Membrane Update: January 2023

Membrane Core:

• Release v1.0.0-rc of Membrane Core
• Update of existing Membrane packages in Membrane framework organization, so that they use Membrane Core v0.11

WebRTC (Videoroom):

• WebRTC Simulcast
• A new frontend for our video-communication application (you can test Membrane Videoroom here ​​https://videoroom.membrane.work/)

Membrane Live (HLS):

• Supporting LLHLS
• Chat with moderation
• A preview of the presenter’s video and audio before starting a broadcast
• Responsive mobile UI for Android and iOS applications
• Audio/video synchronization
• Integration of Membrane's own video compositor with Membrane Live
• Audio/video synchronization
• Checking Segment lengths
• HTTP adaptive streaming

Smack (Community request team):

• Membrane Guide - introduction refinement
• Membrane Dashboard - rectifying and providing an installation guide

Membrane Core:

• Support for auto demands in more multi-input elements, such as muxers, mixers or compositors
• Creation of benchmarks for offline processing
• Enabling crash groups in bins
• End of stream handling

WebRTC (Videoroom):

• RTX (RTP retransmissions) in both directions
• Building new React libraries in Videoroom

Membrane Live (HLS):

• Updating to Core 0.11 and rebasing to master
• Refactoring and testing HLS endpoint options

Smack (Community request team):

• Video Compositor - implementation of a scene architecture abstraction that will make the compositor more easily extendable
• A website tab based on our Discord threads, so that it is easier to find solutions for technical problems with Membrane
• Creating a Discord tool for generating pages based on Discord’s help threads
• A documentation generator for native code
• An Ogg depayloader, which will be able to read an Ogg file containing audio encoded with Opus codec
• Membrane React Native WebRTC educational materials and tutorials

Membrane Core:

• Maximum reduction of demands in favor of auto-demands (until we decide that we cannot limit them further)

WebRTC (Videoroom):

• Using Videoroom internally in all teams at Software Mansion
• Enabling the use of both Simulcast and DisplayManager at the same time

Membrane Live (HLS):

• Using Membrane Live broadcasting internally on All Hands meetings
• Implementing multivariant HLS

Smack (Community request team):

• Publishing an article about Membrane React Native WebRTC
• Working Google Analytics, Discord, Twitter and Hex metrics in Grafana
• A plugin for Livebook (https://livebook.dev/) that would allow for multimedia displaying

Jellyfish

• The first version of the Jellyfish server at the end of Q1 2023
• Automatic benchmarks for every new PR (CPU performance)

If you have any questions, you’re welcome to contact us via e-mail or on our Membrane Framework Discord channel.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you and updating you on what’s new in Membrane!