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Secure Reliable Transport

Secure Reliable Transport

Feb 22, 20261 min read

since ffmpeg-multistream-with-mediamtx has been nothing but pain, and i think packetloss is my issue. I need to look into how SRT actually works.

https://github.com/Haivision/srt

Protocol overview SRT Protocol Overview (IETF 107 Presentation)

FFMPEG SRT Docs I think the written parameter names in the ffmpeg docs are 1:1 the names of the query parameters in the stream url

Operation Modes

  • Message Mode
  • Buffer Mode

Live Mode

transtype=live

ffmpeg has an argument for transtype=live|file


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  • Operation Modes
  • Live Mode

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