Protocols & Transport

Browse 470 curated streaming protocol resources — HLS, MPEG-DASH, CMAF, WebRTC, and RTMP specs, servers, and tools on Awesome Video.

Subcategories

• Adaptive Bitrate Algorithms & Tools 22 resources
• Adaptive Streaming 123 resources
• CMAF & fMP4 Packaging 25 resources
• DASH Manifest Tools 24 resources
• DASH Tools 29 resources
• HLS Manifest Parsers & Generators 21 resources
• HLS Tools 21 resources
• Low-Latency Streaming Tools 51 resources
• Transport Protocols 74 resources

Resources (showing 97–120 of 470)

• Sabre — BOLA/MPC ABR Reference SimulatorReference simulator implementing BOLA and MPC adaptive bitrate algorithms, based on dash.js, widely used in ABR research papers.
• Stateless Network-Aware ABR Streaming over IPFSResearch paper adapting adaptive bitrate streaming algorithms for decentralized IPFS-based content delivery.
• abrcc — Cross-layer ABR/Congestion Control Comparison HarnessComparison harness for ABR and congestion-control algorithms over QUIC and dash.js, switching between BOLA, RobustMPC, Pensieve, Festive, B…
• dash.js BolaRule ABR DocumentationReference documentation for dash.js's BOLA adaptive bitrate rule, describing buffer-level to bitrate mapping and switching thresholds.
• encodex — AI content-aware convex-hull encoderAI-agent content-aware encoder generating convex-hull Pareto-frontier bitrate ladders with content-complexity adjustments.
• per-title-analysis — Per-Title Bitrate Ladder OptimizerPython per-title encoding ladder optimizer using CRF and metric (SSIM/PSNR) analyzers, Netflix-style, on ffmpeg/ffprobe.
• AWS Stale Playlist DetectorThe Stale Playlist Detector (SPD) is a tool to monitor live HLS origin endpoints for changing playlists.
• BOLA: Near-Optimal Bitrate Adaptation for Online VideosAcademic paper presenting the BOLA algorithm for adaptive bitrate selection in video streaming players.
• CMAF for Low Latency Streaming – BitmovinA detailed blog explaining how CMAF enables low-latency streaming. Bitmovin covers the technical aspects of chunked CMAF, the changes requi…
• CTA WAVE Low Latency Service GuidelinesGuidelines from the CTA WAVE (Web Application Video Ecosystem) project focusing on low-latency streaming service implementation, including…
• DlNode.js DASH and HLS downloader.
• HTTP Adaptive Streaming: A Review on Current Advances and Future ChallengesRecent ACM TOMM survey of HAS research: ABR classes, low-latency delivery, edge assistance and open problems.
• HTTP StreamingHLS, DASH, and future HTTP streaming protocols library for video.js
• NeSt-VR: Network-aware Step-wise Adaptive Bitrate for VR Streaming over Wi-FiAcademic paper proposing a network-aware step-wise ABR algorithm for VR video streaming over Wi-Fi networks.
• Pensieve (Adaptive Bitrate AI Algorithm)A research system that uses reinforcement learning to generate adaptive bitrate (ABR) algorithms. Pensieve learned an ABR algorithm that ca…
• Puffer (Stanford Live Streaming Research)A free live TV streaming research study by Stanford University that uses volunteer viewers to train and evaluate new adaptive streaming alg…
• TiyuntsongSelf-play reinforcement learning + GAN-based adaptive bitrate streaming algorithm implementation (TensorFlow/tflearn), companion to arXiv:1…
• BBC R&D Adaptive Bitrate Test MediaThe BBC Research & Development department offers MPEG-DASH test media for developers and researchers.
• Bento4 mp4dashCommand-line tool from Bento4 for creating DASH-compliant MP4 files and streaming packages.
• Combine MpdCombine MPEG DASH MPD manifest files.
• DASHAn MPEG/DASH client-server module for simulating rate adaptation mechanisms over HTTP/TCP.
• DASH DRMExample implementations demonstrating MPEG-DASH playback with DRM protection schemes.
• DASH IF ConformanceThis repository provides the source code for MPEG-DASH/DASH-IF Conformance Software/Validator. It has been extended according to further st…
• DASH IF Test Assets DatabaseA database of test assets provided by the DASH Industry Forum for validating DASH implementations.