# Wowza Streaming Engine

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## [Live MPEG-DASH is broken?](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-mpeg-dash-is-broken/36979)

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**Author:** [@Ben\_Davenport](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ben_Davenport)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2015, 6:53am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-mpeg-dash-is-broken/36979 "2015-08-11T06:53:14Z")

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:confused: Hey all! Hope everyone is doing well! I created another forum post around mpeg-dash behavior a few days ago, but it’s no longer relevant as live playback only seems to work one player we were testing with (h…

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## [Live Wowza through JW Player with HTML5 fallback?](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-wowza-through-jw-player-with-html5-fallback/40405)

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**Author:** [@Wabke\_Bouman](https://community.wowza.com/u/Wabke_Bouman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2015, 4:02am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-wowza-through-jw-player-with-html5-fallback/40405 "2015-08-11T04:02:01Z")

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I’ve tried to figure out with the codes given, but admit it isn’t clear to me: I have live Wowza streaming, making use of JW Player. This works fine, however, I’d like to add an HTML5 fallback. The codes I see are pr…

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## [Frame accurate seekingin Wowza 4](https://community.wowza.com/t/frame-accurate-seekingin-wowza-4/45775)

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**Author:** [@Andrey\_Gliznetsov](https://community.wowza.com/u/Andrey_Gliznetsov)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2015, 5:57am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/frame-accurate-seekingin-wowza-4/45775 "2015-08-10T05:57:28Z")

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I can’t get Wowza 4 to perform frame-accurate seek during RTMP streaming. We had the same issue in Wowza 3.6 and solved it by adding the following properties: seekTarget enhanced mp4OnSeekUseVideoTimecode tr…

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## [ndvr sart position](https://community.wowza.com/t/ndvr-sart-position/33959)

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**Author:** [@Peter\_Bednar](https://community.wowza.com/u/Peter_Bednar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ndvr-sart-position/33959 "2015-08-07T17:28:09Z")

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HI I have deployed on wowza ndvr with transcoding, everything looks fine but I have problem when I open stream in flowplayer the video starts at the beginning and not at the live position. I am running wowza 3.6.2. t…

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## [how can mpegts stream with Closed Caption EIA-608 survived in transcode workflow?](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-mpegts-stream-with-closed-caption-eia-608-survived-in-transcode-workflow/45282)

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**Author:** [@zheng\_leo](https://community.wowza.com/u/zheng_leo)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-mpegts-stream-with-closed-caption-eia-608-survived-in-transcode-workflow/45282 "2015-08-07T14:15:48Z")

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Hello, i hava MPEGTS stream source with Closed Caption EIA-608, and i configure the “CEA-608 captions in live streams” follow this page https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-configure-closed-captioning-for-live-streaming, t…

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## [Order of layers in SS manifest. Does it matter?](https://community.wowza.com/t/order-of-layers-in-ss-manifest-does-it-matter/45766)

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**Author:** [@morgan\_holly](https://community.wowza.com/u/morgan_holly)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2015, 11:23pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/order-of-layers-in-ss-manifest-does-it-matter/45766 "2015-08-05T23:23:25Z")

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The manifest snip below does not have the layers in order of bitrate. When layer switching events occur are the layers changed according to their order in the manifest or their bitrate? In other words, does the QualityL…

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## [Intel Xeon E3-1245 V3 quicksync configure](https://community.wowza.com/t/intel-xeon-e3-1245-v3-quicksync-configure/45294)

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**Author:** [@zheng\_leo](https://community.wowza.com/u/zheng_leo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/intel-xeon-e3-1245-v3-quicksync-configure/45294 "2015-08-05T19:22:17Z")

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Hi, there I have a new ubuntu 14.04.02-LTS server with a “Intel Xeon E3-1245 V3” cpu, when i tried to configure quicksync follow this guide:https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-configure-quick-sync-accelerated-encoding-on-…

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## [Controlling logging messages being output.](https://community.wowza.com/t/controlling-logging-messages-being-output/45742)

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**Author:** [@scott\_gardner](https://community.wowza.com/u/scott_gardner)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/controlling-logging-messages-being-output/45742 "2015-08-05T14:17:37Z")

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We are getting a great volume of messages related to cupertino packet handling. Specifically log entries of the forms: wowzastreamingengine\_access.log:2015-07-29 11:39:55 PDT comment server INFO 200 - LiveStreamPacketiz…

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## [Audio / Video Sync Issues (Live RTMP Stream - Potential Encoder Config. Issue)](https://community.wowza.com/t/audio-video-sync-issues-live-rtmp-stream-potential-encoder-config-issue/40709)

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**Author:** [@Nicholas\_Russell](https://community.wowza.com/u/Nicholas_Russell)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2015, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/audio-video-sync-issues-live-rtmp-stream-potential-encoder-config-issue/40709 "2015-08-05T13:44:51Z")

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There has been one issue in particular that has long baffled me: audio / video out-of-sync for live RTMP streams. While I have not been able to discover a resolution to this issue on my own using the forum, Google, and …

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## [edge server big buffering](https://community.wowza.com/t/edge-server-big-buffering/39165)

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**Author:** [@Alexey\_Komarov](https://community.wowza.com/u/Alexey_Komarov)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2015, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/edge-server-big-buffering/39165 "2015-08-05T12:17:39Z")

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Good day. We need to do a broadcast from the place with very poor communication channel, with huge gaps of up to several minutes or more ( and variable bandwidth, from 100KB up to 30 MB ) but with an average bandwith pe…

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## [MAG 250's support](https://community.wowza.com/t/mag-250s-support/45592)

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**Author:** [@Volkan\_Celebi](https://community.wowza.com/u/Volkan_Celebi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2015, 8:53am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/mag-250s-support/45592 "2015-08-05T08:53:39Z")

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I think Wowza doesn’t SUPPORT mag’s. Is there any tricky way to force MAG and Wowza together?

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## [Converting media cache files](https://community.wowza.com/t/converting-media-cache-files/36799)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_von\_Hauff](https://community.wowza.com/u/Michael_von_Hauff)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2015, 8:23am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/converting-media-cache-files/36799 "2015-08-05T08:23:07Z")

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Hi, I have an application where I need to sometimes convert a media cached file into a permanent source file. I think there are two ways to do in A) Query wowza to find out which time periods of a source are cached, an…

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## [Adding CORS with multiple domains](https://community.wowza.com/t/adding-cors-with-multiple-domains/45115)

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**Author:** [@todafuture\_todafutur](https://community.wowza.com/u/todafuture_todafutur)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/adding-cors-with-multiple-domains/45115 "2015-08-05T03:56:07Z")

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I got this from the Internet cupertinoUserHTTPHeaders Access-Control-Allow-Origin: \* If I have 3 domains, I want Wowza to open to. How do I do that? Thank you. I got the answer from here: It is not cupertino but th…

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## [Change default recording path](https://community.wowza.com/t/change-default-recording-path/42885)

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**Author:** [@Nathan\_Kadish](https://community.wowza.com/u/Nathan_Kadish)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/change-default-recording-path/42885 "2015-08-04T17:50:46Z")

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Hello all. I am trying to set a custom default path to a secondary drive on our server for manual recordings. In the streams page when I click Record, i get /usr/local/WowzaStreamingEngine/content. I want it /media/ntfs…

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## [Black Screen](https://community.wowza.com/t/black-screen/33787)

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**Author:** [@Andrew\_Jordan](https://community.wowza.com/u/Andrew_Jordan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/black-screen/33787 "2015-08-04T16:01:12Z")

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Hello, We have a dedicated server that would not show our streaming video, the wirecast V6 encoder connects just fine, but the test player on the streaming engine or the web site stream does NOT show up at http://barb…

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## [Converting media cache files into source files](https://community.wowza.com/t/converting-media-cache-files-into-source-files/36796)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_von\_Hauff](https://community.wowza.com/u/Michael_von_Hauff)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/converting-media-cache-files-into-source-files/36796 "2015-08-04T15:56:00Z")

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Hi, I have an application where I need to sometimes convert a media cached file into a permanent source file. I think there are two ways to do in A) Query wowza to find out which time periods of a source are cached, an…

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## [Can Wowza pull hls stream from ffmpeg ?](https://community.wowza.com/t/can-wowza-pull-hls-stream-from-ffmpeg/40723)

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**Author:** [@santosh\_shirahatti](https://community.wowza.com/u/santosh_shirahatti)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2015, 12:42pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/can-wowza-pull-hls-stream-from-ffmpeg/40723 "2015-08-04T12:42:06Z")

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I am trying to stream HLS output from ffmpeg to wowza. Doing rtmp (2nd approach) works but not HLS. ffmpeg -re -i http://localhost:1935/vod/sample.mp4/playlist.m3u8 -vcodec copy -acodec copy -f HLS http://localhost:1935…

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## [How to set up stream failover](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-set-up-stream-failover/41680)

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**Author:** [@Andre\_Brudeur](https://community.wowza.com/u/Andre_Brudeur)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-set-up-stream-failover/41680 "2015-08-04T12:39:36Z")

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Does wowza have functionally to failover to a backup stream in case primary goes down? We have an RTMP stream from two different location and would like to set up failover in case pull from one of them fails.

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## [Dynamically changing custom HTTP Headers values](https://community.wowza.com/t/dynamically-changing-custom-http-headers-values/45745)

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**Author:** [@Roy\_Davis](https://community.wowza.com/u/Roy_Davis)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2015, 12:04pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/dynamically-changing-custom-http-headers-values/45745 "2015-08-04T12:04:23Z")

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Hi, We have a requirement to add custom HTTP headers to each http packet leaving our Wowza server. I know there’s a way of adding custom headers that contain static content but what we’d like to do is have our custom he…

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## [Live language alternatives OR late audio binding](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-language-alternatives-or-late-audio-binding/468)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2015, 11:10am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-language-alternatives-or-late-audio-binding/468 "2015-08-04T11:10:59Z")

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Hi Chaps, Wondering if someone could point me at the right tutorial/s. I’d like to broadcast a video stream with 32 alternative language tracks. Both HDS and HLS allow audio alternatives in their xml descriptors. The O…

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## [Audio codec:G711\_ALAW isCompatible:false](https://community.wowza.com/t/audio-codec-g711-alaw-iscompatible-false/45705)

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**Author:** [@Nishi\_Ayumi](https://community.wowza.com/u/Nishi_Ayumi)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2015, 10:34am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/audio-codec-g711-alaw-iscompatible-false/45705 "2015-08-04T10:34:57Z")

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Hello. I am trying deliver video with video:H.264,mic:G.711. from flash(as3) but,wowzastreamingengine\_access.log LiveStreamPacketizerPacketHandler.handlePacket\[liveorigin/definst/stream-test\]: Audio codec:G711\_ALAW is…

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## [Error: RTSPRequestAdapter.getAuthenticationHandler: Unknown method: 0](https://community.wowza.com/t/error-rtsprequestadapter-getauthenticationhandler-unknown-method-0/45748)

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**Author:** [@Mat\_DePasquale](https://community.wowza.com/u/Mat_DePasquale)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/error-rtsprequestadapter-getauthenticationhandler-unknown-method-0/45748 "2015-08-03T15:11:49Z")

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Wowza newbie here … I’ve only seen a few references to this error on this forum with no real resolution. I installed the trial version of Wowza that I have running on my machine. I have written an Android app that conne…

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## [Connection Code ???](https://community.wowza.com/t/connection-code/45762)

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**Author:** [@Steve\_Barnes](https://community.wowza.com/u/Steve_Barnes)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2015, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/connection-code/45762 "2015-08-03T13:08:22Z")

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I am trying to connect my Teradek Vidiu but it wants a connection code which is nowhere to be found inside the stream setup area. Wowza references it in the “help” area but does not provide this code. Any ideas how to fi…

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## [Can't get captions using .srt file](https://community.wowza.com/t/cant-get-captions-using-srt-file/45765)

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**Author:** [@Matthew\_Schuster](https://community.wowza.com/u/Matthew_Schuster)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2015, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/cant-get-captions-using-srt-file/45765 "2015-08-03T12:20:13Z")

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The video plays fine, but I cannot get captions to work. The file is vidtest.mp4 and the caption file is vidtest.srt. I updated the VOD Caption providers to say vodcaptionprovidermp4\_3gpp,vodcaptionproviderttml,vodca…

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## [Using VLC for a live stream on separate machine from Streaming Engine](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-vlc-for-a-live-stream-on-separate-machine-from-streaming-engine/45755)

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**Author:** [@Saswat\_Panda](https://community.wowza.com/u/Saswat_Panda)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2015, 8:32am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-vlc-for-a-live-stream-on-separate-machine-from-streaming-engine/45755 "2015-08-03T08:32:19Z")

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Hi All, Very new to video streaming here. I’m trying to set up a live stream simulation from VLC (on OS X) to Wowza Streaming Engine (on Google Compute Engine). I’ve got it working if VLC and Streaming Engine are on the…

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## [Custom folders for video content on Wowza Server](https://community.wowza.com/t/custom-folders-for-video-content-on-wowza-server/43362)

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**Author:** [@Ahmed\_Faraz](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ahmed_Faraz)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2015, 3:23am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/custom-folders-for-video-content-on-wowza-server/43362 "2015-08-03T03:23:12Z")

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I’m developing a video streaming app for android. I’ve used Wowza Media Server for this purpose, but the problem is that all video recordings are saved in Content folder inside Wowza installation folder. Is it possible …

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## [wowza quicksync transcode video](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-quicksync-transcode-video/45293)

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**Author:** [@zheng\_leo](https://community.wowza.com/u/zheng_leo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-quicksync-transcode-video/45293 "2015-08-03T01:34:02Z")

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Hi there, I’m using QuickSync transcode in my workflow, it has a picture quality issue when i playback the output live stream. it would have a mosaic picture especially when scene changes or fast motion picture. when sc…

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## [killUnidentifiedSessions after moving wms-stats.jar](https://community.wowza.com/t/killunidentifiedsessions-after-moving-wms-stats-jar/45744)

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**Author:** [@Nithin\_Thomas](https://community.wowza.com/u/Nithin_Thomas)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/killunidentifiedsessions-after-moving-wms-stats-jar/45744 "2015-07-31T21:35:07Z")

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Hoping someone can help with this. We were trying to move wms-stats.jar out of /lib and start wowza and now logs say connections are being killed and cpu usage is off the roof: 2015-07-31 02:56:45 MDT comment server INF…

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## [\[mpeg-dash\] .smil file has stop after play a first chunk](https://community.wowza.com/t/mpeg-dash-smil-file-has-stop-after-play-a-first-chunk/43561)

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**Author:** [@Larry\_Kim](https://community.wowza.com/u/Larry_Kim)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/mpeg-dash-smil-file-has-stop-after-play-a-first-chunk/43561 "2015-07-31T17:47:50Z")

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Hi all, I found some weird issue about mpeg-dash adaptive streaming with smil file on Wowza engine. After playing a first chunk, the second chunk always returns 404 not found error. But without smil file the streaming…

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## [Metadata issues for server-side published live streams (RTMP)](https://community.wowza.com/t/metadata-issues-for-server-side-published-live-streams-rtmp/34691)

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**Author:** [@Steve\_Nichols](https://community.wowza.com/u/Steve_Nichols)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/metadata-issues-for-server-side-published-live-streams-rtmp/34691 "2015-07-31T16:01:51Z")

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Hi, We have server-side published live streams of our TV channels, which are basically just playlists and MP4s. One of our new distribution partners has mentioned missing metadata in the RTMP version of these streams, …

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