librist
brew install librist
v0.2.17
BSD-2-Clause
Shared library implementing RIST (Reliable Internet Stream Transport) for robust video streaming over IP networks.
Why you might care
If you're building video delivery or streaming applications that need resilience to packet loss and network jitter, librist provides a standards-based alternative to proprietary protocols. It's a dependency for professional media tools that require multi-vendor interoperability; integrates with FFmpeg and VLC for transport-layer reliability.
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Runtime dependencies
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Links
- https://code.videolan.org/rist/
- Brew formula source: Formula/lib/librist.rb
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