MediaMTX Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy MediaMTX hosting and run a self-hosted streaming media server that takes live streams over RTSP, RTMP, SRT or WebRTC and plays them back over HLS. xCloud starts the pinned image, generates separate publisher and reader passwords and serves HLS playback over HTTPS on your domain. The other protocols use their own ports, which you must open in the server firewall, and they are unencrypted.

Deploy your MediaMTX

No terminal
No technical skills needed
No lock-in, cancel anytime

What is MediaMTX?

MediaMTX is a ready-to-use, zero-dependency live media server and media proxy, released under the MIT licence. Upstream describes publishing, reading, proxying, recording and playing back real-time video and audio, with streams automatically converted between protocols such as RTSP, RTMP, SRT, WebRTC and HLS, plus authentication, a control API and hooks. A self-hosted MediaMTX acts as a media router for cameras and encoders.

On xCloud the template runs the bluenviron/mediamtx 1.21.2 image, the alpine ffmpeg variant, pinned by digest, as one container with no volume: its configuration is regenerated from install values on every start and nothing is recorded. Only HLS goes through xCloud's HTTPS. RTSP (TCP only), RTMP, WebRTC and SRT use separate ports, which are unencrypted and protected only by the two generated passwords.

From Sign-Up to a Live MediaMTX Install In Just 3 Easy Steps

Self-hosting a media server normally means a config file, generated credentials and five ports to open before a single stream can go live. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account, pick MediaMTX from the OneClick catalog, and choose a domain. There are no extra fields — xCloud generates the publisher and reader passwords.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the pinned MediaMTX 1.21.2 image and publish HLS playback over HTTPS on your domain. RTSP, RTMP, WebRTC and SRT get their own allocated ports.
Step 03
Open Your Ports And Publish
Open the five ports shown on the credentials card in your own server firewall, then publish to any stream name, for example rtsp://publisher:<password>@<server-ip>:<rtsp-port>/mystream.

Everything MediaMTX Does, On Your Own Server

MediaMTX runs here with ingest over RTSP, RTMP, SRT and WebRTC and playback over those plus HLS, on infrastructure you control.

One Server For Ingest And Playback
Accepts RTSP, RTMP, SRT and WebRTC (WHIP) publishers and serves readers over the same protocols plus HLS.
Streams Created On Demand
A stream is created the moment someone publishes to a path — no per-stream configuration to maintain.
No Anonymous Access
Separate generated publisher and reader accounts guard every protocol; verification confirmed unauthenticated clients are refused on RTSP, RTMP, WebRTC and HLS.
Browser Playback Over HLS
Play any stream back in a browser at https://<domain>/<stream>/index.m3u8, behind xCloud-managed HTTPS.
Small Footprint
Verification measured about 14 MiB of RAM idle and 44 MiB with one live stream running.
Stateless By Design
Nothing is stored, so a Restart returns to a healthy server; streams are live only while a publisher stays connected.

Everything You Need To Run Your Live Ingest, Any Protocol

Managed hosting for MediaMTX, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

MediaMTX 1.21.2 deployed instantly
Separate generated publisher and reader accounts
HLS playback over managed HTTPS
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With MediaMTX

Bring camera feeds into one place
Publish RTSP streams from cameras and read them back over the protocol each player supports.
Go live from OBS
Send an RTMP stream from OBS and give viewers a browser-friendly HLS link.
Convert protocols automatically
Publish in one protocol and read in another without running a separate transcoder.
Keep stream access private
Require a publisher or reader account for every client instead of leaving streams open.

MediaMTX vs Alternatives

go2rtc: go2rtc has its own xCloud page and is another camera streaming tool. MediaMTX is the server here focused on routing RTSP, RTMP, SRT and WebRTC streams.
OvenMediaEngine: OvenMediaEngine has its own xCloud page. MediaMTX is a single-container server with generated publisher and reader accounts.
Owncast: Owncast has its own xCloud page and is a complete live-streaming site with chat. MediaMTX is the media router underneath, with no viewer site.
Restreamer: Restreamer has its own xCloud page. MediaMTX is the lower-level server, without a web studio for publishing.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for MediaMTX hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More simultaneous publishers and readers.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
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Cloud VPS 24 GB

MediaMTX alongside a whole self-hosted stack.

$84.99per month

24 GB RAM
8 vCPU cores
300 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. MediaMTX itself is free under the MIT License.

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Connect any VPS — DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, Hetzner or bare metal — and deploy MediaMTX on it through the same panel, for a per-server management fee instead of a Cloud VPS rental.

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Priced per connected server, so your rate adjusts automatically as you add or remove servers. You pay your own provider for the server itself.

Self-managed hosting

Ready To Own Your Streaming Server?

MediaMTX on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Can you self-host MediaMTX with Docker?

Yes. For MediaMTX Docker hosting the template runs the official bluenviron/mediamtx 1.21.2 ffmpeg image, pinned by digest, as one container with no volume. HLS playback sits behind HTTPS on your domain, and the raw streaming ports are each published on their own allocated host port.

Is MediaMTX free and open source?

MediaMTX is open source under the MIT licence, so the server has no licence fee. xCloud bills for the dedicated Cloud VPS and the deployment. Bandwidth for your streams comes from the server's allowance, so very busy streams may need a larger plan.

How much RAM does MediaMTX need?

The manifest asks for 256 MB of RAM, one CPU core and 2 GB of disk. Idle use measured around 14 MiB in testing and about 44 MiB with one live stream, so memory is rarely the limit. The 6 GB plan sold here is far above it; bandwidth and CPU matter more.

How do I publish a stream to MediaMTX?

Publish with the publisher account to any stream name, for example with ffmpeg to rtsp://publisher:password@server-ip:rtsp-port/mystream. RTMP, SRT and WebRTC WHIP work the same way, and OBS can use the RTMP address with an empty stream key. Read it back with the reader account, or in a browser as HLS.

Which ports does MediaMTX need open?

Five besides HLS: RTSP and RTMP (TCP), WebRTC signalling (TCP), WebRTC media and SRT (UDP). xCloud never opens firewall ports, so open the allocated numbers from your credentials card yourself. They bypass the reverse proxy and any CDN, so point clients at the server IP or a DNS-only record.

How do I secure MediaMTX streams?

There is no anonymous access: clients need the publisher or reader account. But RTSP, RTMP, SRT and WebRTC signalling are plain and send passwords in clear text, so use them on trusted networks or add TLS yourself. HLS in the browser uses HTTP Basic with the reader credentials over HTTPS.

Does MediaMTX record streams?

Upstream can record streams to disk and play them back, but this template does not: it creates no volume and nothing is recorded, and the control API, metrics, playback and pprof are off. Streams exist only while a publisher is connected. Add recording yourself only after planning storage.

How do I back up MediaMTX?

There is no data volume to back up, because the template creates none and the configuration is regenerated from install values on every start. Keep a private copy of the publisher and reader passwords from your credentials card so you can restore access. Any recordings you add yourself would need their own storage plan.

Backups in xCloud

How do I upgrade MediaMTX?

Version 1.21.2 is fixed by digest, so a catalog update reaches new installs only. Nothing is stored on disk, so there is nothing to migrate, but read the upstream release notes first, then adopt a newer template version. Changing the passwords drops connected clients on redeploy.

Can I run MediaMTX in the cloud on xCloud?

Yes. MediaMTX cloud use gives the server a dedicated Cloud VPS, with HLS over your domain and certificate. RTSP here is TCP only, so players that insist on RTSP over UDP will not connect. A server rented elsewhere can be enrolled as self-managed.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.