# Wowza Streaming Engine

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## [Latency Edit file can't be found](https://community.wowza.com/t/latency-edit-file-cant-be-found/41694)

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**Author:** [@maroun\_abou\_tanous](https://community.wowza.com/u/maroun_abou_tanous)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2015, 11:58am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/latency-edit-file-cant-be-found/41694 "2015-10-17T11:58:53Z")

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I am using the example file in wowza LiveVideoStreaming—\>FlashRTMPPlayer—\> player.html I read that i can make flash buffer 0 by changing the NetStream.setBufferTime(0). or NetStream.setBufferTime = 0 but where is the …

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## [RTMP vs HTTP live latency](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtmp-vs-http-live-latency/43764)

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**Author:** [@Denis\_Golovniov1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Denis_Golovniov1)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtmp-vs-http-live-latency/43764 "2015-10-16T16:00:30Z")

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Hi guys, I know this has been discussed before, but trying to sort out a problem. New wowza server vs4 sitting on cloud 8GB RAM, 4vCPU. Tested up to 500 live and all fine harware wise. Streaming with FLME or WireCast…

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## [write a module to decrypt the tail of the  link that wowza receives rtmp:///.../tail](https://community.wowza.com/t/write-a-module-to-decrypt-the-tail-of-the-link-that-wowza-receives-rtmp-tail/45126)

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**Author:** [@todafuture\_todafutur](https://community.wowza.com/u/todafuture_todafutur)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 12:51pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/write-a-module-to-decrypt-the-tail-of-the-link-that-wowza-receives-rtmp-tail/45126 "2015-10-15T12:51:47Z")

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I want to write a module to decrypt the tail of the link that wowza receives RIGHT BEFORE it is processed by Wowza. rtmp:///…/tail http://…/tail How can I do that ?

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## [Streaming application from Wowza 3x doesn't work on Wowza 4x](https://community.wowza.com/t/streaming-application-from-wowza-3x-doesnt-work-on-wowza-4x/44793)

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**Author:** [@Sergey\_Krasovsky](https://community.wowza.com/u/Sergey_Krasovsky)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/streaming-application-from-wowza-3x-doesnt-work-on-wowza-4x/44793 "2015-10-15T12:36:49Z")

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Hello. We have started to use Wowza Streaming Engine 4.1.2 instead of Wowza 3.6.4. And we trying to move our application to Wowza 4.1.2. The problem is, that video recording doesn’t work on Wowza 4.1.2. We have two conf…

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## [Live Streaming from Android devices](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-streaming-from-android-devices/46056)

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**Author:** [@Quan\_Hua](https://community.wowza.com/u/Quan_Hua)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 11:42am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-streaming-from-android-devices/46056 "2015-10-15T11:42:40Z")

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Hi, My name is Quan from Autonomous, a startup in robotics. We are working on a project where we need to stream video, audio from the android phone to wowza server. Currently, we can only find only a library for streami…

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## [Configuring Push Publishing via Application.xml](https://community.wowza.com/t/configuring-push-publishing-via-application-xml/36289)

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**Author:** [@Greg\_na](https://community.wowza.com/u/Greg_na)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 11:39am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/configuring-push-publishing-via-application-xml/36289 "2015-10-15T11:39:34Z")

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Howdy all, Push Publishing works wonderfully, setting it up in through the web interface, however, I’d like to get it configured and working through startup packages (and thus, via the application.xml). The article http…

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## [Custom HLS/HDS Manifests and Chunks Naming](https://community.wowza.com/t/custom-hls-hds-manifests-and-chunks-naming/36749)

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**Author:** [@Maxym\_Golovanchuk](https://community.wowza.com/u/Maxym_Golovanchuk)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 11:27am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/custom-hls-hds-manifests-and-chunks-naming/36749 "2015-10-15T11:27:25Z")

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Hello, when playing back an HLS stream I get quite a random name of the chunk, something like this: app/amlst:streamname/media-uf9losd77\_b368640\_3365.ts Is it possible to have more control over it? I would like to add…

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## [NVCUVID NVENC Issues](https://community.wowza.com/t/nvcuvid-nvenc-issues/45423)

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**Author:** [@Shane\_Becker](https://community.wowza.com/u/Shane_Becker)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 8:54am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/nvcuvid-nvenc-issues/45423 "2015-10-15T08:54:41Z")

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I just moved the Wowza server to a PC with a better Video card that supports NVCUVID and NVENC to cut down on CPU usage and allow more streams by moving the encoding/decoding load to the video card. The card is Geforce 9…

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## [EC2 instance to transcode incoming 15 1080p channels to 5 profiles](https://community.wowza.com/t/ec2-instance-to-transcode-incoming-15-1080p-channels-to-5-profiles/35399)

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**Author:** [@Azril\_Nazli\_Alias](https://community.wowza.com/u/Azril_Nazli_Alias)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 7:42am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ec2-instance-to-transcode-incoming-15-1080p-channels-to-5-profiles/35399 "2015-10-15T07:42:37Z")

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I have some requirements from my client to do cloud transcoding instead of hardware transcoding. I’m yet to say yes to them as their requirements quite huge 15 incoming channels 13 of them will be 720p 2 of them will …

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## [Client info of current viewers](https://community.wowza.com/t/client-info-of-current-viewers/41725)

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**Author:** [@David\_Shimamoto](https://community.wowza.com/u/David_Shimamoto)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/client-info-of-current-viewers/41725 "2015-10-14T18:36:18Z")

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Does Wowza offer methods to retrieve info of each connected RTMP client, such as requested URL and source IP? I am hoping this is possible via Web GUI or JConsole. Else I will write a script that parses logs files… Th…

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## [Wowza not accepting mp3 audio](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-not-accepting-mp3-audio/45409)

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**Author:** [@Pooja\_k](https://community.wowza.com/u/Pooja_k)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-not-accepting-mp3-audio/45409 "2015-10-14T16:06:41Z")

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HI Using ffmpeg , I am converting HLS audio stream to RTMP But Wowza is not accepting mp3 format. It streams the audio only when i encode the hls stream to aac. ffmpeg -i hls\_stream-url -f mp3 rtmp://wowza-server-ip/li…

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## [Transcode specific streams instead of all](https://community.wowza.com/t/transcode-specific-streams-instead-of-all/36649)

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**Author:** [@Vincent\_James](https://community.wowza.com/u/Vincent_James)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2015, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/transcode-specific-streams-instead-of-all/36649 "2015-10-13T22:41:25Z")

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Is there a way to transcode specific streams instead of all streams? I see there is a way to do so via the templates, but that will not work for me. I need to be able to execute within a module to transcode a specific st…

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## [media cache - for files store on the same machine ?](https://community.wowza.com/t/media-cache-for-files-store-on-the-same-machine/45127)

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**Author:** [@todafuture\_todafutur](https://community.wowza.com/u/todafuture_todafutur)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/media-cache-for-files-store-on-the-same-machine/45127 "2015-10-13T15:35:21Z")

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I wonder why Media Cache will help for files store on the same machine of Wowza? It just does the same thing - get files from disk and stream ?? So why is it faster ? Is there any extra processes here ?

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## [Dynamic SMIL files for incomming streams question](https://community.wowza.com/t/dynamic-smil-files-for-incomming-streams-question/36378)

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**Author:** [@Josh\_Sawyer](https://community.wowza.com/u/Josh_Sawyer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/dynamic-smil-files-for-incomming-streams-question/36378 "2015-10-13T15:22:04Z")

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We have several applications and we would like to trans code these streams and offer playback to JW player using adaptive bit rates for viewers that may not have the bandwidth to watch the HD version of the stream. The p…

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## [Adobe Flash Media Encoder and Wowza](https://community.wowza.com/t/adobe-flash-media-encoder-and-wowza/37565)

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**Author:** [@Adam\_Claus](https://community.wowza.com/u/Adam_Claus)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2015, 6:01am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/adobe-flash-media-encoder-and-wowza/37565 "2015-10-13T06:01:51Z")

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I have gotten my Flash Media server to recognize Wowza and send my video to the Wowza server, but when I try to view it I am told that the feed does not exist. Am I missing a step and I actually need to configure somethi…

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## [Audio Only not working for DASH](https://community.wowza.com/t/audio-only-not-working-for-dash/46045)

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**Author:** [@Robert\_Martin](https://community.wowza.com/u/Robert_Martin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2015, 5:37am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/audio-only-not-working-for-dash/46045 "2015-10-13T05:37:13Z")

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Hi, If an audio only radio service is transcoded and the appropriate SMIL file is created an HLS m3u8 manifest can be got from the server, however it is not possible to get the DASH mpd one. If a video stream is added t…

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## [Please help, i need additional info about Wowza server-side API](https://community.wowza.com/t/please-help-i-need-additional-info-about-wowza-server-side-api/46051)

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**Author:** [@Max\_Boguslavsky](https://community.wowza.com/u/Max_Boguslavsky)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2015, 12:26am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/please-help-i-need-additional-info-about-wowza-server-side-api/46051 "2015-10-13T00:26:01Z")

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I can’t find how to stop stream created from server side through class Stream, like this: stream.play("mp4:" + recordingName, 0, -1, true); When i do: IMediaStream stream = applicationInstance.getStreams().getStream(s…

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## [Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder questions](https://community.wowza.com/t/adobe-flash-media-live-encoder-questions/39084)

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**Author:** [@Micha\_322\_Margula](https://community.wowza.com/u/Micha_322_Margula)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/adobe-flash-media-live-encoder-questions/39084 "2015-10-12T20:00:58Z")

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Hello, We want to stream from Adobe some live streams. Everything seems to be working fine, but: if I connect to that stream it shows everything from begining of recording, not current “live” content file of stre…

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## [Auto Restart Stream Targets](https://community.wowza.com/t/auto-restart-stream-targets/45681)

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**Author:** [@Jorge\_F](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jorge_F)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2015, 9:21am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/auto-restart-stream-targets/45681 "2015-10-12T09:21:50Z")

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Hello, We have a stream target configured and upon restart (whether crash recovery or scheduled restart), the stream target is in a ‘Waiting…’ state and needs to be edited, re-saved and then the state shows as ‘Active.’ …

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## [Problem with Wowza and VLC as transcoder](https://community.wowza.com/t/problem-with-wowza-and-vlc-as-transcoder/46026)

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**Author:** [@Sed\_Wer](https://community.wowza.com/u/Sed_Wer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2015, 9:14am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/problem-with-wowza-and-vlc-as-transcoder/46026 "2015-10-12T09:14:11Z")

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Hi I’m trying to create a live source with VLC but Wowza doesn’t seems to have a valid Live input for VLC so I went to Stream Files and created one using UDP settings, so now the problem is that when I choose Video - H.2…

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## [Manual upgrade of a non-BYOL EC2 AMI](https://community.wowza.com/t/manual-upgrade-of-a-non-byol-ec2-ami/45612)

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**Author:** [@User1](https://community.wowza.com/u/User1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2015, 9:10am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/manual-upgrade-of-a-non-byol-ec2-ami/45612 "2015-10-12T09:10:04Z")

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I am using the “Wowza Streaming Engine 4: Pro Edition” subscription from Amazon Marketplace. This provides AMIs with an embedded (non-BYOL) license. https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B012BW3WB8 There is a new relea…

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## [IP camera streaming configuration problem](https://community.wowza.com/t/ip-camera-streaming-configuration-problem/46040)

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**Author:** [@Chandler\_Wang](https://community.wowza.com/u/Chandler_Wang)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2015, 9:04am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ip-camera-streaming-configuration-problem/46040 "2015-10-12T09:04:47Z")

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Hi there, I have some problems setup IP cam streaming. my environment is as below: streaming server connects to IP CAM using LAN port, streaming server IP:192.168.1.15, IP cam IP: 192.168.1.245 streaming server conne…

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## [JW Player and nDVR](https://community.wowza.com/t/jw-player-and-ndvr/46035)

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**Author:** [@Erik\_Mitchell](https://community.wowza.com/u/Erik_Mitchell)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2015, 6:37am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/jw-player-and-ndvr/46035 "2015-10-11T06:37:01Z")

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JW Player 7 now supports DVR functions. However, their documentation says that on server side, Wowza buffer must be increased to 2 minutes. I can’t figure out where to do that… Is it within application.xml? http://suppo…

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## [Help! RAM usage crippling the system and requiring reboot twice a day!](https://community.wowza.com/t/help-ram-usage-crippling-the-system-and-requiring-reboot-twice-a-day/41800)

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**Author:** [@richard\_knight](https://community.wowza.com/u/richard_knight)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/help-ram-usage-crippling-the-system-and-requiring-reboot-twice-a-day/41800 "2015-10-09T13:59:50Z")

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Over the last 3-4 days i have noticed Java using all available RAM, to the point of the system crashing. A system reboot fixes it. I have watched the RAM from a reboot and it starts off very low and escalates quickly. I…

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## [Multiple DvrRecorder for one stream](https://community.wowza.com/t/multiple-dvrrecorder-for-one-stream/34263)

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**Author:** [@Nicolas\_Castillejos](https://community.wowza.com/u/Nicolas_Castillejos)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2015, 9:45am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/multiple-dvrrecorder-for-one-stream/34263 "2015-10-09T09:45:34Z")

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Hello there, Is there a way to have multiple ILiveStreamDvrRecorder instances for one stream ? I want to record one stream with many nDvr Recorders. Nicolas

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## [Need help with this url please please.](https://community.wowza.com/t/need-help-with-this-url-please-please/46038)

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**Author:** [@Rogelio\_Arevalo](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rogelio_Arevalo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2015, 7:46am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/need-help-with-this-url-please-please/46038 "2015-10-09T07:46:57Z")

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Hello everyone i been tryng to play this url “http://oneplay.tv/applicationlive/reproducir/389\_M56142cc5d99fc.m3u8” on vlc player and many other but imposible i changed some words and other changes but i can\`t please som…

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## [Hide VOD controls](https://community.wowza.com/t/hide-vod-controls/44811)

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**Author:** [@Jerry\_Dubuke](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jerry_Dubuke)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hide-vod-controls/44811 "2015-10-08T13:41:23Z")

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Hi all, I apologize if this has already been asked, but I am new here, and just did a pretty extensive search, but didnt find anything. I need a way to hide the on-screen controls for a VOD (not live) playback. We want…

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## [Module dev API complete reference](https://community.wowza.com/t/module-dev-api-complete-reference/42846)

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**Author:** [@Roman\_Panov](https://community.wowza.com/u/Roman_Panov)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2015, 11:21am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/module-dev-api-complete-reference/42846 "2015-10-08T11:21:20Z")

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Hello and good time of day. Where i can found reference like https://docs.python.org/2/reference/ for Wowza module development? Anywhere that i see there only separate articles with code samples without comments. Than…

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## [UPGRADE 3.6 to 4.3](https://community.wowza.com/t/upgrade-3-6-to-4-3/42058)

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**Author:** [@kenji\_magto](https://community.wowza.com/u/kenji_magto)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2015, 7:04am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/upgrade-3-6-to-4-3/42058 "2015-10-08T07:04:29Z")

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is there any tutorials on how to upgrade wowza 3.6 to 4.3? :slight\_smile:

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## [Custom Packetizer](https://community.wowza.com/t/custom-packetizer/41153)

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**Author:** [@Chris\_Deely](https://community.wowza.com/u/Chris_Deely)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2015, 11:39am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/custom-packetizer/41153 "2015-10-07T11:39:10Z")

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Is it possible to create a custom LiveStreamPacketizer? I know there are ways to interact with existing packetizers, but they are not giving me the level of control I’d like… I know you can turn the built-in packetizers…

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