MOQtail

Draft 11-compliant Media-over-QUIC (MoQ) libraries for publisher, subscriber (moqtail-ts) and relay (moqtail-rs) components with a sample application using the Low Overhead Media Container (LOC) format.

Written inRustandTypeScript

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import * from 'moqtail-ts'
import { LiveContentSource } from 'moqtail-ts/client/track/content_source'

const client = await MoqtailClient.new({
  url: 'https://demo.relay:8080', supportedVersions: [DRAFT_11]
})

let videoStreamController;
const videoStream = new ReadableStream<MoqtObject>({
  start(controller) { videoStreamController = controller },
  cancel() { videoStreamController = null },
})
const contentSource = new LiveContentSource(videoStream)

client.addOrUpdateTrack({
  fullTrackName:
    FullTrackName.tryNew('test/namespace', 'test_track'),
  forwardingPreference: ObjectForwardingPreference.Subgroup,
  publisherPriority: 31,
  contentSource,
})

Resources

MOQtail - Made with 100% QUIC. Zero latency. Zero hangover.

Media Web Symp. - June 2025

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MOQ Me, Don't WebRTC Me

WebRTC Live Webinar (Episode 102) - May 2025

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Toward One-Second Latency: Evolution of Live Media Streaming

IEEE Commun. Surveys Tuts. 2025

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Live Sports Streaming with Prioritized Media-over-QUIC Transport

SMPTE Motion Imaging J. 2024

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DASH and Media-over-QUIC Transport Face-Off: Performance Showdown at Low Latency

RTC.ON - Sept. 2024

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MOQing the World at Low Latencies

CommCon - June 2024

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Media-over-QUIC Transport vs. Low-Latency DASH: a Deathmatch Testbed

ACM MMSys 2024

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Unifying Real-Time Communications and Content Delivery with Media-over-QUIC Transport

DASH-IF Special Session on Media over QUIC - Dec. 2023

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A Fresh Look at Live Sports Streaming with Prioritized Media-over-QUIC Transport

Int. Broadcasting Convention Conf. (IBC) 2023

This Little MOQ Maneuver's Gonna Cost Us 51 Milliseconds

CommCon - June 2023

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Media over QUIC: Initial Testing, Findings and Results

ACM MMSys 2023

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