diff --git a/sdk/SdkArchitecture.md b/sdk/SdkArchitecture.md
index 6ab774e33..83993c571 100644
--- a/sdk/SdkArchitecture.md
+++ b/sdk/SdkArchitecture.md
@@ -707,7 +707,8 @@ Layout:
 ```
 sdk/
   index.ts            the entry point: re-exports the API and the primitives
-  src/api.ts          the public types above
+  src/api.ts          the public types above: client, members, transports
+  src/media-api.ts    the public media types: publish requests, tracks, MemberMedia
   src/errors.ts       MatrixRTCError and its codes
   src/config.ts       MatrixRTCMode, session timings, media quality
   src/encryption.ts   E2eeType, EncryptionSystem
diff --git a/sdk/index.ts b/sdk/index.ts
index 787f0e2c7..1784d3b23 100644
--- a/sdk/index.ts
+++ b/sdk/index.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ export {
 } from "./src/errors";
 
 export * from "./src/api";
+export * from "./src/media-api";
 export * from "./src/media-backend/api";
 export { trackBySource$, type TrackOfSource } from "./src/utils/tracks";
 export { createMatrixRTCClient } from "./src/MatrixRTCClient";
diff --git a/sdk/src/api.ts b/sdk/src/api.ts
index 0207e31ec..bea8327bb 100644
--- a/sdk/src/api.ts
+++ b/sdk/src/api.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ Please see LICENSE in the repository root for full details.
 */
 
 /**
- * The public types of the SDK. `createMatrixRTCClient` in `MatrixRTCClient.ts`
- * is the only way to obtain an implementation of them.
+ * The public types of the SDK: the client, its members and transports. What a
+ * member sends is in `media-api.ts`. `createMatrixRTCClient` in
+ * `MatrixRTCClient.ts` is the only way to obtain an implementation of them.
  */
 
 import {
@@ -15,14 +16,16 @@ import {
   type RTCNotificationType,
   type Transport,
 } from "matrix-js-sdk/lib/matrixrtc";
-import {
-  type Track,
-  type TrackProcessor,
-  type VideoCodec,
-} from "livekit-client";
 import { type Observable } from "rxjs";
 
 import { type Behavior } from "./reactive/Behavior";
+import {
+  type LocalAudioMediaTrack,
+  type LocalMemberMedia,
+  type LocalVideoMediaTrack,
+  type MemberMedia,
+  type PublishRequest,
+} from "./media-api";
 import { type MediaBackendFactory } from "./media-backend/api";
 import { type EncryptionSystem } from "./encryption";
 import {
@@ -72,40 +75,6 @@ export interface MatrixRTCClientOptions {
   backend?: MediaBackendFactory;
 }
 
-export interface AudioCaptureSettings {
-  echoCancellation?: boolean;
-  noiseSuppression?: boolean;
-  autoGainControl?: boolean;
-}
-
-export interface VideoCaptureSettings {
-  resolution?: { width: number; height: number; frameRate?: number };
-  maxBitrate?: number;
-  maxFramerate?: number;
-  codec?: VideoCodec;
-}
-
-/**
- * One thing to publish: a source, where to capture it from and how to encode
- * it. Where the device and the settings are left out, the browser's and
- * LiveKit's defaults apply.
- */
-export type PublishRequest =
-  | { source: "microphone"; deviceId?: string; capture?: AudioCaptureSettings }
-  | {
-      source: "camera";
-      deviceId?: string;
-      /** Background blur and the like. */
-      processor?: TrackProcessor<Track.Kind.Video>;
-      capture?: VideoCaptureSettings;
-    }
-  | {
-      source: "screenShare";
-      /** Whether to capture the screen's audio too. Default true. */
-      audio?: boolean;
-      capture?: VideoCaptureSettings;
-    };
-
 export type ConnectionStatus =
   | "waitingForTransport"
   | "connecting"
@@ -276,112 +245,3 @@ export interface LocalRTCMember extends RTCMember {
   /** Removes one of our tracks; a screen share takes its audio with it. */
   unpublish(id: string): Promise<void>;
 }
-
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Media
-
-export type MediaSource =
-  | "microphone"
-  | "camera"
-  | "screenShare"
-  | "screenShareAudio"
-  /** Published without a source; the application knows what it is. */
-  | "unknown";
-
-export type MediaStreamStats =
-  | RTCInboundRtpStreamStats
-  | RTCOutboundRtpStreamStats
-  | undefined;
-
-/** One published track of a member. */
-export interface MediaTrack {
-  source: MediaSource;
-  kind: "audio" | "video";
-  /** Stable for the life of the track. */
-  id: string;
-  muted$: Behavior<boolean>;
-  /** False when the SFU reports the track as unencrypted. */
-  encrypted$: Behavior<boolean>;
-  /** Polled while subscribed. */
-  stats$: Behavior<MediaStreamStats>;
-  /**
-   * Rendering. The view hands its `<video>` or `<audio>` element over; the SDK
-   * sets its stream and, for video, registers the size and on-screen observers
-   * that pick a simulcast layer and pause the subscription while the element is
-   * hidden. `attach` is idempotent per element; `detach` has to be called
-   * before the element leaves the DOM so those observers are released.
-   */
-  attach(element: HTMLMediaElement): void;
-  detach(element: HTMLMediaElement): void;
-}
-
-export interface AudioMediaTrack extends MediaTrack {
-  kind: "audio";
-  /**
-   * Whether the track carries sound right now, as the backend measures it.
-   * False while muted. A call reads this on the microphone track and calls it
-   * "speaking". LiveKit measures it per member, so every audio track of a
-   * member reports the same value.
-   */
-  isActive$: Behavior<boolean>;
-  /** Route playback through Web Audio, for earpiece pan and gain. Undefined resets. */
-  setAudioContext(ctx: AudioContext | undefined, plugins?: AudioNode[]): void;
-  setVolume(volume: number): void;
-}
-
-export interface VideoMediaTrack extends MediaTrack {
-  kind: "video";
-}
-
-/** The controls a member has over a track it publishes itself. */
-export interface LocalMediaTrack {
-  /**
-   * Mutes or unmutes. Resolves with the state that resulted, which differs
-   * from the request where the device could not be used.
-   */
-  setEnabled(enabled: boolean): Promise<boolean>;
-  /** Captures from another device. Rejects for a screen share, which has none. */
-  setDevice(deviceId: string): Promise<void>;
-}
-
-export interface LocalAudioMediaTrack
-  extends AudioMediaTrack, LocalMediaTrack {}
-
-export interface LocalVideoMediaTrack extends VideoMediaTrack, LocalMediaTrack {
-  /** For mirroring; undefined where the camera does not say which way it faces. */
-  facingMode$: Behavior<"user" | "environment" | undefined>;
-  /**
-   * Restarts the camera facing the other way, on devices with a front and a
-   * back camera, and resolves with the id of the device now in use. Does
-   * nothing where the facing mode is unknown.
-   */
-  switchFacingMode(): Promise<string | undefined>;
-  /** Background blur and the like; undefined removes the processor. */
-  setProcessor(
-    processor: TrackProcessor<Track.Kind.Video> | undefined,
-  ): Promise<void>;
-}
-
-export type EncryptionError = "MissingKey" | "InvalidKey";
-
-/**
- * The media of one member, backed by a LiveKit participant inside the SDK.
- * There is no identity field: the LiveKit identity is the member's `id`.
- */
-export interface MemberMedia {
-  local: boolean;
-  /**
-   * One entry per published track, in publication order. An entry stays the
-   * same object for as long as the same publication is behind it. Which
-   * track is which is in its `source`; `trackBySource$` picks one out.
-   */
-  tracks$: Behavior<(AudioMediaTrack | VideoMediaTrack)[]>;
-
-  /** Emits when the SFU reports a key problem for this member. */
-  encryptionError$: Observable<EncryptionError>;
-}
-
-export interface LocalMemberMedia extends MemberMedia {
-  local: true;
-  tracks$: Behavior<(LocalAudioMediaTrack | LocalVideoMediaTrack)[]>;
-}
diff --git a/sdk/src/matrixrtc/Members.ts b/sdk/src/matrixrtc/Members.ts
index f12eb2302..8c04c9524 100644
--- a/sdk/src/matrixrtc/Members.ts
+++ b/sdk/src/matrixrtc/Members.ts
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ import { type ObservableScope } from "../reactive/ObservableScope";
 import { type createMatrixMemberMetadata$ } from "./MatrixMemberMetadata";
 import {
   type LocalRTCMember,
-  type MemberMedia,
   type RemoteRTCMember,
   type RTCMember,
 } from "../api";
+import { type MemberMedia } from "../media-api";
 import { type LocalMediaBackend } from "../media-backend/api";
 import { type TransportRegistry } from "./Transports";
 
diff --git a/sdk/src/media-api.ts b/sdk/src/media-api.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48605982d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/src/media-api.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2026 Element Creations Ltd.
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
+Please see LICENSE in the repository root for full details.
+*/
+
+/**
+ * The public media types of the SDK: what a member publishes, the tracks it
+ * arrives as and how a host renders them. The client and member types are in
+ * `api.ts`.
+ */
+
+import {
+  type Track,
+  type TrackProcessor,
+  type VideoCodec,
+} from "livekit-client";
+import { type Observable } from "rxjs";
+
+import { type Behavior } from "./reactive/Behavior";
+
+export interface AudioCaptureSettings {
+  echoCancellation?: boolean;
+  noiseSuppression?: boolean;
+  autoGainControl?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface VideoCaptureSettings {
+  resolution?: { width: number; height: number; frameRate?: number };
+  maxBitrate?: number;
+  maxFramerate?: number;
+  codec?: VideoCodec;
+}
+
+/**
+ * One thing to publish: a source, where to capture it from and how to encode
+ * it. Where the device and the settings are left out, the browser's and
+ * LiveKit's defaults apply.
+ */
+export type PublishRequest =
+  | { source: "microphone"; deviceId?: string; capture?: AudioCaptureSettings }
+  | {
+      source: "camera";
+      deviceId?: string;
+      /** Background blur and the like. */
+      processor?: TrackProcessor<Track.Kind.Video>;
+      capture?: VideoCaptureSettings;
+    }
+  | {
+      source: "screenShare";
+      /** Whether to capture the screen's audio too. Default true. */
+      audio?: boolean;
+      capture?: VideoCaptureSettings;
+    };
+
+export type MediaSource =
+  | "microphone"
+  | "camera"
+  | "screenShare"
+  | "screenShareAudio"
+  /** Published without a source; the application knows what it is. */
+  | "unknown";
+
+export type MediaStreamStats =
+  | RTCInboundRtpStreamStats
+  | RTCOutboundRtpStreamStats
+  | undefined;
+
+/** One published track of a member. */
+export interface MediaTrack {
+  source: MediaSource;
+  kind: "audio" | "video";
+  /** Stable for the life of the track. */
+  id: string;
+  muted$: Behavior<boolean>;
+  /** False when the SFU reports the track as unencrypted. */
+  encrypted$: Behavior<boolean>;
+  /** Polled while subscribed. */
+  stats$: Behavior<MediaStreamStats>;
+  /**
+   * Rendering. The view hands its `<video>` or `<audio>` element over; the SDK
+   * sets its stream and, for video, registers the size and on-screen observers
+   * that pick a simulcast layer and pause the subscription while the element is
+   * hidden. `attach` is idempotent per element; `detach` has to be called
+   * before the element leaves the DOM so those observers are released.
+   */
+  attach(element: HTMLMediaElement): void;
+  detach(element: HTMLMediaElement): void;
+}
+
+export interface AudioMediaTrack extends MediaTrack {
+  kind: "audio";
+  /**
+   * Whether the track carries sound right now, as the backend measures it.
+   * False while muted. A call reads this on the microphone track and calls it
+   * "speaking". LiveKit measures it per member, so every audio track of a
+   * member reports the same value.
+   */
+  isActive$: Behavior<boolean>;
+  /** Route playback through Web Audio, for earpiece pan and gain. Undefined resets. */
+  setAudioContext(ctx: AudioContext | undefined, plugins?: AudioNode[]): void;
+  setVolume(volume: number): void;
+}
+
+export interface VideoMediaTrack extends MediaTrack {
+  kind: "video";
+}
+
+/** The controls a member has over a track it publishes itself. */
+export interface LocalMediaTrack {
+  /**
+   * Mutes or unmutes. Resolves with the state that resulted, which differs
+   * from the request where the device could not be used.
+   */
+  setEnabled(enabled: boolean): Promise<boolean>;
+  /** Captures from another device. Rejects for a screen share, which has none. */
+  setDevice(deviceId: string): Promise<void>;
+}
+
+export interface LocalAudioMediaTrack
+  extends AudioMediaTrack, LocalMediaTrack {}
+
+export interface LocalVideoMediaTrack extends VideoMediaTrack, LocalMediaTrack {
+  /** For mirroring; undefined where the camera does not say which way it faces. */
+  facingMode$: Behavior<"user" | "environment" | undefined>;
+  /**
+   * Restarts the camera facing the other way, on devices with a front and a
+   * back camera, and resolves with the id of the device now in use. Does
+   * nothing where the facing mode is unknown.
+   */
+  switchFacingMode(): Promise<string | undefined>;
+  /** Background blur and the like; undefined removes the processor. */
+  setProcessor(
+    processor: TrackProcessor<Track.Kind.Video> | undefined,
+  ): Promise<void>;
+}
+
+export type EncryptionError = "MissingKey" | "InvalidKey";
+
+/**
+ * The media of one member, backed by a LiveKit participant inside the SDK.
+ * There is no identity field: the LiveKit identity is the member's `id`.
+ */
+export interface MemberMedia {
+  local: boolean;
+  /**
+   * One entry per published track, in publication order. An entry stays the
+   * same object for as long as the same publication is behind it. Which
+   * track is which is in its `source`; `trackBySource$` picks one out.
+   */
+  tracks$: Behavior<(AudioMediaTrack | VideoMediaTrack)[]>;
+
+  /** Emits when the SFU reports a key problem for this member. */
+  encryptionError$: Observable<EncryptionError>;
+}
+
+export interface LocalMemberMedia extends MemberMedia {
+  local: true;
+  tracks$: Behavior<(LocalAudioMediaTrack | LocalVideoMediaTrack)[]>;
+}
diff --git a/sdk/src/media-backend/api.ts b/sdk/src/media-backend/api.ts
index e98d47f8d..785165f3c 100644
--- a/sdk/src/media-backend/api.ts
+++ b/sdk/src/media-backend/api.ts
@@ -17,15 +17,14 @@ import { type Transport } from "matrix-js-sdk/lib/matrixrtc";
 import { type CallMembershipIdentityParts } from "matrix-js-sdk/lib/matrixrtc/EncryptionManager";
 import { type Observable } from "rxjs";
 
+import { type ResolvedTransport, type RTCMembership } from "../api";
 import {
   type LocalAudioMediaTrack,
   type LocalMemberMedia,
   type LocalVideoMediaTrack,
   type MemberMedia,
   type PublishRequest,
-  type ResolvedTransport,
-  type RTCMembership,
-} from "../api";
+} from "../media-api";
 import { type SessionTimings } from "../config";
 import { type EncryptionSystem } from "../encryption";
 import { type Behavior } from "../reactive/Behavior";
diff --git a/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/ConnectionFactory.ts b/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/ConnectionFactory.ts
index e9d83cf4d..cc01c2a55 100644
--- a/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/ConnectionFactory.ts
+++ b/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/ConnectionFactory.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ import { type OpenIDClientParts, type SFUConfig } from "./openIDSFU";
 import { type Behavior } from "../../reactive/Behavior";
 import { Connection, type ConnectionOpts, ConnectionState } from "./Connection";
 import { type ObservableScope } from "../../reactive/ObservableScope";
-import { type PublishRequest, type ResolvedTransport } from "../../api";
+import { type ResolvedTransport } from "../../api";
+import { type PublishRequest } from "../../media-api";
 import { type MediaQuality } from "../../config";
 import {
   audioCaptureOptions,
diff --git a/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/LivekitBackend.ts b/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/LivekitBackend.ts
index 473efdd41..0616bc9d8 100644
--- a/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/LivekitBackend.ts
+++ b/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/LivekitBackend.ts
@@ -23,11 +23,8 @@ import {
   switchMap,
 } from "rxjs";
 
-import {
-  type MemberMedia,
-  type ResolvedTransport,
-  type RTCMembership,
-} from "../../api";
+import { type ResolvedTransport, type RTCMembership } from "../../api";
+import { type MemberMedia } from "../../media-api";
 import { type MediaQuality } from "../../config";
 import { MatrixRTCError } from "../../errors";
 import { type Behavior } from "../../reactive/Behavior";
diff --git a/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/LivekitMediaTrack.test.ts b/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/LivekitMediaTrack.test.ts
index b3f9974b0..1992c383b 100644
--- a/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/LivekitMediaTrack.test.ts
+++ b/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/LivekitMediaTrack.test.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 
 import { ObservableScope } from "../../reactive/ObservableScope";
-import { type AudioMediaTrack } from "../../api";
+import { type AudioMediaTrack } from "../../media-api";
 import {
   createLivekitMediaTrack,
   createLocalLivekitMediaTrack,
diff --git a/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/LivekitMediaTrack.ts b/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/LivekitMediaTrack.ts
index 41c37dd53..93e3fa6b9 100644
--- a/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/LivekitMediaTrack.ts
+++ b/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/LivekitMediaTrack.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ import {
   type MediaStreamStats,
   type MediaTrack,
   type VideoMediaTrack,
-} from "../../api";
+} from "../../media-api";
 import { MatrixRTCError } from "../../errors";
 import { LazyBehavior } from "../../utils/LazyBehavior";
 
diff --git a/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/LivekitMemberMedia.ts b/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/LivekitMemberMedia.ts
index e1e408f5f..5d7a54c15 100644
--- a/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/LivekitMemberMedia.ts
+++ b/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/LivekitMemberMedia.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import {
   type LocalMemberMedia,
   type MediaSource,
   type MemberMedia,
-} from "../../api";
+} from "../../media-api";
 import {
   createLivekitMediaTrack,
   createLocalLivekitMediaTrack,
diff --git a/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/LocalMedia.ts b/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/LocalMedia.ts
index 4ae2bf624..661595e04 100644
--- a/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/LocalMedia.ts
+++ b/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/LocalMedia.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import {
   type LocalVideoMediaTrack,
   type MediaSource,
   type PublishRequest,
-} from "../../api";
+} from "../../media-api";
 import { type EncryptionSystem } from "../../encryption";
 import { FailToStartLivekitConnection, toMatrixRTCError } from "../../errors";
 import { type Behavior } from "../../reactive/Behavior";
diff --git a/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/Publisher.ts b/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/Publisher.ts
index cb8a9ae4f..64ea877eb 100644
--- a/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/Publisher.ts
+++ b/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/Publisher.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
 } from "livekit-client";
 import { type Logger } from "matrix-js-sdk/lib/logger";
 
-import { type MediaSource, type PublishRequest } from "../../api";
+import { type MediaSource, type PublishRequest } from "../../media-api";
 import { livekitSources, mediaSources } from "./LivekitMediaTrack";
 import {
   audioCaptureOptions,
diff --git a/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/publishOptions.ts b/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/publishOptions.ts
index 81fe371b5..ccf1595fa 100644
--- a/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/publishOptions.ts
+++ b/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/publishOptions.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ import {
   type VideoCaptureOptions,
 } from "livekit-client";
 
-import { type PublishRequest, type VideoCaptureSettings } from "../../api";
+import {
+  type PublishRequest,
+  type VideoCaptureSettings,
+} from "../../media-api";
 
 export type PublishRequestFor<S extends PublishRequest["source"]> = Extract<
   PublishRequest,
diff --git a/sdk/src/utils/tracks.test.ts b/sdk/src/utils/tracks.test.ts
index e61d960c3..583af9f86 100644
--- a/sdk/src/utils/tracks.test.ts
+++ b/sdk/src/utils/tracks.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Please see LICENSE in the repository root for full details.
 import { BehaviorSubject } from "rxjs";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 
-import { type MediaTrack } from "../api";
+import { type MediaTrack } from "../media-api";
 import { testScope } from "./test";
 import { trackBySource$ } from "./tracks";
 
diff --git a/sdk/src/utils/tracks.ts b/sdk/src/utils/tracks.ts
index f2ce65418..a8c907c6e 100644
--- a/sdk/src/utils/tracks.ts
+++ b/sdk/src/utils/tracks.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
   type MediaSource,
   type MediaTrack,
   type VideoMediaTrack,
-} from "../api";
+} from "../media-api";
 
 export type TrackOfSource<S extends MediaSource> = S extends
   | "microphone"