diff --git a/examples/Dockerfile b/examples/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a5a70508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Contributors to the Media eXchange Layer project.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+FROM debian:trixie-slim AS base
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+   gstreamer1.0-plugins-good \
+   gstreamer1.0-plugins-base \
+   curl zip unzip tar \
+   dumb-init \
+   && rm -r /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+
+RUN useradd -m mxl
+
+FROM base AS builder
+
+ARG CLANG_VERSION=19
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    build-essential bison flex \
+    cmake ninja-build \
+    pkg-config \
+    git \
+    libgstreamer1.0-dev \
+    libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev
+
+USER mxl
+
+WORKDIR /home/mxl
+
+RUN git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg.git "${HOME}/vcpkg" \
+    && cd "${HOME}/vcpkg" \
+    && ./bootstrap-vcpkg.sh -disableMetrics
+
+RUN mkdir mxl
+COPY CMakeLists.txt mxl/CMakeLists.txt
+COPY CMakePresets.json mxl/CMakePresets.json
+COPY Doxyfile.in mxl/Doxyfile.in
+COPY vcpkg.json mxl/vcpkg.json
+COPY lib mxl/lib
+COPY cmake mxl/cmake
+COPY tools mxl/tools
+COPY utils mxl/utils
+
+RUN cmake -S "${HOME}/mxl" --preset Linux-GCC-Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
+RUN ninja -C "${HOME}/mxl/build/Linux-GCC-Release"
+
+USER 0:0
+RUN ninja -C "/home/mxl/mxl/build/Linux-GCC-Release" install
+
+FROM base AS mxl
+COPY --from=builder /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmxl* /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
+COPY --from=builder /usr/bin/mxl-* /usr/bin/
+USER mxl
+WORKDIR /home/mxl
+ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
+
+FROM mxl AS mxl-info
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/mxl-info"]
+
+FROM mxl AS mxl-gst-testsrc
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/mxl-gst-testsrc"]
+
+FROM mxl AS mxl-fake-reader
+COPY examples/scripts/fake-reader.sh /home/mxl/fake-reader.sh
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/dumb-init", "--", "/home/mxl/fake-reader.sh"]
diff --git a/examples/Dockerfile.reader.txt b/examples/Dockerfile.reader.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index ca061916..00000000
--- a/examples/Dockerfile.reader.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Contributors to the Media eXchange Layer project.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-FROM debian:trixie-slim
-
-WORKDIR /app
-
-RUN apt update && apt-get -y install\
-        procps \
-        patchelf && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-COPY build/Linux-Clang-Release/lib/*.so* /app/
-COPY build/Linux-Clang-Release/lib/internal/*.so* /app/
-COPY build/Linux-Clang-Release/tools/mxl-info/mxl-info /app/
-
-RUN patchelf --set-rpath /app mxl-info
-
-CMD ["sh", "-c", "while true; do /app/mxl-info -d /domain -l || true; sleep 2; done"]
diff --git a/examples/Dockerfile.writer.audio.loop.txt b/examples/Dockerfile.writer.audio.loop.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 86e12ed5..00000000
--- a/examples/Dockerfile.writer.audio.loop.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Contributors to the Media eXchange Layer project.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-FROM debian:trixie-slim
-
-WORKDIR /app
-
-RUN apt update && apt-get -y install \
-        gstreamer1.0-libav \
-        gstreamer1.0-plugins-base \
-        gstreamer1.0-plugins-good \
-        gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad \
-        gstreamer1.0-x \
-        patchelf && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-RUN mkdir /app/gst-plugins
-
-COPY build/Linux-Clang-Release/lib/*.so* /app/
-COPY build/Linux-Clang-Release/lib/internal/*.so* /app/
-COPY build/Linux-Clang-Release/tools/mxl-gst/mxl-gst-looping-filesrc /app/
-COPY build/Linux-Clang-Release/utils/gst-looping-filesrc /app/gst-plugins
-ADD https://tsduck.io/streams/hotbird-13.0E/hotbird130E-ts6000-2018-05-11.ts /app/audio.ts
-
-RUN patchelf --set-rpath /app mxl-gst-looping-filesrc 
-
-ENV GST_PLUGIN_PATH="/app/gst-plugins:${GST_PLUGIN_PATH}"
-
-CMD ["/app/mxl-gst-looping-filesrc", "-d", "/domain", "-i", "/app/audio.ts"]
-
-
diff --git a/examples/Dockerfile.writer.txt b/examples/Dockerfile.writer.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index c75e3bae..00000000
--- a/examples/Dockerfile.writer.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Contributors to the Media eXchange Layer project.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-FROM debian:trixie-slim
-
-WORKDIR /app
-
-RUN apt update && apt-get -y install\
-        gstreamer1.0-plugins-good\
-        gstreamer1.0-x \
-        patchelf && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-COPY build/Linux-Clang-Release/lib/*.so* /app/
-COPY build/Linux-Clang-Release/lib/internal/*.so* /app/
-COPY build/Linux-Clang-Release/lib/tests/data/*.json /app/
-COPY build/Linux-Clang-Release/tools/mxl-gst/mxl-gst-testsrc /app/
-
-RUN patchelf --set-rpath /app mxl-gst-testsrc
-
-CMD ["/app/mxl-gst-testsrc", "-d", "/domain", "-v", "/app/v210_flow.json", "-a", "/app/audio_flow.json"]
diff --git a/examples/Dockerfile.writer.video.loop.txt b/examples/Dockerfile.writer.video.loop.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a3451a7..00000000
--- a/examples/Dockerfile.writer.video.loop.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Contributors to the Media eXchange Layer project.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-FROM debian:trixie-slim
-
-WORKDIR /app
-
-RUN apt update && apt-get -y install \
-        gstreamer1.0-libav \
-        gstreamer1.0-plugins-base \
-        gstreamer1.0-plugins-good \
-        gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad \
-        gstreamer1.0-x \
-        patchelf && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-RUN mkdir /app/gst-plugins
-
-COPY build/Linux-Clang-Release/lib/*.so* /app/
-COPY build/Linux-Clang-Release/lib/internal/*.so* /app/
-COPY build/Linux-Clang-Release/tools/mxl-gst/mxl-gst-looping-filesrc /app/
-COPY build/Linux-Clang-Release/utils/gst-looping-filesrc /app/gst-plugins
-ADD https://tsduck.io/streams/uk-freeview/546000000.ts /app/video.ts
-
-RUN patchelf --set-rpath /app mxl-gst-looping-filesrc 
-
-ENV GST_PLUGIN_PATH="/app/gst-plugins:${GST_PLUGIN_PATH}"
-
-CMD ["/app/mxl-gst-looping-filesrc", "-d", "/domain", "-i", "/app/video.ts"]
-
-
diff --git a/examples/docker-compose.yaml b/examples/docker-compose.yaml
index faecd476..b0d9b183 100644
--- a/examples/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/examples/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,69 +1,83 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Contributors to the Media eXchange Layer project.
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Contributors to the Media eXchange Layer project.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
+name: mxl-example
+volumes:
+  mxl-domain:
+    driver: local
+    driver_opts:
+      device: none
+      type: tmpfs
+      o: nosuid,strictatime,uid=1000,gid=1000,mode=0755
 services:
-  init:
-    image: alpine
-    command: ["sh", "-c", "mkdir -p /dev/shm/mxl"]
+  # Writes a test video flow to the domain
+  video-flow-writer:
+    build:
+      dockerfile: examples/Dockerfile
+      context: ..
+      target: mxl-gst-testsrc
     volumes:
+      - mxl-domain:/mxl-domain
       - type: bind
-        source: /dev/shm
-        target: /dev/shm
-    restart: no
-
-  writer-media-function:
-    image: mxl-writer
-    profiles: [test-source]
-    depends_on:
-      - init
+        source: flow-configs
+        target: /home/mxl/flow-configs
+    command: -d /mxl-domain -v flow-configs/flow-video-v210.json
+  # Writes a test audio flow to the domain
+  audio-flow-writer:
     build:
+      dockerfile: examples/Dockerfile
       context: ..
-      dockerfile: examples/Dockerfile.writer.txt
-    restart: unless-stopped
+      target: mxl-gst-testsrc
     volumes:
+      - type: volume
+        source: mxl-domain
+        target: /mxl-domain
       - type: bind
-        source: /dev/shm/mxl
-        target: /domain
-
-  writer-looper-video-media-function:
-    image: mxl-writer-video-looper
-    profiles: [looping-file-source]
-    depends_on:
-      - init
+        source: flow-configs
+        target: /home/mxl/flow-configs
+    command: -d /mxl-domain -a flow-configs/flow-audio.json
+  # Simulates a video flow reader
+  video-fake-reader:
     build:
+      dockerfile: examples/Dockerfile
       context: ..
-      dockerfile: examples/Dockerfile.writer.video.loop.txt
-    restart: unless-stopped
+      target: mxl-fake-reader
     volumes:
-      - type: bind
-        source: /dev/shm/mxl
-        target: /domain
-
-  writer-looper-audio-media-function:
-    image: mxl-writer-audio-looper
-    profiles: [looping-file-source]
-    depends_on:
-      - init
+      - type: volume
+        source: mxl-domain
+        target: /mxl-domain
+    command: --domain /mxl-domain --video-flow-id 5fbec3b1-1b0f-417d-9059-8b94a47197ed --interval 1
+  # Simulates an audio flow reader
+  audio-fake-reader:
     build:
+      dockerfile: examples/Dockerfile
       context: ..
-      dockerfile: examples/Dockerfile.writer.audio.loop.txt
-    restart: unless-stopped
+      target: mxl-fake-reader
     volumes:
-      - type: bind
-        source: /dev/shm/mxl
-        target: /domain
-
-  reader-media-function:
-    image: mxl-reader
-    depends_on:
-      - init
+      - type: volume
+        source: mxl-domain
+        target: /mxl-domain
+    command: --domain /mxl-domain --audio-flow-id 5fbec3b1-1b0f-417d-9059-8b94a47197ed --interval 1
+  # Prints the video flow information every 5 seconds.
+  video-flow-info:
     build:
+      dockerfile: examples/Dockerfile
       context: ..
-      dockerfile: examples/Dockerfile.reader.txt
-    restart: unless-stopped
+      target: mxl-info
     volumes:
-      - type: bind
-        source: /dev/shm/mxl
-        target: /domain
-    stdin_open: true
-    tty: true
+      - type: volume
+        source: mxl-domain
+        target: /mxl-domain
+    entrypoint: ["/usr/bin/dumb-init", "--"]
+    command: ["/bin/bash", "-c", "trap 'exit 0' SIGINT SIGTERM; while true; do mxl-info mxl:///mxl-domain?id=5fbec3b1-1b0f-417d-9059-8b94a47197ed; sleep 5; done"]
+  # Prints the audio flow information every 5 seconds.
+  audio-flow-info:
+    build:
+      dockerfile: examples/Dockerfile
+      context: ..
+      target: mxl-info
+    volumes:
+      - type: volume
+        source: mxl-domain
+        target: /mxl-domain
+    entrypoint: ["/usr/bin/dumb-init", "--"]
+    command: ["/bin/bash", "-c", "trap 'exit 0' SIGINT SIGTERM; while true; do mxl-info mxl:///mxl-domain?id=b3bb5be7-9fe9-4324-a5bb-4c70e1084449; sleep 5; done"]
diff --git a/examples/flow-configs/flow-audio.json b/examples/flow-configs/flow-audio.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4cc83c8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/flow-configs/flow-audio.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "$copyright": "SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Contributors to the Media eXchange Layer project.",
+  "$license": "SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0",
+  "description": "MXL Audio Flow",
+  "format": "urn:x-nmos:format:audio",
+  "tags": {
+    "urn:x-nmos:tag:grouphint/v1.0": [
+      "Media Function XYZ:Audio"
+    ]
+  },
+  "label": "MXL Audio Flow",
+  "version": "1441812152:154331951",
+  "id": "b3bb5be7-9fe9-4324-a5bb-4c70e1084449",
+  "media_type": "audio/float32",
+  "sample_rate": {
+    "numerator": 48000
+  },
+  "channel_count": 2,
+  "bit_depth": 32,
+  "parents": [],
+  "source_id": "2aa143ac-0ab7-4d75-bc32-5c00c13d186f",
+  "device_id": "169feb2c-3fae-42a5-ae2e-f6f8cbce29cf"
+}
diff --git a/examples/flow-configs/flow-audio.json.license b/examples/flow-configs/flow-audio.json.license
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..acfd4c53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/flow-configs/flow-audio.json.license
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Contributors to the Media eXchange Layer project.
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
diff --git a/examples/flow-configs/flow-video-v210.json b/examples/flow-configs/flow-video-v210.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..103537b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/flow-configs/flow-video-v210.json
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{
+  "$copyright": "SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Contributors to the Media eXchange Layer project.",
+  "$license": "SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0",
+  "description": "MXL Test Flow, 1080p29",
+  "id": "5fbec3b1-1b0f-417d-9059-8b94a47197ed",
+  "tags": {
+    "urn:x-nmos:tag:grouphint/v1.0": [
+      "Media Function XYZ:Video"
+    ]
+  },
+  "format": "urn:x-nmos:format:video",
+  "label": "MXL Test Flow, 1080p29",
+  "parents": [],
+  "media_type": "video/v210",
+  "grain_rate": {
+    "numerator": 30000,
+    "denominator": 1001
+  },
+  "frame_width": 1920,
+  "frame_height": 1080,
+  "interlace_mode": "progressive",
+  "colorspace": "BT709",
+  "components": [
+    {
+      "name": "Y",
+      "width": 1920,
+      "height": 1080,
+      "bit_depth": 10
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Cb",
+      "width": 960,
+      "height": 1080,
+      "bit_depth": 10
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Cr",
+      "width": 960,
+      "height": 1080,
+      "bit_depth": 10
+    }
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/flow-configs/flow-video-v210.json.license b/examples/flow-configs/flow-video-v210.json.license
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..acfd4c53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/flow-configs/flow-video-v210.json.license
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Contributors to the Media eXchange Layer project.
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
diff --git a/examples/scripts/bind-compose-domain.sh b/examples/scripts/bind-compose-domain.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..4b8b8738
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/scripts/bind-compose-domain.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Contributors to the Media eXchange Layer project.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+target_dir="${1}"
+if [[ -z "${target_dir}" ]]; then
+    echo "Usage: ${0} <TARGET>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+domain_dir="$(docker inspect mxl-example_mxl-domain | jq -r '.[0] | .Mountpoint')"
+if [[ -z "${domain_dir}" || "${domain_dir}" == "null" ]]; then
+    echo "Failed to get local volume directory."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+mkdir -vp "${target_dir}"
+target_dir="$(realpath "${target_dir}")"
+
+echo "Local volume directory: ${domain_dir}"
+echo "Creating bind mount to: ${target_dir}, this might require elevated permissions"
+sudo mount --bind "${domain_dir}" "${target_dir}" -o "uid=$(id -u),gid=$(id -g)"
diff --git a/examples/scripts/fake-reader.sh b/examples/scripts/fake-reader.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..3d89ed29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/scripts/fake-reader.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Contributors to the Media eXchange Layer project.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+trap "exit 0" SIGINT SIGTERM
+
+program_name="${0}"
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+    case $1 in
+    -d | --domain)
+        mxl_domain="${2}"
+        shift
+        shift
+        ;;
+    -v | --video-flow-id)
+        mxl_video_flow_id="${2}"
+        shift
+        shift
+        ;;
+    -a | --audio-flow-id)
+        mxl_audio_flow_id="${2}"
+        shift
+        shift
+        ;;
+    -i | --interval)
+        read_interval="${2}"
+        shift
+        shift
+        ;;
+    -*)
+        echo "Unknown option $i"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+    *) ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+function flow_last_write_time() {
+    head -c224 <"${flow_dir}/data" | tail -c8 | od -vtu8 | head -n1 | awk '{print $2}'
+}
+
+function flow_head_index() {
+    head -c208 <"${flow_dir}/data" | tail -c8 | od -vtu8 | head -n1 | awk '{print $2}'
+}
+
+if [[ -z "${mxl_domain}" ]] || [[ -z "${mxl_video_flow_id}" ]] && [[ -z "${mxl_audio_flow_id}" ]]; then
+    echo "usage: ${program_name} -d <DOMAIN> (-v <VIDEO_FLOW_ID> | -a <AUDIO_FLOW_ID>) [-i <INTERVAL>]"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+is_video=0
+if [ ! -z "${mxl_video_flow_id}" ]; then
+    flow_id="${mxl_video_flow_id}"
+    flow_dir="${mxl_domain}/${mxl_video_flow_id}.mxl-flow"
+    is_video=1
+else
+    flow_id="${mxl_audio_flow_id}"
+    flow_dir="${mxl_domain}/${mxl_audio_flow_id}.mxl-flow"
+fi
+
+have_flow=1
+read_interval="${read_interval:-"0.1"}"
+
+while true; do
+    sleep "${read_interval}"
+    if [[ ! -f "${flow_dir}/data" ]]; then
+        if [[ "${have_flow}" != 0 ]]; then
+            echo "Waiting for flow ${flow_id} to be created"
+            have_flow=0
+        fi
+        continue
+    fi
+    have_flow=1
+    touch "${flow_dir}/access"
+    if [[ "${is_video}" = "1" ]]; then
+        echo "read video flow ${flow_id} head index $(flow_head_index "${flow_id}"), last write: $(flow_last_write_time "${flow_id}")"
+    else
+        echo "read audio flow ${flow_id} head index $(flow_head_index "${flow_id}")"
+    fi
+done