VMP (Virtual Media Processor) is an open-source project that aims to reimplement the functionality of media streaming processors in software, using the GStreamer Multimedia Framework.
The target hardware is a small single-board computer with accelerated Multimedia encoding/decoding, and additional HDMI capture capabilities.
The capture cards are accessed via the Video for Linux (v4l2) subsystem.
A media processor is a purpose-built device that combines multiple input streams, composits new streams, and exposes them via a network feed.
Our aim is to bring the above features into a stable, and software-defined solution that works with industry-standard hardware, reducing costs significantly.
The Libraries folder contains Objective-C libraries that are used across the project.
Binaries are located in the Daemons and Tools folder respectively. This includes the core of the stack:
the vmpserverd daemon, which is responsible for managing the media processing.
Tools only contains a proof-of-concept control client.
You might have noticed the nix folder. We use NixOS for developing and testing. As we have some libraries
that are not in the nix-pkgs upstream, we provide an overlay which adds the missing dependencies.
Run nix-shell in the repository root to fetch all dependencies required for
development. After this, you can develop and build all subprojects.
A Debian rootfs build script with the complete VMP stack installed can be found in the Deployment folder. By default, a squashfs image is created.
See the vmpserverd README for more information about the daemon.
The VMP project is licensed under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more information.