[FFmpeg-devel] Patches to add libomt OpenMediaTransport support to FFmpeg

[Derek Buitenhuis]

On 8/13/2025 2:00 PM, ffmpeg at gallery.co.uk wrote:
> Hi Folks
> 
> We are part of the group creating a new open source and free to use professional IP Video protocol called OMT (open media transport)
> It's similar to NDI in many ways, but completely open source and royalty free.

[...]

> The protocol will officially launch on August 18th.
> You can read about it here:
> https://openmediatransport.org/
> and 
> https://github.com/openmediatransport/
> The github is not public yet, but will be after the launch

It's a bit premature to be sending this then, no? We can't review
or make a value judgement.

> The video codec used in OMT is actually the same as the vmix codec which is already implemented in decoder-only form in FFMPEG.
> 
> We have already completed implementation of this protocol into FFMPEG 7 and I enclose patches to add this to the current FFmpeg origin/master.

I don't see any; perhaps you missed including them?

> To build this also requires the pre-built omt libraries which are available at   
> https://github.com/openmediatransport/libomtnet/releases
> also, available from:    
> https://www.sienna-tv.com/omt/OMTlibs.zip

The community will wait on source code, I suspect.

- Derek