Audio only stream using Wowza?

Wowza Streaming Engine
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Hi, I have been asked to look into doing an audio only stream.

We have Wowza servers in place, so ideally would like to stick with it, however, not sure if we can do audio only version using Wowza technology.

So the question is, is there a way to stream audio only using Wowza servers without going to fird party audio servers?

Thanks!

Denis

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Denis,

Wowza handles audio only files and live streams the same as audio + video. You can stream mp3 or mp4 that only contain an audio track. In the case of mp3, use “mp3:” prefix. Otherwise, there is not really any difference in what you will do to stream audio only.

Richard

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If it is a file, use Application.xml with /StreamType “default”, then use mp3: prefix and file name, like this:

http://mywebsite.com/vod/mp3:yourSong.mp3/playlist.m3u8

Of course yourSong.mp3 should be in the content folder

Richard

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http://mywebsite.com/edge/radio.sdp/playlist.m3u8

Where do you place the mp3?

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I’m trying to get a live audio-only stream and play it either in JWPlayer or the

<audio>

tag

Using Flash Media Encoder, I’m encoding an mp3 stream with no video and the wowza server shows it is connecting receiving. With the URL

http://wowza1.voicetext.com:1935/live/mp3:myStream.mp3/playlist.m3u8

(as of right now, this is active and available externally, so give it a try) the audio tag won’t play, and if I call it up in a browser I get

#EXTM3U

#EXT-X-VERSION:3

#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=250000

chunklist.m3u8?wowzasessionid=688193787

but trying to access the chunklist gives a broken link. But since I’m not encoding video, isn’t that normal?

What am I doing wrong? I feel this is very basic stuff but the system is not very robust, i.e., doesn’t help much when things go wrong.

Joe