moq-player

Linux-native, low-latency video rendering experiment.

This forms the basis of a MoQ media player (including encryption/signing) for linux. I will include this in my moq-tv repo (mainly targeting Smart TVs at the moment).

What this is

• A Rust project targeting Linux that uses GTK4 and GStreamer.
• Current pipeline is a real video decoder/player, connecting to a MoQ Relay and playing audio/video.

Security / streaming direction

• Transport: Media over Quic (MoQ)
• Planned payload protection: moq-secure (encrypt + sign media payloads)
• Intended architecture: streaming layer (MoQ) → verified/decrypted media chunks → decoder → renderer.

Current status

• Plays MoQ audio and video.
• MOQ-Secure not yet added.

Install and run on Ubuntu or Debian

Open a terminal and paste the following commands.

1. Install system dependencies

sudo apt update

sudo apt install -y \
  build-essential \
  curl \
  pkg-config \
  libssl-dev \
  libgtk-4-dev \
  libgstreamer1.0-dev \
  libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev \
  gstreamer1.0-tools \
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base \
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good \
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad \
  gstreamer1.0-libav \
  gstreamer1.0-gtk4

2. Install the MoQ GStreamer plugin

curl -fsSL https://apt.moq.dev/moq-keyring.gpg \
  | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/moq-keyring.gpg >/dev/null

echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/moq-keyring.gpg] https://apt.moq.dev stable main" \
  | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/moq.list >/dev/null

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y gstreamer1.0-moq

Check that the MoQ plugin is installed:

gst-inspect-1.0 moq

The output should include moqsrc and moqsink.

3. Install Rust

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

When prompted, press Enter to choose the default installation.

Then load Rust into the current terminal:

source "$HOME/.cargo/env"

4. Install moq-player

cargo install moq-player

5. Run moq-player

moq-player

A window should open, playing Big Buck Bunny.