libmediasoupclient, a C++ library, for browser and device applications.mediasoup.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Codec constraint
- mediasoup does not transcode, so peers in a room need to share a common subset of audio and video codecs.mediasoup.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The project describes itself as a low-level media-layer component intended for integration into applications, including group video chat, real-time broadcasting, and RTP streaming.mediasoup.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Features
- The site lists simulcast, SVC, and transport bandwidth estimation (BWE) among its features.mediasoup.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The site says mediasoup can be used with multimedia tools such as FFmpeg and GStreamer.mediasoup.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- License
- The project is distributed under the ISC License, which permits use, copying, modification, and distribution with or without fee subject to the stated notice condition.mediasoup.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Maintainers
- The about page describes mediasoup as made by a small team and names Iñaki Baz Castillo and José Luis Millán as authors.mediasoup.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Media handling
- It receives audio and video streams from endpoints and relays them to other endpoints, which can select the streams and spatial or temporal layers they receive.mediasoup.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Performance design
- The SFU design does not transcode or mix media and is described as requiring fewer resources, with higher throughput and lower latency than a mixer.mediasoup.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Product
- mediasoup is a Selective Forwarding Unit (SFU) for building multi-party video conferencing and real-time streaming applications.mediasoup.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Protocols
- It supports WebRTC and plain RTP input and output, and leaves signaling protocol choices to the application developer.mediasoup.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- mediasoup is a Selective Forwarding Unit for building multi-party video conferencing and real-time streaming applications.mediasoup.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Security and warranty
- The ISC license page states that the software is provided as-is and disclaims warranties and liability for damages.mediasoup.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Server options
- mediasoup can be used as a Node.js module or Rust crate and integrated into a larger application.mediasoup.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Signaling
- mediasoup does not provide a network signaling protocol; application developers build their own signaling mechanism.mediasoup.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- SIP limit
- mediasoup does not implement SIP or audio mixing; connecting SIP or PSTN systems requires a client or gateway that handles those functions.mediasoup.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- SIP limitation
- mediasoup does not implement SIP or audio mixing, and connecting SIP or PSTN systems requires a client or gateway to handle that separately.mediasoup.org · read 5 Oct 2026
- Support
- The open-source project is supported on a best-effort basis; it directs questions to its Discourse group and bugs or feature requests to issue trackers.mediasoup.org · read 5 Oct 2026
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