Open Source C Live Streaming Software

IGMPproxy is a simple dynamic Multicast Routing Daemon using only IGMP signalling. It's intended for simple forwarding of Multicast traffic between networks. The project is no longer maintained actively by the original author. For a more up to date version (latest patches applied), please check out https://github.com/pali/igmpproxy

NOTE: This site is not maintained anymore. If you want to get the latest news and releases please visit https://danielnoethen.de/butt. butt (broadcast using this tool) is an easy to use, multi OS streaming tool. It supports ShoutCast and IceCast and runs on Linux, MacOS and Windows. The main purpose of butt is to stream live audio data from your computers Mic or Line input to an Shoutcast or Icecast server. Recording is also possible. It is NOT intended to be a server by itself or automatically stream a set of audio files.

Audio toolkit for streaming, aiming at complex Internet radio systems. Our stream generator is highly extensible and flexible. Script based, it can be a fully automatic daemon streamer, but is also used for live shows with an user-friendly GUI.

VLC is an open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework, which plays most multimedia files, DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. VLC media player is simple, fast, and powerful. It plays everything, files, discs, webcams, devices, and streams. VLC plays most codecs (MPEG-2, DivX, H.264, MKV, WebM, WMV, MP3, etc.) so no codec packs are needed. It runs on all platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Unix, etc. And VLC is hassle free with no spyware, no ads, and no user tracking.

Conceived as an internet radio Shoutcast/Icecast client and DJ console IDJC has two main media players, a background track player, effects buttons, crossfader, webm, aac, ogg, and mp3 streaming, stream automation timers, aux input, voice and VoIP integration. Media file formats include: mp3, ogg, flac, wma, wav, m4a, m3u, xspf, pls, and cue sheet support, IRC track and station announcements, uses jack audio connection kit to provide a flexible audio chain. This list of features is by no means complete. More info at the project homepage.

djmount is a UPnP AV client. It mounts as a Linux filesystem (using FUSE) the media content of compatible UPnP AV devices : the Audio and Video content on the network is automatically discovered, and can be browsed as a standard directory tree.

The Network Audio System is a network transparent, client/server audio transport system. It can be described as the audio equivalent of an X server. This project is currently in maintenance mode. Patches are accepted, releases will be sporadic.

small-footprint UNIX/Linux daemon to relay multicast UDP traffic to client's TCP (HTTP) connection. This app targets home users and is designed for small-scale usage. For enterprise purposes please consider Gigapxy (gigapxy.com),

Webcam application for windows, encoding streaming data with video and sound into Flash Live Video FLV using encoder ffMpeg for broadcasting live on the web .

A high speed file transfer protocol using UDP and TCP for high speed long distance networks, much faster than new TCP congestion control algorithms. Based on Indiana University 2002 Tsunami source code. Contains real-time VSIB DAQ extensions. Further info on http://tsunami-udp.sourceforge.net

m3w is an audio streamer for the www. m3w streams audio data to servers like icecast. shoutcast, or darwin. It takes data from the sound card, encodes (using lame) and sends it. m3w aims for high reliability, top quality, and ease of use.

A real-time recorder and compressor of audio and video input for the Windows platforms, using MFC, DirectX, FFMPEG and MPEG4IP. The program is capable of generating avi and mp4 files and streaming MPEG-4 audio and video via Apple Darwin Streaming Server.

This project aims to build a software reference implementation of the EBU standard for the transmission of high quality, low latency, audio streams over IP networks. (EBU-tech 3326)

DVBStreamer is an console based application to stream DVB/ATSC service(s) over UDP or to a file. It is more that just an app to stream AV though and feature a simple plugin architecture to allow more features to be added.

GOALBIT is a peer to peer distribution system, capable of distributing high-bandwidth live-content to all network peers preserving its perceived quality.

Kageki Software includes the best in modern technology in our streaming media server software. This allows users to achieve greater performance than existing multimedia streaming servers.

simpleRTSP is a compact,fast,lightweight RTSP libraries,using open standard protocols(RTP/RTCP,RTSP,SIP).It aims to provide simple and easy-ported C libraries for embedded environment,such as set-top box,hand-held terminals and digital-media devices.

tv_grab_dvb_plus is an xmltv grabber for DVB, Freesat, Sky (UK, AU and Italia) and MediaHighway EPG data.

VDR plugin: xine-lib based software output device for VDR.

ARAS is a free broadcast automation system that manages the schedule flexibly and is able to play a large number of media formats. In addition, it allows connections to media streams over the network. It is suitable for both radio and TV stations.

This project, v4lx-devinfo provides detailed v4l device information provided you have already working driver for your webcam. Also this project suggests which webcam driver to use and from where to download once user enters his webcam's USB ID's.

Steganography tool which establishes a full-duplex steganographic data transfer protocol utilizing Real-time Transfer Protocol (RTP) packet payloads as the cover medium. The tool provides interactive chat, file transfer, and remote shell access.

ezTV connects to your QuakeWorld server to allow people to spectate game in MVD broadcasting. It has an internal web server allowing the display or currently connected servers with maps and players details.

Amdtpplay receives an audio data stream from an IEEE 1394 bus according to the Audio and Music Data Transmission Protocol (IEC 61883-6). This audio stream is then played on the local sound card.

An overlay Networking Protocol, aims in creating a big secured virtual network, optimizing both speed and cost.