# Wowza Streaming Engine

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## [WowzaStreamingEngine needs CORS header sent on playlist.m3u8](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowzastreamingengine-needs-cors-header-sent-on-playlist-m3u8/42748)

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**Author:** [@John\_Anderson1](https://community.wowza.com/u/John_Anderson1)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2014, 10:43am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowzastreamingengine-needs-cors-header-sent-on-playlist-m3u8/42748 "2014-04-16T10:43:15Z")

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Hi I am trying to figure out a way to add a simple header Access-Control-Allow-Origin: “\*” to the playlist.m3u8 and other playlist files or the whole server for that matter, whatever works as long as I can set the header…

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## [Wowza IRC support channel](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-irc-support-channel/36541)

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**Author:** [@Ars\_M](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ars_M)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2014, 10:33am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-irc-support-channel/36541 "2014-04-16T10:33:36Z")

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You guys really need to have IRC support channel

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## [Problem with Using Wowza to Publish MPEG-TS IP Stream Source](https://community.wowza.com/t/problem-with-using-wowza-to-publish-mpeg-ts-ip-stream-source/42770)

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**Author:** [@Mootaz\_Mohamed](https://community.wowza.com/u/Mootaz_Mohamed)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2014, 10:29am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/problem-with-using-wowza-to-publish-mpeg-ts-ip-stream-source/42770 "2014-04-16T10:29:01Z")

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Hi, I have a problem with my setup, can’t find where the mistake is. My goal is to publish a MPEG-TS source channel to ABR format for HLS enabled devices. I’m running the latest trial version of WSE, My setup consists…

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## [start and stop MediaCaster streams](https://community.wowza.com/t/start-and-stop-mediacaster-streams/38466)

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**Author:** [@Enrico\_Schulze](https://community.wowza.com/u/Enrico_Schulze)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2014, 10:19am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/start-and-stop-mediacaster-streams/38466 "2014-04-16T10:19:29Z")

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Hallo, is there a possibility to start and stop a mediacasterstream per URL? I know, i can start and stop mediacasterstreams with the streammanager and with StartupStreams.xml. But i need a possibility to start with a …

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## [RTMP live streaming issue](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtmp-live-streaming-issue/40501)

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**Author:** [@Michele\_Arena](https://community.wowza.com/u/Michele_Arena)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2014, 8:28am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtmp-live-streaming-issue/40501 "2014-04-16T08:28:35Z")

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Hi, I have a problem with my live streaming. I was using Wowza 3.6.3 and everything worked fine, then I upgraded Wowza to the Wowza Streaming Engine. Now my live streaming drop every 5 min ca. When I try to strem mor…

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## [Errors while playing](https://community.wowza.com/t/errors-while-playing/42778)

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**Author:** [@Malcolm\_Braniff1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Malcolm_Braniff1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2014, 7:38am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/errors-while-playing/42778 "2014-04-16T07:38:23Z")

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Hello All, I am having some trouble play certain formats in wowza. I am trying to play the MPEG-DASH format but keep getting this error: The video could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or beca…

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## [Access to EngineManager WebUI doesn't work since configuring a new  virtual adapter](https://community.wowza.com/t/access-to-enginemanager-webui-doesnt-work-since-configuring-a-new-virtual-adapter/40007)

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**Author:** [@Richard\_Perez](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Perez)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/access-to-enginemanager-webui-doesnt-work-since-configuring-a-new-virtual-adapter/40007 "2014-04-16T03:40:34Z")

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Hello, Everything was working very well with my Wowza installation untill we decide to make available a stream on port 80. Since apache was running on the same server we decide to order a new failover ip and to configu…

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## [how to add CustomAttributes](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-add-customattributes/36773)

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**Author:** [@Konstantin\_Aksarin](https://community.wowza.com/u/Konstantin_Aksarin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-add-customattributes/36773 "2014-04-15T19:21:55Z")

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How can in live/stream-name.smil/Manifest add my attributes? \<CustomAttributes\>\<Attribute Name="cameraAngle" Value="camera1"/\>\</CustomAttributes\> An example http://smooth-las-akam.istreamplanet.com/vod/mix10ces/CES\_201…

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## [Audio out of sync in live recordings after upgarding to Wowza Streaming Engine](https://community.wowza.com/t/audio-out-of-sync-in-live-recordings-after-upgarding-to-wowza-streaming-engine/42760)

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**Author:** [@Alessandro\_Carpita](https://community.wowza.com/u/Alessandro_Carpita)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/audio-out-of-sync-in-live-recordings-after-upgarding-to-wowza-streaming-engine/42760 "2014-04-15T19:12:03Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m experiencing an out of sync audio issue with live recordings after upgrading to Wowza Streaming Engine (I recently applied 4.0.3 patch and the issue persists). Streaming Engine is on the same box whe…

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## [How to configure SAM Broadcaster WOWZA](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-configure-sam-broadcaster-wowza/42775)

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**Author:** [@Henry\_De\_La\_Cadena](https://community.wowza.com/u/Henry_De_La_Cadena)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-configure-sam-broadcaster-wowza/42775 "2014-04-15T15:50:58Z")

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Hello I wanted to know if any of the members of the community managed to configure SAM Broadcaster to your wowza server, basically have the wowza installed but not know how to configure the encoder to send the signal to …

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## [Live streaming webcam and switching sources freezing](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-streaming-webcam-and-switching-sources-freezing/36217)

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**Author:** [@Eddie\_Hermoso](https://community.wowza.com/u/Eddie_Hermoso)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2014, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-streaming-webcam-and-switching-sources-freezing/36217 "2014-04-15T12:38:17Z")

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I can successfully record a live stream from a webcam. However, when I right-click on the Flash component that is broadcasting my webcam, click on Settings -\> Video -\> and then change the webcam source to a different one…

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## [Live failover configuration](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-failover-configuration/38594)

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**Author:** [@Sathishkumar\_KPS](https://community.wowza.com/u/Sathishkumar_KPS)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2014, 10:57am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-failover-configuration/38594 "2014-04-15T10:57:37Z")

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Hi Could someone help me on how to configure a backup server (failover server) for a primary wowza server (I have 2 wowza server). I’m having a live application on a primary wowza server and I dont know how to configure…

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## [Wowza IDE updates for 4.0](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-ide-updates-for-4-0/41140)

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**Author:** [@Chris\_Deely](https://community.wowza.com/u/Chris_Deely)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2014, 10:51am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-ide-updates-for-4-0/41140 "2014-04-15T10:51:55Z")

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Will the Wowza IDE be updated to support changes in WSE 4.0? I have a fair amount of custom code for our current server implementation and would like to continue to use Eclipse to develop my modules. If the Eclipse plug…

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## [Test Players button assumes wrong eth interface - easy override?](https://community.wowza.com/t/test-players-button-assumes-wrong-eth-interface-easy-override/42766)

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**Author:** [@Aaron\_Mahler](https://community.wowza.com/u/Aaron_Mahler)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2014, 9:55am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/test-players-button-assumes-wrong-eth-interface-easy-override/42766 "2014-04-15T09:55:13Z")

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The Wowza server I’m testing right now has two active ethernet interfaces, one of which should be associated with the client-facing streaming (eth0) and the other is just backend management and inter-server connectivity …

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## [out of sync  transcoded and source streams](https://community.wowza.com/t/out-of-sync-transcoded-and-source-streams/40028)

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**Author:** [@Yaroslav\_Verbin](https://community.wowza.com/u/Yaroslav_Verbin)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2014, 5:47am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/out-of-sync-transcoded-and-source-streams/40028 "2014-04-15T05:47:01Z")

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In many cases related to publisher’s internet channel quality arises out of sync source stream and transcoded streams. Output of dvrreporter: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByTD7sTTjpACWDdnd2JyR251d2s/edit?usp=sharing …

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## [DVR + ABR + + Live Streaming + Jwplayer 6. Error #1009](https://community.wowza.com/t/dvr-abr-live-streaming-jwplayer-6-error-1009/729)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/dvr-abr-live-streaming-jwplayer-6-error-1009/729 "2014-04-14T23:02:03Z")

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Hi ABR + Jwplayer 6 + Live streaming Work OK ! … My code: DVR + Jwplayer 6 + Live Streaming Work OK ! … My code: But When I try to stream DVR + ABR on Jw PLayer 6 I got Error #1009 … My code: If I put this a…

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## [VOD file as looping live stream: ingest or media cache?](https://community.wowza.com/t/vod-file-as-looping-live-stream-ingest-or-media-cache/42763)

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**Author:** [@Aaron\_Mahler](https://community.wowza.com/u/Aaron_Mahler)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/vod-file-as-looping-live-stream-ingest-or-media-cache/42763 "2014-04-14T15:03:45Z")

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For testing purposes, I’d like to loop an existing mp4 file on a single Wowza server to simulate forthcoming live content. It should behave as a live stream for anyone connecting, so you join the playback at its current …

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## [Snapshot a transcoded video](https://community.wowza.com/t/snapshot-a-transcoded-video/42740)

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**Author:** [@Anh-Dung\_LE](https://community.wowza.com/u/Anh-Dung_LE)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/snapshot-a-transcoded-video/42740 "2014-04-14T13:21:43Z")

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Hi guys, let me go straight to the goals and issues I am facing Currently I want to display the stream (from other video/IP cameras) to the network with the overlay images. After that, the server has the capabilities to…

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## [DVR Window moving](https://community.wowza.com/t/dvr-window-moving/42758)

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**Author:** [@Matthew\_Wilmshurst](https://community.wowza.com/u/Matthew_Wilmshurst)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2014, 2:49am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/dvr-window-moving/42758 "2014-04-14T02:49:55Z")

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Hi guys, Hopefully somebody may be able to help us. We’ve been recording a number of streams using Transcoding and nDVR functionality together. We’ve set a DVR time window of 1 hour to prevent issues with longer times.…

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## [Sample players go live on a website?](https://community.wowza.com/t/sample-players-go-live-on-a-website/41924)

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**Author:** [@Mark\_Shueard](https://community.wowza.com/u/Mark_Shueard)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/sample-players-go-live-on-a-website/41924 "2014-04-14T02:28:47Z")

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It may sound a silly question but… the included sample players are these able to be run from a website, stripping the wowza stuff out of the html? It’s just that I an trying to understand why there is even support for a…

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## [Amazon Cloudfront Signed URL](https://community.wowza.com/t/amazon-cloudfront-signed-url/35385)

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**Author:** [@Azril\_Nazli\_Alias](https://community.wowza.com/u/Azril_Nazli_Alias)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/amazon-cloudfront-signed-url/35385 "2014-04-14T01:27:02Z")

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So I was reading the FAQ at http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/wowza-faq.html and bamm Can I serve private live streams using Wowza and CloudFront? At this time, live streams cannot be de…

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## [Wowza, ModuleLoopUntilLive, HTTP mobile streaming](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-moduleloopuntillive-http-mobile-streaming/40266)

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**Author:** [@Adekunle\_Ayodele](https://community.wowza.com/u/Adekunle_Ayodele)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-moduleloopuntillive-http-mobile-streaming/40266 "2014-04-13T22:26:37Z")

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Hello, How can I configure a pre-recorded video to play in loop until the live video stream for mobile users using http streaming on IOS/Android devices? At the moment, mobile user’s can’t view the pre-recorded video un…

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## [Where is WowzaStreamingEngine-Update-4.0.1.zip for update](https://community.wowza.com/t/where-is-wowzastreamingengine-update-4-0-1-zip-for-update/34382)

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**Author:** [@Kuldeep\_Kumar](https://community.wowza.com/u/Kuldeep_Kumar)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/where-is-wowzastreamingengine-update-4-0-1-zip-for-update/34382 "2014-04-13T20:44:32Z")

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Hi, As per https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-update-your-wowza-streaming-engine-installation, we are supposed to copy the “zip” file to the updates folder and execute the scripts. But I am not able to find the link to d…

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## [Wowza DevPay pricing - are the prices up to date?](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-devpay-pricing-are-the-prices-up-to-date/41169)

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**Author:** [@Alex\_St](https://community.wowza.com/u/Alex_St)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-devpay-pricing-are-the-prices-up-to-date/41169 "2014-04-13T17:59:24Z")

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Hello everyone, I was tinkering with setting up a Wowza instance on AWS using DevPay, and while going through the subscription process, I noticed that the subscription page says “Wowza 2” and the usage costs are unusual…

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## [Live Streaming to Chromecast](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-streaming-to-chromecast/37338)

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**Author:** [@Kenny\_Griffin](https://community.wowza.com/u/Kenny_Griffin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-streaming-to-chromecast/37338 "2014-04-13T15:45:15Z")

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I have an IP camera streaming through Wowza. I want to Chromecast the HLS stream to my TV. I have looked at this guide here… https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-stream-from-an-android-device-to-the-google-chromecast-devic…

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## [A simple Wowza authentication and authorization solution](https://community.wowza.com/t/a-simple-wowza-authentication-and-authorization-solution/42696)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2014, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/a-simple-wowza-authentication-and-authorization-solution/42696 "2014-04-13T13:27:33Z")

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Hi! I wrote a wowza module called Wowza Wrench that gives you the ability to authenticate your users in wowza using tokens (one time passwords) and perform additional authorization if you like. I wrote a tutorial on how…

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## [Live Streaming - Cloudfront or Direct?](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-streaming-cloudfront-or-direct/41364)

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**Author:** [@Adam\_Tirapelle](https://community.wowza.com/u/Adam_Tirapelle)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2014, 7:19am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-streaming-cloudfront-or-direct/41364 "2014-04-13T07:19:23Z")

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Better option for live streaming: multiple Wowza servers/instances with dynamic load balancing or one Wowza instance with Cloudfront (assuming HTTP delivery of course)? I have tested Cloudfront a few times now and find …

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## [Shoutcast Restream problem](https://community.wowza.com/t/shoutcast-restream-problem/42684)

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**Author:** [@Alex\_Arevalo](https://community.wowza.com/u/Alex_Arevalo)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2014, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/shoutcast-restream-problem/42684 "2014-04-11T13:01:00Z")

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Hi, I create radio ports with Centova Cast and Shoutcast and i use Wowza Stream Engine version 4.0.1 to make restreamings. I follow all steps in the manual to config restream with Wowza and all works fine, but when the …

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## [Asynchronous HTTP requests](https://community.wowza.com/t/asynchronous-http-requests/34189)

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**Author:** [@Sander\_Kruger](https://community.wowza.com/u/Sander_Kruger)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2014, 10:02am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/asynchronous-http-requests/34189 "2014-04-11T10:02:26Z")

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Hello, My application communicates with a web server that does things like authentication and billing. When one or more clients connect to an instance of the application, some actions of a client may lead to the applica…

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## [heartbleed-ssl-vulnerability on wowza servers / and wowza certs?](https://community.wowza.com/t/heartbleed-ssl-vulnerability-on-wowza-servers-and-wowza-certs/34805)

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**Author:** [@bob\_ka](https://community.wowza.com/u/bob_ka)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2014, 7:28am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/heartbleed-ssl-vulnerability-on-wowza-servers-and-wowza-certs/34805 "2014-04-11T07:28:43Z")

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heartbleed-ssl-vulnerability on wowza servers / and wowza certs? what is the risk and what to do?

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