A lightweight ,high performance and stable stream server and client framework based on C++11.

Why ZLMediaKit?

• Developed based on C++ 11, the code is stable and reliable, avoiding the use of raw pointers, cross-platform porting is simple and convenient, and the code is clear and concise.
• Support rich streaming media protocols(RTSP/RTMP/HLS/HTTP-FLV/Websocket-flv),and support Inter-protocol conversion.
• Multiplexing asynchronous network IO based on epoll and multi thread，extreme performance.
• Well performance and stable test,can be used commercially.
• Support linux, macos, ios, android, Windows Platforms.
• Very low latency(lower then one second), video opened immediately.

Features

• RTSP

  • RTSP[S] server,support rtsp push.
  • RTSP player and pusher.
  • RTP Transport : rtp over udp rtp over tcp rtp over http rtp udp multicast .
  • Basic/Digest/Url Authentication.
  • H265/H264/AAC codec.
  • Recorded as mp4.
  • Vod of mp4.

• RTMP

  • RTMP server,support player and pusher.
  • RTMP player and pusher.
  • Support HTTP-FLV player.
  • H264/AAC codec.
  • Recorded as flv or mp4.
  • Vod of mp4.

• HLS

  • RTSP RTMP can be converted into HLS,built-in HTTP server.
  • Play authentication based on cookie.

• HTTP[S]

  • HTTP server,suppor directory meun、RESTful http api.
  • HTTP client,downloader,uploader,and http api requester.
  • Cookie supported.
  • WebSocket Server and Client.
  • File access authentication.

• Others

  • Support stream proxy by ffmpeg.
  • RESTful http api and http hook event api.
  • Config file hot loading.
  • Vhost supported.
  • Auto close stream when nobody played.
  • Play and push authentication.
  • Pull stream on Demand.

• Protocol conversion:

protocol/codec	H264	H265	AAC	other
RTSP[S] --> RTMP/HTTP[S]-FLV/FLV	Y	N	Y	N
RTMP --> RTSP[S]	Y	N	Y	N
RTSP[S] --> HLS	Y	Y	Y	N
RTMP --> HLS	Y	N	Y	N
RTSP[S] --> MP4	Y	Y	Y	N
RTMP --> MP4	Y	N	Y	N
MP4 --> RTSP[S]	Y	N	Y	N
MP4 --> RTMP	Y	N	Y	N

• Stream generation：

feature/codec	H264	H265	AAC	other
RTSP[S] push	Y	Y	Y	Y
RTSP proxy	Y	Y	Y	Y
RTMP push	Y	Y	Y	Y
RTMP proxy	Y	Y	Y	Y

• RTP transport:

feature/transport	tcp	udp	http	udp_multicast
RTSP[S] Play Server	Y	Y	Y	Y
RTSP[S] Push Server	Y	Y	N	N
RTSP Player	Y	Y	N	Y
RTSP Pusher	Y	Y	N	N

• Server supported:

Server	Y/N
RTSP[S] Play Server	Y
RTSP[S] Push Server	Y
RTMP	Y
HTTP[S]/WebSocket[S]	Y

• Client supported:

Client	Y/N
RTSP Player	Y
RTSP Pusher	Y
RTMP Player	Y
RTMP Pusher	Y
HTTP[S]	Y
WebSocket[S]	Y

System Requirements

• Compiler support c++11，GCC4.8/Clang3.3/VC2015 or above.
• cmake3.1 or above.
• All Linux , both 32 and 64 bits
• Apple OSX(Darwin), both 32 and 64bits.
• All hardware with x86/x86_64/arm/mips cpu.
• Windows.

How to build

It is recommended to compile on Ubuntu or MacOS，compiling on windows is cumbersome, and some features are not compiled by default.

Before build

• You must use git to clone the complete code. Do not download the source code by downloading zip package. Otherwise, the sub-module code will not be downloaded by default.You can do it like this:

git clone https://github.com/zlmediakit/ZLMediaKit.git
cd ZLMediaKit
git submodule update --init

Build on linux

• My environment

  • Ubuntu16.04 64 bit and gcc5.4
  • cmake 3.5.1

• Guidance

    # If it is on centos6.x, you need to install the newer version of GCC and cmake first, 
    # and then compile manually according to the script "build_for_linux.sh".
    # If it is on a newer version of a system such as Ubuntu or Debain,
    # step 4 can be manipulated directly.
  
    # 1、Install GCC5.2 (this step can be skipped if the GCC version is higher than 4.7)
    sudo yum install centos-release-scl -y
    sudo yum install devtoolset-4-toolchain -y
    scl enable devtoolset-4 bash
  
    # 2、Install cmake (this step can be skipped if the cmake version is higher than 3.1)
    tar -xvf cmake-3.10.0-rc4.tar.gz #you need download cmake source file manually
    cd cmake-3.10.0-rc4
    ./configure
    make -j4
    sudo make install
  
    # 3、Switch to high version GCC
    scl enable devtoolset-4 bash
  
    # 4、build
    cd ZLMediaKit
    ./build_for_linux.sh
  

Build on macOS

• My environment

  • macOS Sierra(10.12.1) + xcode8.3.1
  • Homebrew 1.1.3
  • cmake 3.8.0

• Guidance

  cd ZLMediaKit
  ./build_for_mac.sh
  

Build on iOS

This build method is no longer recommended.It is recommended that make Xcode project by yourself.

• My environment

  Same with Build on macOS

• You can generate Xcode projects and recompile them , learn more:

  cd ZLMediaKit
  mkdir -p build
  cd build
  # Generate Xcode project, project file is in build directory
  cmake .. -G Xcode -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../cmake/ios.toolchain.cmake  -DPLATFORM=OS64COMBINED
  

Build on Android

Now you can open android sudio project in Android folder,this is a aar library and damo project.

• My environment

  • macOS Sierra(10.12.1) + xcode8.3.1
  • Homebrew 1.1.3
  • cmake 3.8.0
  • android-ndk-r14b

• Guidance

  cd ZLMediaKit
  export ANDROID_NDK_ROOT=/path/to/ndk
  ./build_for_android.sh
  

Build on Windows

• My environment

  • windows 10
  • visual studio 2017
  • cmake-gui

• Guidance

1 Enter the ZLMediaKit directory and execute git submodule update -- init downloads the code for ZLToolKit
2 Open the project with cmake-gui and generate the vs project file.
3 Find the project file (ZLMediaKit.sln), double-click to open it with vs2017.
4 Choose to compile Release version. Find the target file and run the test case.

Usage

• As server：

  TcpServer::Ptr rtspSrv(new TcpServer());
  TcpServer::Ptr rtmpSrv(new TcpServer());
  TcpServer::Ptr httpSrv(new TcpServer());
  TcpServer::Ptr httpsSrv(new TcpServer());
  
  rtspSrv->start<RtspSession>(mINI::Instance()[Config::Rtsp::kPort]);
  rtmpSrv->start<RtmpSession>(mINI::Instance()[Config::Rtmp::kPort]);
  httpSrv->start<HttpSession>(mINI::Instance()[Config::Http::kPort]);
  httpsSrv->start<HttpsSession>(mINI::Instance()[Config::Http::kSSLPort]);
  

• As player：

  MediaPlayer::Ptr player(new MediaPlayer());
  weak_ptr<MediaPlayer> weakPlayer = player;
  player->setOnPlayResult([weakPlayer](const SockException &ex) {
      InfoL << "OnPlayResult:" << ex.what();
      auto strongPlayer = weakPlayer.lock();
      if (ex || !strongPlayer) {
          return;
      }
  
      auto viedoTrack = strongPlayer->getTrack(TrackVideo);
      if (!viedoTrack) {
          WarnL << "none video Track!";
          return;
      }
      viedoTrack->addDelegate(std::make_shared<FrameWriterInterfaceHelper>([](const Frame::Ptr &frame) {
          //please decode video here
      }));
  });
  
  player->setOnShutdown([](const SockException &ex) {
      ErrorL << "OnShutdown:" << ex.what();
  });
  
  //rtp transport over tcp
  (*player)[Client::kRtpType] = Rtsp::RTP_TCP;
  player->play("rtsp://admin:jzan123456@192.168.0.122/");
  

• As proxy server：

  //support rtmp and rtsp url
  //just support H264+AAC
  auto urlList = {"rtmp://live.hkstv.hk.lxdns.com/live/hks",
  		"rtsp://184.72.239.149/vod/mp4://BigBuckBunny_175k.mov"};
  map<string , PlayerProxy::Ptr> proxyMap;
  int i=0;
  for(auto url : urlList){
  	PlayerProxy::Ptr player(new PlayerProxy("live",to_string(i++).data()));
  	player->play(url);
  	proxyMap.emplace(string(url),player);
  }
  

• As puser：

  PlayerProxy::Ptr player(new PlayerProxy("app","stream"));
  player->play("rtmp://live.hkstv.hk.lxdns.com/live/hks");
  
  RtmpPusher::Ptr pusher;
  NoticeCenter::Instance().addListener(nullptr,Config::Broadcast::kBroadcastRtmpSrcRegisted,
  		[&pusher](BroadcastRtmpSrcRegistedArgs){
  	const_cast<RtmpPusher::Ptr &>(pusher).reset(new RtmpPusher(app,stream));
  	pusher->publish("rtmp://jizan.iok.la/live/test");
  });
  
  

Docker Image

You can pull a pre-built docker image from Docker Hub and run with

docker run -id -p 1935:1935 -p 8080:80 gemfield/zlmediakit

Dockerfile is also supplied to build images on Ubuntu 16.04

cd docker
docker build -t zlmediakit .

Mirrors

ZLToolKit

ZLMediaKit

Licence

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2016-2019 xiongziliang <771730766@qq.com>
Copyright (c) 2019 Gemfield <gemfield@civilnet.cn>
Copyright (c) 2018 huohuo <913481084@qq.com>

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