moqtail

moqtail is a client implementation of Media over QUIC Transport protocol (MoQT).

This is the root directory of the moqtail projects. The core library lives under the moqtail-core workspace. Run make install to create symbolic links so you can develop the client and core packages together.

Supported messages

moqtail-core has serializer/deserializer for all control messages in draft-11, but these are the ones interopped at IETF:

moqtail cand send:

• CLIENT_SETUP
• SUBSCRIBE
• UNSUBSCRIBE
• SUBCSRIBE_OK
• SUBSCRIBE_ERROR
• SUBSCRIBE_DONE
• ANNOUNCE
• UNANNOUNCE

moqtail can receive:

• SERVER_SETUP
• UNSUBSCRIBE
• SUBSCRIBE
• SUBCSRIBE_OK
• SUBSCRIBE_ERROR
• SUBSCRIBE_DONE
• ANNOUNCE_OK
• ANNOUNCE_ERROR

not yet interopped:

• GOAWAY
• MAX_REQUEST_ID
• REQUESTS_BLOCKED
• SUBSCRIBE_UPDATE
• FETCH
• FETCH_OK
• FETCH_ERROR
• FETCH_CANCEL
• TRACK_STATUS_REQUEST
• TRACK_STATUS
• ANNOUNCE_CANCEL
• SUBSCRIBE_ANNOUNCES
• SUBSCRIBE_ANNOUNCES_OK
• SUBSCRIBE_ANNOUNCES_ERROR
• UNSUBSCRIBE_ANNOUNCES

moqtail can also send/receive

• Datagram
• Subgroup Object

Repository Structure

• bytes/

  • Utility code and helpers for handling low-level byte operations, encoding, and decoding. Used internally by client/ and moqtail-core/.

• client/

  • Contains a live streaming application as a reference client implementation of MoQT.

• moqtail-core/

  • The main core library, providing serializers/deserializers for MOQT control messages, data streams, and packagers.

Build Commands

Use the Makefile to manage development and production builds:

make install   # install workspace dependencies
make prod      # build all workspaces for production
make dev       # build libraries and start the client in dev mode