# Wowza Streaming Engine

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## [Bitrate mode setting](https://community.wowza.com/t/bitrate-mode-setting/684)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/bitrate-mode-setting/684 "2016-10-07T20:02:13Z")

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Hi there … I’m quite new to using transcoding, so, please excuse me for questions that could be already discussed (even though I didn’t find the answer for mine here) When I transrate, is there a way to tell if I want t…

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## [Some further explanation on PlayReady integration](https://community.wowza.com/t/some-further-explanation-on-playready-integration/38469)

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**Author:** [@Brian\_Osborne](https://community.wowza.com/u/Brian_Osborne)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/some-further-explanation-on-playready-integration/38469 "2016-10-06T15:41:46Z")

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Hello, I have a few questions about PlayReady integration after reading https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-secure-smooth-streaming-using-playready-drm-silverlight I am working with a PlayReady provider that exposes the …

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## [Wowza + AWS EC2 \[HELP CPU\]](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-aws-ec2-help-cpu/47561)

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**Author:** [@Julian\_Soares](https://community.wowza.com/u/Julian_Soares)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2016, 10:04am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-aws-ec2-help-cpu/47561 "2016-10-05T10:04:05Z")

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Hi, I have a wowza server engine running on AWS EC2 I will do a live broadcast and would like to know which machine to use / CPU on AWS EC2 to support 30 ~ 40 simultaneous connections entry, RTMP is used to view, mood…

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## [4 Axis Cameras - 1 live stream - Easy start up?](https://community.wowza.com/t/4-axis-cameras-1-live-stream-easy-start-up/47041)

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**Author:** [@Mickael\_Maddison](https://community.wowza.com/u/Mickael_Maddison)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/4-axis-cameras-1-live-stream-easy-start-up/47041 "2016-09-30T15:35:34Z")

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Greetings, I am working on a live streaming project where the video will be transmitted only at certain times of the day from one of 4 separate locations. No matter which location is to stream ideally I would like it to…

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## [Any way to detect/notify on skipped frame](https://community.wowza.com/t/any-way-to-detect-notify-on-skipped-frame/42344)

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**Author:** [@Matt\_Pangaro](https://community.wowza.com/u/Matt_Pangaro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/any-way-to-detect-notify-on-skipped-frame/42344 "2016-09-30T14:19:01Z")

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Hi, I’ve been sifting through the docs on the site and the java API’s, but can’t find anything that looks like what we need. Is there a way to detect that the transcoder is having to skip frames, or having any other iss…

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## [Getting video resolution on LiveStreamTranscoderActionNotifyBase](https://community.wowza.com/t/getting-video-resolution-on-livestreamtranscoderactionnotifybase/47408)

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**Author:** [@Gabriel\_Villoldo](https://community.wowza.com/u/Gabriel_Villoldo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/getting-video-resolution-on-livestreamtranscoderactionnotifybase/47408 "2016-09-30T02:52:47Z")

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Hi! I want to ask you for the best way to get the video resolution on onInitBeforeLoadTemplate method. I need to get the height of the video to choose which template I need to use. I’ve tried using stream.getRTPStream()…

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## [0 Bytes In after enabling transcoding](https://community.wowza.com/t/0-bytes-in-after-enabling-transcoding/43368)

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**Author:** [@Ben\_Close](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ben_Close)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/0-bytes-in-after-enabling-transcoding/43368 "2016-09-30T00:53:34Z")

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Hello, I’m having an issue trancoding. When I enable it on my application and click on to “incoming streams” I only see the original stream and not the new transcoded ones. Going into the original stream I notice that …

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## [Audio is missing from nDVR  with AAC Audio and Dolby](https://community.wowza.com/t/audio-is-missing-from-ndvr-with-aac-audio-and-dolby/47457)

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**Author:** [@Rubens\_Marins](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rubens_Marins)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/audio-is-missing-from-ndvr-with-aac-audio-and-dolby/47457 "2016-09-29T14:56:55Z")

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I am having problems with nDVR with AAC Audio. The same stream, on “Live mode” is OK. The information regarding audio is missing from the manifest when you add the “?DVR” at the end The problem persist, even when I ena…

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## [Live stream detected but does not play](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-detected-but-does-not-play/47444)

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**Author:** [@Jabali\_Searcot](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jabali_Searcot)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2016, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-detected-but-does-not-play/47444 "2016-09-29T14:52:21Z")

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This is the command I use to being the stream on my hardware device ffmpeg -i /dev/video0 -f rtsp rtsp://\[user\]:\[password\]@52.66.64.136:1935/test/myStream I can see that there is an input coming in from the Incoming St…

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## [Crossdomain.xml on 1935 not working](https://community.wowza.com/t/crossdomain-xml-on-1935-not-working/44185)

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**Author:** [@Diogo\_Moraes](https://community.wowza.com/u/Diogo_Moraes)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/crossdomain-xml-on-1935-not-working/44185 "2016-09-29T14:48:02Z")

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Hello everyone. I’m having a little trouble with wowza crossdomain.xml on port 1935. It simply does not work, and removing it from the HTTPProviders list on Vhost.xml does absolutely nothing. I even made a new HTTPProvi…

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## [Live stream with no audio after a while](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-with-no-audio-after-a-while/39484)

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**Author:** [@Johan\_Niemi](https://community.wowza.com/u/Johan_Niemi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-with-no-audio-after-a-while/39484 "2016-09-29T14:37:34Z")

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I have been experiencing an issue with a live stream which loses its’ audio after a while. Below is a link to live stream that lost its’ audio after about half a minute: Live streaming example with no sound Live stream…

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## [VOD MPEG-DASH Stream SMIL file with captions](https://community.wowza.com/t/vod-mpeg-dash-stream-smil-file-with-captions/46935)

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**Author:** [@nir\_klinger](https://community.wowza.com/u/nir_klinger)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2016, 11:55am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/vod-mpeg-dash-stream-smil-file-with-captions/46935 "2016-09-29T11:55:41Z")

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hello. for the past few days i was trying to set an addaptive MPEG-DASH stream using SMIL file. i was able to set several video streams. as for captions, generating the mpd file wowza seems to ignore my element in th…

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## [HLS Security For 1 Domain Can Only Embed My Link to Player](https://community.wowza.com/t/hls-security-for-1-domain-can-only-embed-my-link-to-player/47433)

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**Author:** [@Ahmet\_Esmer](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ahmet_Esmer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2016, 11:51am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hls-security-for-1-domain-can-only-embed-my-link-to-player/47433 "2016-09-29T11:51:04Z")

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How can i do the one domain restricted to embed my HLS live-stream. I can’t do Secure Token, because i am really don’t know how to generate AES dynamic HASH. I read all documents and tutorials, but i am newbie for coding…

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## [Reduce startup latency on rtp-live?](https://community.wowza.com/t/reduce-startup-latency-on-rtp-live/40787)

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**Author:** [@John\_Anderson](https://community.wowza.com/u/John_Anderson)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2016, 11:34am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/reduce-startup-latency-on-rtp-live/40787 "2016-09-29T11:34:34Z")

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Anyone figured out how to reduce the client wait time on an rtp-live stream? I’ve tried rtp-live-lowlatency, but don’t really see that much if any improvement. Wowza talks about low latency improvements for video confere…

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## [Changing the name of temp file created.](https://community.wowza.com/t/changing-the-name-of-temp-file-created/47387)

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**Author:** [@Anoop\_ML](https://community.wowza.com/u/Anoop_ML)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2016, 11:15am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/changing-the-name-of-temp-file-created/47387 "2016-09-29T11:15:23Z")

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When an sdp file is created for streaming in wowza, wowza will create a mp4 file and a temp file along with that. I want to know is it possible to change the name of the mp4 file and the temp file. If it is possible then…

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## [Estimating Bandwidth usage and cost](https://community.wowza.com/t/estimating-bandwidth-usage-and-cost/46169)

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**Author:** [@Martin\_Bittner](https://community.wowza.com/u/Martin_Bittner)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/estimating-bandwidth-usage-and-cost/46169 "2016-09-29T02:53:49Z")

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Hi there, We are planning on using Wowza to live stream billiard events. Before I can decide how much to charge the event promoters, I need to evaluate how much bandwidth it will use, then evaluate my cost. So my ques…

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## [Wowza does not set last-modified header](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-does-not-set-last-modified-header/38476)

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**Author:** [@Brian\_Osborne](https://community.wowza.com/u/Brian_Osborne)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2016, 2:33am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-does-not-set-last-modified-header/38476 "2016-09-29T02:33:13Z")

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We’re attempting to use an Akamai Progressive Media Download and HTTP Origin mode to serve up Smooth Streaming VOD assets. I’ve enabled HTTP Origin mode and added the Cache-Control headers. That is good, but we’ll also …

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## [Are there any numbers for projecting server usage?](https://community.wowza.com/t/are-there-any-numbers-for-projecting-server-usage/47523)

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**Author:** [@UKStreamer](https://community.wowza.com/u/UKStreamer)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/are-there-any-numbers-for-projecting-server-usage/47523 "2016-09-28T16:58:42Z")

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I am looking for some sort of numbers that’d give me an idea of the amount of simultaneous streams from users per core and GB of RAM to come up with an idea of how many licenses we will need as well as how many AWS EC2 i…

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## [Wowza Test Players not working](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-test-players-not-working/47516)

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**Author:** [@Serge\_Belizky](https://community.wowza.com/u/Serge_Belizky)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2016, 2:00am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-test-players-not-working/47516 "2016-09-28T02:00:45Z")

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Hi there, Have just completed my first install. However when I try to play (VOD application) in Wowza Test Players it says ‘playing’ in the bottom of the player but … no stream (black screen). Wowza Streaming Engine we…

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## [Push publishing Akamai audio-only help](https://community.wowza.com/t/push-publishing-akamai-audio-only-help/47410)

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**Author:** [@Gabriel\_Villoldo](https://community.wowza.com/u/Gabriel_Villoldo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/push-publishing-akamai-audio-only-help/47410 "2016-09-27T14:59:08Z")

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Hello, I want to ask you for an example to push an audio-only stream to Akamai, because right now I couldn’t achieve that. I’m getting this error: PushPublishHTTPCupertinoAkamaiHandler.createOutputItem(live/\_definst\_/5…

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## [VOD timestamp Parameter](https://community.wowza.com/t/vod-timestamp-parameter/46746)

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**Author:** [@Guido\_Hartig](https://community.wowza.com/u/Guido_Hartig)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2016, 11:18am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/vod-timestamp-parameter/46746 "2016-09-27T11:18:43Z")

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Hi, i want to record a live stream, its a big project with many events. and later i want to watch events by date and time like http://example.com/vod/20160811# i want to jump in the vod file to the timestamp. like #du…

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## [Panasonic WV-SW598 multicast as WOWZA live app input stream?](https://community.wowza.com/t/panasonic-wv-sw598-multicast-as-wowza-live-app-input-stream/47510)

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**Author:** [@Gordon\_Salisbury](https://community.wowza.com/u/Gordon_Salisbury)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2016, 9:39am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/panasonic-wv-sw598-multicast-as-wowza-live-app-input-stream/47510 "2016-09-27T09:39:22Z")

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I would like to use WOWZA server to convert streams from 100 Panasonic WV-SW598 cameras all set to multicast to individual ip’s, e.g. 225.130.130.xxx:3002, for unicast streaming. I can currently access the individual ca…

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## [Mpeg Dash Live Streaming Stream keeps stopping in Dash.JS. Shaka no good in FF](https://community.wowza.com/t/mpeg-dash-live-streaming-stream-keeps-stopping-in-dash-js-shaka-no-good-in-ff/124)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2016, 9:09am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/mpeg-dash-live-streaming-stream-keeps-stopping-in-dash-js-shaka-no-good-in-ff/124 "2016-09-27T09:09:51Z")

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Hi I’ve discovered some strange problems using Dash.JS with wowza. The stream keeps stopping in Chrome, Firefox , Safari. In the logs it’s stops around here. Its like a frame drop but not. Audio cuts out also. In Chrom…

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## [Dyamically generate SMIL file for VOD videos.](https://community.wowza.com/t/dyamically-generate-smil-file-for-vod-videos/45923)

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**Author:** [@Aamir\_Husain](https://community.wowza.com/u/Aamir_Husain)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2016, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/dyamically-generate-smil-file-for-vod-videos/45923 "2016-09-26T12:58:36Z")

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Hello, I have setup a VOD app that is running absolutely fine with Flowplayer HLSjs player. http://demos.flowplayer.org/api/hlsjs.html Now I want Adaptive Bitrate Stream feature for this HLS Stream. I can create videos…

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## [Use Filler Stream When Live Stream Is Interrupted](https://community.wowza.com/t/use-filler-stream-when-live-stream-is-interrupted/46500)

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**Author:** [@Tim\_McClure](https://community.wowza.com/u/Tim_McClure)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2016, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/use-filler-stream-when-live-stream-is-interrupted/46500 "2016-09-26T12:35:56Z")

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https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-loop-a-pre-roll-until-a-live-stream-starts-loopuntillive The link above describes a wowza capability that allows for the streaming of a pre-roll before a certain video stream starts or …

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## [Use interface "ILiveStreamTranscoderControl" at run time.](https://community.wowza.com/t/use-interface-ilivestreamtranscodercontrol-at-run-time/44433)

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**Author:** [@Sagar\_Kharat](https://community.wowza.com/u/Sagar_Kharat)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2016, 11:50am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/use-interface-ilivestreamtranscodercontrol-at-run-time/44433 "2016-09-26T11:50:43Z")

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Hi Team, I have a class implementing interface “ILiveStreamTranscoderControl”. Its working fine when decision to whether to transcode the stream needs to be taken on onPublish notification. But I want to make the decis…

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## [AC3 Audio](https://community.wowza.com/t/ac3-audio/35758)

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**Author:** [@Matthew\_Vinson](https://community.wowza.com/u/Matthew_Vinson)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2016, 9:04am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ac3-audio/35758 "2016-09-26T09:04:56Z")

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Are there any plans for future support of AC3 decoding on the Wowza trancoder? As it stands I have to take my live streams in and transcode the audio to a compatible format before redirecting through Wowza, this is less …

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## [RTSP URL for Acti A42](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-url-for-acti-a42/43808)

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**Author:** [@Amy\_Ries](https://community.wowza.com/u/Amy_Ries)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2016, 8:28am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-url-for-acti-a42/43808 "2016-09-26T08:28:27Z")

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Does anyone know the RTSP URL for the Acti A42 zoom bullet cam? I can get rtsp://user:pass@i\_address:7070/track1 via xsplit on a local machine, but not across a network via wowza. Not finding a whole lot of documentation…

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## [File transcoding for Intranet uses with JWplayer](https://community.wowza.com/t/file-transcoding-for-intranet-uses-with-jwplayer/348)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2016, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/file-transcoding-for-intranet-uses-with-jwplayer/348 "2016-09-23T12:29:57Z")

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hello, I want to know if Wowza Streaming Engine server can be used as an “OVP” or encoding platform as Encoding.com or Zencoder. To be clear I want to be able to have an Web API service available to my dev team to send…

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## [copy files to amazon in directory](https://community.wowza.com/t/copy-files-to-amazon-in-directory/47449)

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**Author:** [@Bogdan\_Haidai](https://community.wowza.com/u/Bogdan_Haidai)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/copy-files-to-amazon-in-directory/47449 "2016-09-22T15:27:39Z")

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good afternoon! there is a problem: the stream is written to the directory, then copied to the Amazon, but the whole structure of folders recorded in the name of the file ("/" is replaced by “\_”): {streamfolder}/{stream…

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