Management of split audio/video streams

A media management system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory that comprises a plurality of components that are executable by the processor, the components comprising:
• an exposer component that exposes a media object, wherein the media object represents a media stream generated by a media source;
• a receiver component that receives multiple requests to access the media object from multiple computer-executable applications;
• a splitter component that splits the media stream into multiple media streams;
• a policy component that automatically applies at least one policy to at least one of the multiple media streams;
• and
• an indicator component that informs the owner of the media source of how many applications or users are currently receiving media streams that originate from the media source.

A computer-readable data storage device comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:

• receiving requests from several different computer-executable applications to access an exposed media object, wherein the media object represents a live video stream being generated by a video camera;
• splitting the live video stream into multiple live video streams in response to the requests;
• automatically applying policies to the live video streams that indicate that the different computer-executable applications are to be provided with the live video streams in different video resolutions;
• providing the live video streams to the requesting computer-executable applications in accordance with the policies;
• and
• indicating how many computer-executable applications are currently receiving video streams that originate from the video camera.