Multiple VideoSources in one Server

[hdralexandru]

I am working on a video surveillance application where multiple cameras are connected to an Android device acting as a server. My goal is to combine multiple video sources (e.g., USB cameras, built-in cameras) into one RTSP stream so that a remote client can view all of them at the same time.
For simplicity, let's say I receive the images as Bitmaps, so I can use a BitmapSource as a VideoSource.

I found MultiStream but I'm not quite sure if it is what I need

I aim for something like this:

[pedroSG94]

Hello,

Normally your example is developed in player side.

Normally, in this case you have 4 streams of only 1 camera to the server and the player reproduce all streams and mix the video into one or use 4 players at the same time.

[hdralexandru]

I don't quite get your idea, @pedroSG94

So my app can have from 1, up to 5 VideoPlayers that connect to my RTSP server. It does not always stream 4 videos, at the same time. The client can request videos from a different camera, at any time.

[pedroSG94]

Basically all streams are 1 camera for stream. So you have a stream per camera.
In player side you have a view (each view contain an instance of a player) per stream.

To reproduce the image shared, you will use 4 views and start a player instance in each one. If you only want one stream, you only need remove views no required or add views if you want more views.

[hdralexandru]

So after all, on my side, I'm gonna need multiple instances of the RTSP Stream, each with a different VideoSource, correct?
So for instance, if I have 5 cameras, I'm gonna have 5 streams, and each player (on the client side) will connect to a different RtspStream, depending on what what the user wants to see