Media Over QUIC (MOQ)
Use Media Over QUIC (MOQ) protocol with Red5 for next-generation ultra-low latency streaming. Red5 support for MOQ is coming soon, sign up here to be the first to know when it is available.
Ultra-low latency streaming. Evolved.
Red5’s Media Over QUIC (MOQ) protocol support provides cutting-edge streaming technology designed for real-time, interactive broadcasts with sub-250 millisecond latency. Built for delivering live event streams at the speed of thought, MOQ ensures that your video reaches audiences with ultra-low latency while including adaptive bitrate for smooth streaming across variable network conditions. Use any of Red5’s many ingest streaming protocols (RTMP, RTSP, Zixi, MPEG-TS, and more) to create MOQ streams, or ingest directly via MOQ protocol. Your MOQ streams deliver the perfect balance of WebRTC’s ultra-low latency with the scalability and reliability of HTTP-based protocols.
As a QUIC-based live-streaming protocol, MOQ combines the best of both worlds: the real-time performance that modern interactive applications demand with the network resilience and CDN compatibility that broadcasters require. By leveraging Red5’s MOQ protocol support, your live streams are ready to scale globally through integration with next-gen CDNs, offering ultra-low latency performance while managing massive audience loads effectively.
Deliver Streams at the Speed of Thought
Red5’s MOQ protocol support ensures ultra-low latency live video streaming, delivering sub-250 millisecond performance across various devices, from smartphones to desktop browsers. With intelligent adaptive streaming built on QUIC’s advanced transport capabilities, viewers experience real-time interactivity even under challenging network conditions, making Red5’s MOQ the ideal choice for delivering truly interactive live content to diverse, wide-reaching audiences.
While traditional HTTP-based protocols trade latency for compatibility, MOQ breaks that compromise. It’s not just about reaching your audience; it’s about engaging them in real-time without sacrificing scale or reliability.
MOQ Streaming Scalability
Red5’s MOQ protocol support is designed to scale ultra-low latency video streaming to massive audiences through integration with modern CDNs. Built on QUIC’s multiplexed transport framework, MOQ can handle distributing real-time streams efficiently across millions of viewers while maintaining sub-250 millisecond latency. By using Red5’s MOQsupport, you can reliably scale interactive live streams globally, ensuring consistent real-time experiences without the bottlenecks of traditional protocols.
With adaptive streaming and next-generation transport reliability, Red5’s MOQ infrastructure makes it easy to deliver seamless real-time video to unlimited viewers while maintaining the low-latency performance that interactive applications demand.
Flexibility
Red5’s MOQ protocol provides flexible deployment options for next-generation live-streaming infrastructure. Build and deliver real-time streaming applications for any device using Red5’s scalable server environment, integrating seamlessly with Red5 Cloud, or your cloud or data center of choice. Whether leveraging public cloud providers or edge deployments like private 5G MEC or in-venue networks, Red5’s MOQ support offers the adaptability needed to meet the demands of interactive broadcasting.
MOQ’s QUIC-based protocol offers the perfect balance of ultra-low latency and broad compatibility, allowing real-time streams to reach a wide range of devices with unprecedented scalability and reliability. When paired with Red5’s infrastructure, you can create customized solutions for delivering interactive live video streams across various network environments, ensuring your audience experiences uninterrupted, real-time broadcasting no matter where or how they’re watching.
Power Interactive Streaming at Scale Across Diverse Industries with Real-Time Performance
Government + IoT, Video Games + eSports, Social Media, Broadcast, OTT
Media Over Quic (MOQ) Features
Ultra-Low Latency at Scale
Leverage MOQ to ensure real-time live video delivery to massive audiences, maintaining sub-250 millisecond latency across unstable networks and a broad range of devices. By integrating Red5’s MOQ protocol support, you can count on interactive performance and seamless distribution to globally dispersed viewers without the traditional trade-offs between latency and scale.
Advanced Network Resilience with QUIC Transport
With Red5’s MOQ protocol support built on QUIC transport, live streams benefit from advanced congestion control, automatic error recovery, and multiplexed connections. QUIC’s intelligent transport layer ensures optimal performance across challenging network conditions, reducing the impact of packet loss and network instability while maintaining ultra-low latency delivery.
Whether your audience faces network congestion, packet loss, or variable connectivity, Red5’s MOQ protocol support dynamically adapts transport behavior to maintain consistent real-time video quality. From interactive gaming streams to live collaborative broadcasts, MOQ provides resilient ultra-low latency streaming experiences across all devices and platforms.
Real-Time Interactive Capabilities
Red5’s MOQ protocol support enables true real-time interactivity with sub-250 millisecond glass-to-glass latency, making it perfect for interactive applications where every millisecond matters. Unlike traditional streaming protocols that batch data for efficiency, MOQ streams individual media objects with minimal buffering, enabling real-time audience participation, live gaming, and interactive broadcasts.
From live auction platforms to interactive educational content, MOQ ensures that viewer interactions happen in real-time, creating engaging experiences that weren’t possible with higher-latency protocols. This makes Red5’s MOQ protocol support the ideal choice for next-generation interactive streaming applications.
CDN-Ready Architecture for Global Scale
Thanks to its modern transport design, MOQ streams from Red5 integrate seamlessly with next-generation CDNs while maintaining ultra-low latency performance. Unlike WebRTC which struggles with CDN integration, MOQ is built from the ground up to work efficiently with content delivery networks, allowing true global scale without sacrificing real-time performance.
This protocol’s CDN-friendly architecture ensures that MOQ can deliver ultra-low latency streams to millions of concurrent viewers across global edge locations. Whether your audience spans continents or is concentrated in specific regions, MOQ guarantees scalable real-time delivery, providing a truly interactive streaming experience at global scale.
Enhanced Security with Modern Encryption
Red5’s MOQ protocol support ensures secure video streaming using QUIC’s built-in Transport Layer Security (TLS 1.3) encryption, providing stronger security than traditional protocols. This modern encryption approach protects your real-time streams from unauthorized access while maintaining the ultra-low latency performance that interactive applications require.
In addition to QUIC’s native security features, MOQ supports integration with advanced authentication and authorization systems. This gives content providers granular control over who can access their real-time streams, securing interactive and live video against unauthorized access while maintaining sub-250 millisecond performance. Whether streaming to select participants or broadcasting interactively via a CDN, Red5’s MOQ protocol support delivers content with state-of-the-art security measures.
Media Over QUIC Diagram
FAQs
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What is Media Over QUIC (MOQ), and why should I use it for live video streaming?
Media Over QUIC (MOQ) is a next-generation streaming protocol that combines ultra-low latency (sub-250 milliseconds) with the scalability of CDN-based delivery. Red5 supports MOQ for both ingest and egress, similar to how we support WHIP and WHEP protocols. MOQ is ideal for interactive applications that require real-time performance without sacrificing the ability to reach massive audiences.
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Does Red5’s MOQ protocol support adaptive streaming?
Yes! Red5’s MOQ protocol support includes intelligent adaptive streaming built on QUIC’s advanced transport capabilities. The stream quality adjusts dynamically based on network conditions while maintaining ultra-low latency, ensuring smooth real-time playback even in challenging network environments
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How secure is streaming with Red5’s MOQ protocol support?
Red5’s MOQ protocol support offers enhanced security through QUIC’s built-in TLS 1.3 encryption, providing stronger and more efficient security than traditional protocols. This modern encryption approach protects real-time streams while maintaining the ultra-low latency performance that interactive applications demand.
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How does Red5’s MOQ protocol support handle scaling for large interactive audiences?
Red5’s MOQ protocol support can handle massive concurrent connections through next-generation CDN integration while maintaining sub-250 millisecond latency. Red5 efficiently delivers real-time streams that can then be distributed globally without sacrificing the interactive performance that modern applications require.
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How do I integrate Red5’s MOQ protocol support with a CDN for large-scale interactive streaming?
Red5’s MOQ protocol support seamlessly integrates with next-generation CDNs that support MOQ protocol. You can distribute your real-time content globally through compatible CDN edge locations, ensuring ultra-low latency playbook for massive audiences without overwhelming your infrastructure.
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How does MOQ compare to WebRTC and HLS for latency and scalability?
MOQ bridges the gap between WebRTC’s ultra-low latency and HLS’s scalability. While WebRTC offers sub-second latency but struggles with large-scale distribution, and HLS scales well but has 10-30 second delays, MOQ provides sub-250 millisecond latency while maintaining the ability to scale to millions of viewers through CDN integration.
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What makes MOQ more resilient than other low-latency protocols?
MOQ leverages QUIC’s advanced transport features including automatic error recovery, intelligent congestion control, and multiplexed connections. This means better performance across packet loss, network congestion, and variable connectivity compared to traditional UDP-based protocols, while maintaining ultra-low latency delivery
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Does Red5 offer SDKs for building applications with MOQ support?
Red5 offers cutting-edge SDKs with MOQ protocol support for both desktop and mobile applications. These SDKs allow developers to build next-generation interactive streaming applications, leveraging MOQ for ultra-low latency delivery while maintaining the ability to scale to massive audiences.
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What types of applications benefit most from MOQ streaming?
MOQ is perfect for interactive gaming streams, live auctions, real-time collaborative platforms, interactive educational content, live sports with fan engagement, and any application where audience participation needs to happen in real-time. It’s ideal when you need both ultra-low latency and the ability to reach large audiences.
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What network environments work best with MOQ streaming?
MOQ works exceptionally well across diverse network conditions thanks to QUIC’s intelligent transport layer. Whether streaming over high-speed broadband, mobile networks, or challenging connectivity scenarios, MOQ’s advanced congestion control and error recovery maintain real-time performance while adapting to available bandwidth, ensuring reliable ultra-low latency streams even in demanding environments.