Summary
WHIP (WebRTC HTTP Ingest Protocol) was standardized as IETF RFC 9725 in March 2025. It is now the recommended protocol for sub-second live ingest, replacing RTMP in modern streaming stacks. This repo should have a dedicated section covering it.
Why this matters
- OBS Studio has native WHIP support built in
- Cloudflare, Wowza, Dolby.io, and Mux all have production WHIP support
- WHEP (WebRTC HTTP Egress Protocol) is the complementary standard for distribution/egress
- Together WHIP+WHEP form the basis of WebRTC-native streaming pipelines 2025–2026
Suggested section content
A new section under the live streaming / ingest area covering:
- What WHIP/WHEP is and what problem it solves
- How it differs from RTMP and SRT (protocol selection guide: WHIP for sub-second WebRTC ingest, SRT for contribution on unreliable networks, HLS/DASH for distribution)
- RFC 9725 reference and current browser/tool support
- Eyevinn's WHIP open source implementation: https://github.com/Eyevinn/whip
Related context
The existing RTMP references in the repo should also be updated to position RTMP as legacy and point to WHIP + SRT as the current alternatives. See related issue for RTMP repositioning.
References
Summary
WHIP (WebRTC HTTP Ingest Protocol) was standardized as IETF RFC 9725 in March 2025. It is now the recommended protocol for sub-second live ingest, replacing RTMP in modern streaming stacks. This repo should have a dedicated section covering it.
Why this matters
Suggested section content
A new section under the live streaming / ingest area covering:
Related context
The existing RTMP references in the repo should also be updated to position RTMP as legacy and point to WHIP + SRT as the current alternatives. See related issue for RTMP repositioning.
References