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Ant Media Server

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Self-hosted and cloud ultra-low-latency live streaming server with WebRTC, SRT and RTMP support

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Ant Media Server 3.1 rebuilds its management panel and adds multi-audio SRT.

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◆Current state
Ant Media Server is a self-hosted streaming server spanning WebRTC, RTMP, SRT, HLS and LL-HLS. The 2026 releases added server-side ad insertion with SCTE-35, a second WebRTC Web SDK, AV1 support and SRT restreaming, then 3.1.0 in September shipped a rebuilt management panel, an RTSP output plugin, multiple audio tracks from SRT ingest into HLS and WebRTC, and a move to Java 21. Most point releases also carry batches of dependency CVE fixes.
◆Where it's heading
The 3.x line is about protocol coverage and broadcast workflows: SRT in and out, RTSP out, multi-language audio, ad markers and MOQ experiments. Removing deprecated APIs in 3.0.1 and moving to Java 21 in 3.1.0 show a willingness to break old integrations to modernise the base.
◆Prediction
Expect 3.1.x patches that fix multi-audio and SRT edge cases, plus continued MOQ player work; the feed gives no date for a 3.2 or 4.0.

◆Recent moves

  1. 2mo ago

    New management panel, RTSP output and multi-audio SRT ingest

    3.1.0 is the largest release of the year: a rebuilt management panel, an RTSP output plugin, multi-audio SRT ingest into HLS and WebRTC, and an upgrade to Java 21. It extends the 3.x focus on broadcast-grade protocol coverage, with a long list of SRT, HLS and cluster bug fixes.

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  2. 6mo ago

    3.0.3 maintenance build with no listed changes

    A maintenance build published a day after 3.0.2 with no change notes, only package names. Nothing user-visible is documented.

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  3. 6mo ago

    3.0.2 code quality and stability build

    A code-quality and stability build that also bumps internal versions toward 4.0.0-SNAPSHOT. No user-facing changes are listed.

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  4. 6mo ago

    3.0.1 adds AV1 and removes deprecated APIs

    3.0.1 adds AV1 codec support, hardware H.265 decoding and an HSTS header, and removes deprecated methods in a change the notes flag as possibly breaking. It also patches eight dependency CVEs, the clean-up that opened the 3.x line.

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  5. 9mo ago

    Restream to SRT, local license server, on-demand playlists

    2.17.1 adds restreaming to SRT endpoints, a local license server for offline deployments, and playlists that start and stop with viewer demand. It is the first step of the SRT work that 3.1.0 later extended to multi-audio ingest.

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  6. 9mo ago

    Server-side ad insertion and WebRTC Web SDK v2

    2.17.0 adds server-side ad insertion driven by SCTE-35 markers, introduces WebRTC Web SDK v2 and makes LL-HLS playable across a cluster. Ad insertion moves the server toward broadcast and monetised streams rather than only low-latency calls.

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