# Wowza Streaming Engine

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## [connect streams to SSM source](https://community.wowza.com/t/connect-streams-to-ssm-source/48165)

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**Author:** [@Manfred\_Reznicek](https://community.wowza.com/u/Manfred_Reznicek)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2017, 11:04am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/connect-streams-to-ssm-source/48165 "2017-02-27T11:04:30Z")

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Hello, is there any way to connect stream files to Source Specific Multicast Streams? I have some streams over an cisco switch which is doing SSM so I have to enter the source address of the stream. E.g. in VLC: udp:/…

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## [UDP MC in UDP MC out issue](https://community.wowza.com/t/udp-mc-in-udp-mc-out-issue/48028)

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**Author:** [@Arvinder\_Singh](https://community.wowza.com/u/Arvinder_Singh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/udp-mc-in-udp-mc-out-issue/48028 "2017-02-26T19:01:52Z")

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As the title says I have incoming stream on udp://225.1.1.1:2222 and I want to transrate it and send it out to udp://233.1.1.1.2222. I have the stream file/incoming stream working and I can see the video using test playe…

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## [Recording long sessions recomendations](https://community.wowza.com/t/recording-long-sessions-recomendations/47932)

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**Author:** [@Josh\_Sawyer](https://community.wowza.com/u/Josh_Sawyer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/recording-long-sessions-recomendations/47932 "2017-02-26T01:57:20Z")

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When we first started doing shows they were roughly 2 to 3 hours long and we never had an issue recording them during the live stream. Right after we were done we could post them for VOD playback. We have a new client an…

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## [RTMP redirect not working ( Wowza as client)](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtmp-redirect-not-working-wowza-as-client/47958)

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**Author:** [@Byungjo\_Yoon](https://community.wowza.com/u/Byungjo_Yoon)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2017, 9:45am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtmp-redirect-not-working-wowza-as-client/47958 "2017-02-25T09:45:06Z")

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Hi. I configure load balancer using Wowza server. When I connect load balancer using flash player, no problem occurs. But, I try to connect using wowza, it just connects to load balancer repeatedly, does not connects …

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## [Wowza Streaming Engine 4.6.0.2 RTSP playback issue](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-streaming-engine-4-6-0-2-rtsp-playback-issue/48147)

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**Author:** [@Weimin\_Fang](https://community.wowza.com/u/Weimin_Fang)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2017, 9:27am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-streaming-engine-4-6-0-2-rtsp-playback-issue/48147 "2017-02-25T09:27:10Z")

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In a live streaming application, when there is an IP address specified in the ‘Client Restriction’ of ‘Source Security’ (which is the Encoder’s IP address). Flash player can play the stream, but VLC using RTSP method can…

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## [Stream URL security](https://community.wowza.com/t/stream-url-security/48052)

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**Author:** [@Paul\_DeBellis](https://community.wowza.com/u/Paul_DeBellis)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2017, 9:15am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/stream-url-security/48052 "2017-02-25T09:15:12Z")

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I’ve been configuring Wowza for VoD streaming via DASH, and I’m wondering if there is a way to apply a temporary mask or alias to a stream URL in order to obfuscate the file path. I have been looking at the StreamNameAli…

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## [Loadbalancer redirect using Azure WIndows VMs](https://community.wowza.com/t/loadbalancer-redirect-using-azure-windows-vms/47936)

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**Author:** [@Shashibhusan\_Sirka](https://community.wowza.com/u/Shashibhusan_Sirka)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/loadbalancer-redirect-using-azure-windows-vms/47936 "2017-02-24T21:37:45Z")

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Hi, We were successfully using DevPay AMIs on AWS to send out low-latency streams to our flash player for worldwide viewing. The configuration we planned and executed was as follows: Origin \> Edge-Origin \> Loadbalancer…

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## [Question of how to calculate the Checksum in the configuration of PlayReady](https://community.wowza.com/t/question-of-how-to-calculate-the-checksum-in-the-configuration-of-playready/40519)

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**Author:** [@Yutaka\_Ikeda](https://community.wowza.com/u/Yutaka_Ikeda)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/question-of-how-to-calculate-the-checksum-in-the-configuration-of-playready/40519 "2017-02-24T17:30:23Z")

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Hello, Now, I am doing the settings to the delivery of SmoothStreaming using the PlayReady. I’ve set to reference this page. ContentKey was made algorithm that has been described in the documentation on the Header of …

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## [HTTP Sessions and HTTP Queries](https://community.wowza.com/t/http-sessions-and-http-queries/47997)

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**Author:** [@philip\_curley](https://community.wowza.com/u/philip_curley)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/http-sessions-and-http-queries/47997 "2017-02-24T12:52:18Z")

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We have an application which tracks IHTTPStreamerSession during on onHTTPStreamerSessionCreate and onHTTPStreamerSessionDestroy events so that we can log viewer data. I am noticing that when our players (VLC, JW, ffplay,…

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## [Complete novice - wondering where to start.](https://community.wowza.com/t/complete-novice-wondering-where-to-start/48157)

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**Author:** [@Jeff\_S](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jeff_S)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2017, 9:21am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/complete-novice-wondering-where-to-start/48157 "2017-02-24T09:21:43Z")

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We’re setting up a server to record and deliver a live 360 video stream on a website. The website needs to be able to show the live video but also be able to pull up footage from any (specified) moment in the past. We’…

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## [VOD TO Live Workflow](https://community.wowza.com/t/vod-to-live-workflow/39256)

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**Author:** [@Mark\_Richards](https://community.wowza.com/u/Mark_Richards)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/vod-to-live-workflow/39256 "2017-02-23T22:27:46Z")

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Hi, I’m new to Wowza, but have a general question. Is it possible to take a set of MPEG2 VOD files, and broadcast them as a live 24x7 stream (MPEG2 format again)? Also, assuming that is possible, is it possible to inte…

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## [How to configure Wowza Streaming Engine to have encoder time as timedMetadata in HLS](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-configure-wowza-streaming-engine-to-have-encoder-time-as-timedmetadata-in-hls/48174)

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**Author:** [@Murat\_Sahin](https://community.wowza.com/u/Murat_Sahin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-configure-wowza-streaming-engine-to-have-encoder-time-as-timedmetadata-in-hls/48174 "2017-02-23T21:06:48Z")

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I am working on a project, where we intend to use Flash Media Live Encoder, with the “Timecode” and “Embed system time as timecode” checkboxes selected. When I use the Wowza Streaming Cloud, I receive the server time as…

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## [SharedObject message issues](https://community.wowza.com/t/sharedobject-message-issues/48176)

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**Author:** [@Robert\_Hotz](https://community.wowza.com/u/Robert_Hotz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/sharedobject-message-issues/48176 "2017-02-23T19:14:25Z")

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Our company is porting over our system from Adobe Media Server to Wowza and I ran into a nasty bug today. According to Adobe & Wowza spec, messages can be sent for a shared object using the SharedObject.send(params…) me…

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## [I have sent your message before 5 days and I have not received any answer!](https://community.wowza.com/t/i-have-sent-your-message-before-5-days-and-i-have-not-received-any-answer/48166)

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**Author:** [@Lykourgos\_Kekempanos](https://community.wowza.com/u/Lykourgos_Kekempanos)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2017, 4:47am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/i-have-sent-your-message-before-5-days-and-i-have-not-received-any-answer/48166 "2017-02-23T04:47:01Z")

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I have sent a message to your e-mail, before 5 days (billing@ , tickets@, sales, etc…), and I have not received any answer from you! I would suggest you to change the policy followed your customers, especially those who…

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## [WebRTC websockets issue](https://community.wowza.com/t/webrtc-websockets-issue/48155)

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**Author:** [@STUART\_TAGGART](https://community.wowza.com/u/STUART_TAGGART)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/webrtc-websockets-issue/48155 "2017-02-23T03:31:57Z")

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I am using a developer license and trying to setup WebRTC in wowza. I am hosting the /publish application on my own webserver and SSL certificate. I am also using nginx to reverse proxy the websockets connection. I am m…

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## [Engine Manager Create Smil/Stream in HTTP Origin mode](https://community.wowza.com/t/engine-manager-create-smil-stream-in-http-origin-mode/47980)

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**Author:** [@David\_Martinez](https://community.wowza.com/u/David_Martinez)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2017, 12:37pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/engine-manager-create-smil-stream-in-http-origin-mode/47980 "2017-02-22T12:37:22Z")

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Hello, If The Application if Vod HTTP Origin or Live HTTP Origin, we can’t create smil’s on the Manager inside the application. If the application has a content directory different from \[install-dir\]/content, for insta…

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## [Broadcast error from vidiu](https://community.wowza.com/t/broadcast-error-from-vidiu/47957)

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**Author:** [@Chris\_Mcdonald](https://community.wowza.com/u/Chris_Mcdonald)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/broadcast-error-from-vidiu/47957 "2017-02-21T18:09:05Z")

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Hello, I’m using the Teradek Vidiu and am getting an error showing on the screen of the vidiu: “rtmp publishing not allowed”. I’m using the wowza gocoder and Adobe FMLE to stream and am not seeing these issues. Is there …

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## [Pass ID3 Tags through Wowza](https://community.wowza.com/t/pass-id3-tags-through-wowza/48026)

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**Author:** [@J\_F1](https://community.wowza.com/u/J_F1)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2017, 12:10pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/pass-id3-tags-through-wowza/48026 "2017-02-21T12:10:11Z")

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We are using Wirecast output to Wowza as: Web Source from Akamai into Wirecast / Wirecast into Wowza We are ingesting an HTTP HLS stream when we use the web source in Wirecast We are in need of the ID3 timestamps in t…

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## [Is it possible to have 2 or more Loadbancer Listeners in Wowza 4?](https://community.wowza.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-2-or-more-loadbancer-listeners-in-wowza-4/47960)

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**Author:** [@Peter\_Honza](https://community.wowza.com/u/Peter_Honza)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-2-or-more-loadbancer-listeners-in-wowza-4/47960 "2017-02-20T13:25:33Z")

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In Wowza 2 it was easy. In Wowza 4 we cannot figure out how to achieve that?

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## [multi bit rate streaming](https://community.wowza.com/t/multi-bit-rate-streaming/47945)

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**Author:** [@krishnapal\_singh](https://community.wowza.com/u/krishnapal_singh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2017, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/multi-bit-rate-streaming/47945 "2017-02-20T12:44:26Z")

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Hi, I want to know how can I break my HD stream into 2 streams i.e. 1 in lower quality and 1 in higher quality. Please tell, I am new to wowza

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## [secret token stream.. I didn't](https://community.wowza.com/t/secret-token-stream-i-didnt/48039)

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**Author:** [@Can\_Aktepe](https://community.wowza.com/u/Can_Aktepe)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/secret-token-stream-i-didnt/48039 "2017-02-19T22:03:03Z")

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I’m trying to make secure distribution with a secure token. But I didn’t. Is there something I’m doing wrong? Can u help me? my stream links : http://192.168.16.34/live/kanal1.stream/playlist.m3u8?wowzatokenstarttime=1…

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## [FFMpeg Stream shutdown](https://community.wowza.com/t/ffmpeg-stream-shutdown/47959)

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**Author:** [@George\_Baker](https://community.wowza.com/u/George_Baker)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2017, 8:26am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ffmpeg-stream-shutdown/47959 "2017-02-19T08:26:35Z")

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We are pushing a live rtmp stream from ffmpeg to wowza following the documentation here https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-ffmpeg-with-wowza-media-server-mpeg-ts. We are just killing the ffmpeg process. This causes an…

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## [PAL-Australia Possible Transcoder Issue](https://community.wowza.com/t/pal-australia-possible-transcoder-issue/47985)

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**Author:** [@Bob\_Bohanek](https://community.wowza.com/u/Bob_Bohanek)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2017, 7:46am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/pal-australia-possible-transcoder-issue/47985 "2017-02-18T07:46:52Z")

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I have a rather weird problem. Have someone using my infrastructure who is streaming from a location in Australia. I have been fighting server crashes for a few days until I narrowed down to the server becoming unrespons…

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## [How to allow both http and https HLS traffic to the same wowza application](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-allow-both-http-and-https-hls-traffic-to-the-same-wowza-application/39246)

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**Author:** [@Erik\_Manor](https://community.wowza.com/u/Erik_Manor)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2017, 7:40am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-allow-both-http-and-https-hls-traffic-to-the-same-wowza-application/39246 "2017-02-18T07:40:25Z")

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Hi, I have setup Wowza to use SSL. Currently the only player were are concerned with for SSL access is HLS. When I access a playlist URL via SSL the initial connection happens over SSL, but the URL’s returned for the ch…

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## [Segmented Record to VOD](https://community.wowza.com/t/segmented-record-to-vod/46747)

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**Author:** [@Guido\_Hartig](https://community.wowza.com/u/Guido_Hartig)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2017, 1:30am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/segmented-record-to-vod/46747 "2017-02-18T01:30:40Z")

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Hello, i want to Playback a segmented record as one event vod file. My segements like: http://localhost/application/blub/movie\_1.mp4 http://localhost/application/blub/movie\_2.mp4 http://localhost/application/blub/mo…

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## [Update on OSX issue](https://community.wowza.com/t/update-on-osx-issue/46976)

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**Author:** [@J\_F1](https://community.wowza.com/u/J_F1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/update-on-osx-issue/46976 "2017-02-18T00:41:02Z")

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I am trying to update my OSX install of Streaming Engine. FOllowing the instructions I am asked to cd to \[install dir\]/updates/\[update-dir\]/osx on my Mac there is no /osx directory in /updates.

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## [Modifying a stream and displaying while playing](https://community.wowza.com/t/modifying-a-stream-and-displaying-while-playing/46342)

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**Author:** [@Jeff\_Miller](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jeff_Miller)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/modifying-a-stream-and-displaying-while-playing/46342 "2017-02-17T15:52:02Z")

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It seems like this must be a common requirement and maybe I am not following existing posts which describe this. I am hoping to intercept a stream while it is playing, make changes to individual frames, potentially all o…

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## [Wowza Streaming Engine -\> Wowza Cloud Passthru & ID3 tags](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-streaming-engine-wowza-cloud-passthru-id3-tags/46733)

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**Author:** [@Chris\_Adams](https://community.wowza.com/u/Chris_Adams)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 9:14am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-streaming-engine-wowza-cloud-passthru-id3-tags/46733 "2017-02-17T09:14:03Z")

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I wrote a plugin that converts timecode from a FMLE source into timed ID3 tags which works with Wowza Streaming Engine, however when setting it up to passthru from Wowza Streaming Engine to Wowza Cloud (for scaling) the …

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## [Signed (with Secure Token) RTSP url is inaccessible](https://community.wowza.com/t/signed-with-secure-token-rtsp-url-is-inaccessible/47967)

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**Author:** [@Tomasz\_Rybarczyk](https://community.wowza.com/u/Tomasz_Rybarczyk)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 9:26am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/signed-with-secure-token-rtsp-url-is-inaccessible/47967 "2017-02-16T09:26:14Z")

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I’ve got some problems with signed (with Secure Token) RTSP url. All other protocols works for me. I’m not sure, but I think that we’ve tested our code on previous versions of WowzaStreamingEngine 4 and it worked, but I’…

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## [Getting MJPEG/WAV streams from camera into Wowza](https://community.wowza.com/t/getting-mjpeg-wav-streams-from-camera-into-wowza/48151)

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**Author:** [@Brennon\_Thompson](https://community.wowza.com/u/Brennon_Thompson)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 9:06am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/getting-mjpeg-wav-streams-from-camera-into-wowza/48151 "2017-02-16T09:06:03Z")

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Hi all. I’m a software developer but new to video streaming so please bear with me if I misuse the appropriate terminology. I have a camera (several, actually) that outputs video as an MJPEG stream and outputs audio (WAV…

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