The XMedia library, developed by Medialooks LLC, is a professional multimedia toolkit designed for developers who need to integrate advanced audio and video processing, capturing, encoding, decoding, and streaming capabilities into their applications. It provides a powerful API for working with multimedia on various platforms.

Key Features of XMedia

1. Video and Audio Capture

Supports capturing from various sources, such as webcams, microphones, and video capture devices (e.g., HDMI, SDI).
Works with professional-grade equipment for high-quality video capture.

2. Media Processing

Encoding and decoding of video and audio in various formats.
Supports high resolutions, including 4K and beyond.
Allows overlaying graphics, text, watermarks, and other elements onto video streams.

3. Streaming

Real-time streaming support for protocols like RTMP, RTSP, HLS, SRT, and more.
Enables the creation of custom media servers or integration with existing platforms.

4. Recording and Playback

Records video and audio to various file formats (e.g., MP4, MKV, AVI).
Playback of multimedia with synchronized audio and video. _(planned)_

5. Professional Standards Support

Works with professional standards like NDI (Network Device Interface) for video-over-IP.
Integrates with broadcasting and video production equipment and software.

6. Cross-Platform Compatibility

Supports multiple operating systems, including Windows and Linux.
Can be integrated into applications written in C++. _(planned support more programming languages)_

7. Flexibility and Performance

Optimized for high-performance tasks, making it suitable for professional video production, broadcasting, and streaming applications.

Build

Get sources

To get the source code along with submodules, run one of the following commands:

git clone https://github.com/Medialooks-LLC/xmedia
cd xmedia
git submodule update --init --recursive

or

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/Medialooks-LLC/xmedia

Prepare prebuilt libraries

Download the archive containing the necessary prebuilt libraries for your platform and extract it to the appropriate folder.

Windows

Extract the contents of xmedia-beta-0.0.1-windows.zip to the lib/windows folder.

Linux

Extract the contents of xmedia-beta-0.0.1-linux.tar.gz to the lib/linux folder.

Build project

‍Note for Linux Users: Before building, ensure the copy_deps.py script is executable:

chmod +x copy_deps.py

To build the project, run the following commands:

cmake -DDYNAMIC_RUNTIME=ON -DDYNAMIC_BUILD=ON -DUSE_PREBUILD=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -S . -B build

cmake --build build

This will configure and build the project in the build directory.

Licensing

XMedia is a commercial library, and using it in your projects may require purchasing a license from Medialooks LLC.