About This Guide

Updated: October 28, 2024

The Multimedia Renderer Developer's Guide is intended for developers who want to write multimedia applications that use the mm-renderer service to stream media content from input to output and perform basic playback management.

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The main features of the mm-renderer service Multimedia Renderer: Capabilities and Architecture
The steps for running mm-renderer and the configuration file and command line that controls it Configuring and Starting mm-renderer
The sequence of mm-renderer operations needed to play or record media content, for common use cases Playing and Recording Media Content
Using API commands to connect to mm-renderer, define contexts, and control playback Multimedia Renderer API
Working with dictionary objects to define media properties Dictionary Object API