General Tools

About this collection

General Tools brings together 514 curated resources from across the video technology landscape. Notable topics include API Libraries & SDKs, Build Scripts & Automation, Case Studies & Best Practices in DRM, and Command-line Utilities & Wrappers.

Resources (showing 361–384 of 514)

• Rokumoteosx app for controlling your roku because sometimes your kids lose the remote
• RTSP-Client-ServerFrom-scratch educational implementation of an RTSP/RTP client-server pair.
• sensorReporterA python based service that receives sensor inputs and publishes them over REST (should work with any API but mainly tested with openHAB) o…
• Show HN: I tried one-shotting a video codec like H.264Hobbyist Show HN thread testing AI one-shot capability against codec complexity, building an efficient video codec.
• toy-audio-codecToy audio codec built as learning exercise, simple decoder illustrating basic audio coding concepts.
• Video_Codec (GandElf47)Small coursework-style video codec design learning project.
• wav1c: An AV1 Encoder from Scratch in Rust (WASM)Writeup of building wav1c, a from-scratch Rust AV1 encoder compiled to WebAssembly that performs real-time in-browser encoding.
• whammyReal-time JavaScript WebM encoder using a canvas-based hack, a classic small hobby project.
• µStreamer (ustreamer)Lightweight MJPEG-over-HTTP streamer built from scratch in C with hardware JPEG acceleration, originally a personal itch-scratch project.
• CableLabs mse-emeCableLabs reference MSE/EME tools with an EME-specific logging window that surfaces the live DRM/key-exchange process in dash.js.
• Chrome Media InternalsA built-in Chrome tool that provides detailed logs and diagnostics for media playback and streaming issues.
• Chromium Media Internals DocumentationOfficial docs for chrome://media-internals: player state, buffered ranges, event logs, audio streams and media cache inspection for debuggi…
• cmcd-analyzerIntercepts player requests and validates CMCD keys against the spec, visualizing Common Media Client Data via Elasticsearch + Kibana.
• debug.videoElectron/React desktop tool for debugging HLS and DASH streams, wrapping ffmpeg/ffprobe to inspect manifests and segments.
• dump-webrtc-event-log — Chrome RTC Event Log ParserParses Chrome RTC event log protobufs (RTP headers) in the browser, graphs them, and exports pcap files for Wireshark analysis.
• EBU SMPTE ST 2110 Packet AnalyzerPython analyzer for ST 2110 packet captures, checking timing and conformance from nanosecond-precision pcap files.
• EME Tools (CableLabs)CableLabs dash.js-based reference player with dedicated EME logging window for debugging encrypted media playback.
• fffvFFmpeg filter graph visualizer for debugging complex -filter_complex pipelines.
• GstPipelineStudioGUI for graphically constructing, running, and debugging GStreamer pipelines (Pipeviz successor).
• GStreamer debugging tools tutorialOfficial guide to GST_DEBUG levels and categories plus GST_DEBUG_DUMP_DOT_DIR pipeline graph dumps for diagnosing media pipelines.
• gststudio (node-based GStreamer editor)Node-based visual GStreamer pipeline editor that auto-discovers elements via gst-inspect, validates connections, and exports C++/Python.
• Man in the Middle ProxyAn interactive HTTPS proxy that allows inspection, modification, and debugging of network traffic, useful for video streaming analysis.
• mp4box.js File Reader — Browser ISOBMFF Box InspectorZero-install browser tool that renders the full box tree of any MP4/CMAF file for structural debugging.
• player-inspectorTool for inspecting the runtime behavior of MSE-based video players (buffer, segment requests, quality switches).