ristreceiver and ristsender

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Command-line tools provided by the librist project for sending and receiving video streams using the RIST protocol. These tools serve as practical examples of implementing RIST in applications and are useful for testing and development purposes.

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• FOSDEM 2024: Streaming Live Using RIST On Demand to ThousandsFOSDEM Open Media devroom talk on a real-world RIST architecture achieving 500ms glass-to-glass latency at scale, comparing RIST vs QUIC.
• RIST vs SRT: Technical ComparisonElecard's technical deep-dive comparing RIST and SRT low-latency transport protocols.
• Harnessing WebRTC for Large-Scale Live StreamingACM SIGCOMM 2025 paper on scaling WebRTC for large-audience low-latency live streaming.
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