# Wowza Streaming Engine

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## [Logs](https://community.wowza.com/t/logs/40248)

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**Author:** [@Frank\_Troglauer](https://community.wowza.com/u/Frank_Troglauer)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2014, 6:44am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/logs/40248 "2014-04-11T06:44:33Z")

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Good morning, With the update to Wowza Streaming Engine suddenly logs have started being created on our server without our knowledge which ended up capping our storage space and creating issues until pinpointed. The err…

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## [Many published  streams, cpu load](https://community.wowza.com/t/many-published-streams-cpu-load/33977)

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**Author:** [@quan\_quan](https://community.wowza.com/u/quan_quan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/many-published-streams-cpu-load/33977 "2014-04-11T03:26:30Z")

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Hello, When I publish more than 100 live streams, the wowza streaming engine crashed. What is the maximum number of the streams, the wowza can handle? ( the server is 16 cpu, 8 cores,Intel® Xeon® CPU E5-2690 0 @ 2.90GH…

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## [Alias and DVR](https://community.wowza.com/t/alias-and-dvr/690)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2014, 1:30pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/alias-and-dvr/690 "2014-04-10T13:30:30Z")

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Hi there … I’ve an issue with DVR on some devices that don’t support query strings on HLS urls. As getting firmware upgraded by vendor will take long, I’m wondering if there’s any way to play with AliasMapping to hide th…

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## [\[Transcoder settings\] Adding overlay image to the original stream](https://community.wowza.com/t/transcoder-settings-adding-overlay-image-to-the-original-stream/42737)

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**Author:** [@Anh-Dung\_LE](https://community.wowza.com/u/Anh-Dung_LE)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2014, 9:55am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/transcoder-settings-adding-overlay-image-to-the-original-stream/42737 "2014-04-10T09:55:49Z")

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Hi everybody, I am pretty new to Wowza Streaming engine, just started using it for couple of weeks. So I have some questions below, hope some of you can help me to figure it out. To add an overlay image, I have to cr…

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## [Application folder (\[install-location\]/applications/) is missing](https://community.wowza.com/t/application-folder-install-location-applications-is-missing/733)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2014, 8:32am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/application-folder-install-location-applications-is-missing/733 "2014-04-10T08:32:36Z")

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Since I restart Wowza Server 3.6.4 today I got a LOT of this in error log Application folder (\[install-location\]/applications/) is missing WARN server comment 2014-04-09 20:02:12 - - - …

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## [Wowza text chat](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-text-chat/36833)

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**Author:** [@Stefano\_Cavallini](https://community.wowza.com/u/Stefano_Cavallini)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2014, 8:19am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-text-chat/36833 "2014-04-10T08:19:22Z")

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hello, just one information, I need start new project and I need text chat besides video, chat ; is available this features ? thanks steve

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## [Wowza Streaming Engine Manager](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-streaming-engine-manager/37668)

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**Author:** [@Lucas\_Valentim](https://community.wowza.com/u/Lucas_Valentim)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2014, 7:27am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-streaming-engine-manager/37668 "2014-04-10T07:27:50Z")

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Wowza Streaming Engine Manager could not connect to the Wowza Steaming Engine (http://localhost:8087). Verify that the Wowza Streaming Engine service has started and is running. Linux CentOS 6.5 x64 java x64 iptables …

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## [5 gbps limit, wowza 4 and java 8](https://community.wowza.com/t/5-gbps-limit-wowza-4-and-java-8/35172)

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**Author:** [@capos\_capos](https://community.wowza.com/u/capos_capos)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/5-gbps-limit-wowza-4-and-java-8/35172 "2014-04-10T04:06:27Z")

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Hi, Im currently using wowza 3 with 10 Gbps servers (using two wowza java instances per server because the limit of 5 gbps). This limit is caused by java or OS limit? if is java limit, this is fixed in java 8? also w…

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## [cache Purge?](https://community.wowza.com/t/cache-purge/35824)

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**Author:** [@shin\_dongchun](https://community.wowza.com/u/shin_dongchun)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2014, 3:54am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/cache-purge/35824 "2014-04-10T03:54:31Z")

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hi wowza team how to wowza media cache purge? After the file is deleted incorrectly 1.mp4, 1.mp4 is created with the new. Wowza, but also in the deleted file caching. How do I make a new file caching? Thank you.

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## [My first nDVR playback not working](https://community.wowza.com/t/my-first-ndvr-playback-not-working/42683)

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**Author:** [@mani\_p](https://community.wowza.com/u/mani_p)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/my-first-ndvr-playback-not-working/42683 "2014-04-09T17:10:02Z")

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Pls Help. I am a newbie to DVR. I have installed a trial version of wowza 4.0.3 streaming engine on my ubuntu 12.0.4 and ran installall.sh in the examples dir, restarted the server and am able to see that dvr applicatio…

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## [Getting ./startup.sh: line 32: -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote=true error on Restart](https://community.wowza.com/t/getting-startup-sh-line-32-dcom-sun-management-jmxremote-true-error-on-restart/34958)

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**Author:** [@Richard\_Glaser](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Glaser)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/getting-startup-sh-line-32-dcom-sun-management-jmxremote-true-error-on-restart/34958 "2014-04-09T15:21:28Z")

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Hello: I am running Wowza Media Server 3.6.2 on a OS X 10.8.5 server and had to install some software update for a Drobo RAID (i.e. Drobo Dashboard 2.5.3) which I had to restart the server. After restarting I get the fo…

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## [ReStream DVB receiver signal to Wowza Media Server](https://community.wowza.com/t/restream-dvb-receiver-signal-to-wowza-media-server/42682)

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**Author:** [@Micah\_C](https://community.wowza.com/u/Micah_C)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/restream-dvb-receiver-signal-to-wowza-media-server/42682 "2014-04-09T14:18:37Z")

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I am testing out the Wowza Media Server and I would like to set up a sort of unicast streaming gateway to take 3 FTA channels from a local sat receiver and stream it over the web to my Wowza web server and then perhaps t…

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## [Perpetual license communication through enterprise proxy to Wowza license servers](https://community.wowza.com/t/perpetual-license-communication-through-enterprise-proxy-to-wowza-license-servers/41235)

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**Author:** [@James\_Cooper](https://community.wowza.com/u/James_Cooper)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2014, 11:03am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/perpetual-license-communication-through-enterprise-proxy-to-wowza-license-servers/41235 "2014-04-09T11:03:17Z")

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Support, Can you please assist in getting our four servers to connect to the Licensing servers. I have run through all trouble shooting on each of the following forum pages: https://www.wowza.com/docs/troubleshoot-wow…

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## [How to migrate the log files mediaserver V3.1 to streaming engine V4.01](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-migrate-the-log-files-mediaserver-v3-1-to-streaming-engine-v4-01/39194)

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**Author:** [@vinoth\_kumar](https://community.wowza.com/u/vinoth_kumar)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-migrate-the-log-files-mediaserver-v3-1-to-streaming-engine-v4-01/39194 "2014-04-08T15:59:27Z")

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Hi, How to copy the log files from older version to newer version. since the file name is different from the media and stream engine. we need to copy all the log files from the newer one, we have a log for last two ye…

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## [How to prevent the restreaming](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-prevent-the-restreaming/36574)

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**Author:** [@mario\_diaz](https://community.wowza.com/u/mario_diaz)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-prevent-the-restreaming/36574 "2014-04-08T15:25:33Z")

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Hello im a lisenced wowza user but the people are stealing my video signals with some tool for restreaming them, do u know someone how can i prevent from this restreaming thing, which module to use or what to do ? thanks …

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## [Any tool for log analyzer.](https://community.wowza.com/t/any-tool-for-log-analyzer/39196)

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**Author:** [@vinoth\_kumar](https://community.wowza.com/u/vinoth_kumar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2014, 10:50am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/any-tool-for-log-analyzer/39196 "2014-04-08T10:50:42Z")

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Hi, Do you have any log analyzer tool from your side. currently we are using sawmill for analyze the our log file. Thanks, Vintohc

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## [upgrade media server 3.1 to wowzastreamengine 4.0.1](https://community.wowza.com/t/upgrade-media-server-3-1-to-wowzastreamengine-4-0-1/39192)

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**Author:** [@vinoth\_kumar](https://community.wowza.com/u/vinoth_kumar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2014, 10:28am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/upgrade-media-server-3-1-to-wowzastreamengine-4-0-1/39192 "2014-04-08T10:28:51Z")

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Hi, I am planning to upgrade my media server. Currently I am using wowza media server 3.1. I need to upgrade to the latest version. Is there any tool for upgrade? Thanks, Vinothc

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## [Where to change a parameter flushInterval on origin or edge?](https://community.wowza.com/t/where-to-change-a-parameter-flushinterval-on-origin-or-edge/39665)

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**Author:** [@Sam\_Shmayev](https://community.wowza.com/u/Sam_Shmayev)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2014, 8:44am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/where-to-change-a-parameter-flushinterval-on-origin-or-edge/39665 "2014-04-08T08:44:50Z")

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Hi, I read the following tutorial: How to achieve the lowest latency from capture to playback Assume we have: Live origin let it be: o1 LIve repeater edge: e1 Where do we have to change flushInterval for RTMP…

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## [User account with startup package](https://community.wowza.com/t/user-account-with-startup-package/37644)

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**Author:** [@Jacob\_Moore](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jacob_Moore)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2014, 6:15am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/user-account-with-startup-package/37644 "2014-04-08T06:15:26Z")

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Hello! I am trying to get my startup package to create a user with a specific name and password. I have tried setting the name and password in the admin.password file. This works, but there are two problems. First, and…

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## [Put transcoder MBR streams to streamzilla?](https://community.wowza.com/t/put-transcoder-mbr-streams-to-streamzilla/33658)

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**Author:** [@gregor\_reumueller](https://community.wowza.com/u/gregor_reumueller)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/put-transcoder-mbr-streams-to-streamzilla/33658 "2014-04-08T02:18:29Z")

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Hi guys, we have a wowza 4 installation with the transcoder addon. Is it possible to bring my MBR streams available on my streamzilla streams also including a backup rtsp stream - does anybody have experience in that i…

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## [Wowza EC2 autotuning custom AMI question](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-ec2-autotuning-custom-ami-question/39036)

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**Author:** [@Arpan\_Darivemula](https://community.wowza.com/u/Arpan_Darivemula)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-ec2-autotuning-custom-ami-question/39036 "2014-04-08T02:18:29Z")

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Hello, When we choose the AMI for wowza from the amazon marketplace (lets say we pick m1 small), I understand that wowza 4 is all autotuned now. We are making some changes on this image and saving it as our own AMI. If…

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## [Update wowza 4.0.1 to 4.0.3 problem](https://community.wowza.com/t/update-wowza-4-0-1-to-4-0-3-problem/42295)

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**Author:** [@Israel\_Sanchez](https://community.wowza.com/u/Israel_Sanchez)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/update-wowza-4-0-1-to-4-0-3-problem/42295 "2014-04-08T02:10:38Z")

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Hello, I am updating my wowza server engine version from 4.0.1 to 4.0.3 in a debian server, but whe I stop wowzaserverengine and wowzaserverenginemanager, I try to execute \[install dir\]/updates/\[update-dir\]/linux/ sudo .…

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## [Misunderstanding creation of SMIL files from transcoder.](https://community.wowza.com/t/misunderstanding-creation-of-smil-files-from-transcoder/39659)

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**Author:** [@Sam\_Shmayev](https://community.wowza.com/u/Sam_Shmayev)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/misunderstanding-creation-of-smil-files-from-transcoder/39659 "2014-04-08T01:06:35Z")

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Hi, I read the following tutorial. How to create and play SMIL files with streams created by Wowza Transcoder I see a smil file in the browser. I don’t understand, if the HttpProvider will create smil file in the con…

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## [offloading a manifest from memory](https://community.wowza.com/t/offloading-a-manifest-from-memory/689)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/offloading-a-manifest-from-memory/689 "2014-04-08T01:03:03Z")

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Hi there … is there any way to clear from memory a DVR manifest loaded? I mean, I’d like to force a reload of the manifest without restarting Wowza or the virtual instance Thanks

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## [Have Wowza removed third AWS offering?](https://community.wowza.com/t/have-wowza-removed-third-aws-offering/42584)

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**Author:** [@Mark\_Johnson](https://community.wowza.com/u/Mark_Johnson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/have-wowza-removed-third-aws-offering/42584 "2014-04-07T21:20:54Z")

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Looks like there are now only two AWS Markeptplace AMI offerings available, the option with Transcoder, Wowza Streaming Engine 4: Bundle 1 (Standard + 1 Transcoder ch + nDVR), has disappeared. This was there last week. C…

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## [Live stream delays slowly](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-delays-slowly/35666)

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**Author:** [@whei\_wong](https://community.wowza.com/u/whei_wong)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-delays-slowly/35666 "2014-04-07T20:53:16Z")

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Have anyone had any problems where the longer you stream, the longer the delay would be. It started with 3s delay, and after 10 mins, it’s about 15s… and this goes on. Any reason what’s going on?

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## [lifecycle of vod stream](https://community.wowza.com/t/lifecycle-of-vod-stream/42545)

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**Author:** [@Jee\_Vang](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jee_Vang)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/lifecycle-of-vod-stream/42545 "2014-04-07T20:39:03Z")

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currently, i’m using flowplayer to interact with wowza. i’ve also extended ModuleBase and enabled logging in all the overridden methods. i’ve noticed that the lifecycle for a VOD follows this pattern. onConnect onC…

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## [Stream screen video using wowza over udp](https://community.wowza.com/t/stream-screen-video-using-wowza-over-udp/40182)

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**Author:** [@sunny\_chandel](https://community.wowza.com/u/sunny_chandel)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2014, 11:33am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/stream-screen-video-using-wowza-over-udp/40182 "2014-04-07T11:33:46Z")

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HI I am new to wowza as well for streaming applications. Please help me that how can I stream my screen video to wowza server over udp. I am familiar with the use of ffmpeg. I am using ffmpeg to send stream to wowza se…

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## [Start stream on request and stop when nobody is viewing](https://community.wowza.com/t/start-stream-on-request-and-stop-when-nobody-is-viewing/42673)

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**Author:** [@Anisa\_Egeli](https://community.wowza.com/u/Anisa_Egeli)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2014, 11:31am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/start-stream-on-request-and-stop-when-nobody-is-viewing/42673 "2014-04-07T11:31:07Z")

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I am restreaming from IP cameras and to save bandwidth on data sent between the cameras and Wowza, I would like to start up the stream on Wowza when somebody requests to view the stream and then disconnect Wowza from the…

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## [HLS delivery to IOS/Android native player](https://community.wowza.com/t/hls-delivery-to-ios-android-native-player/42630)

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**Author:** [@Quang\_Nguyen](https://community.wowza.com/u/Quang_Nguyen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2014, 11:14am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hls-delivery-to-ios-android-native-player/42630 "2014-04-07T11:14:30Z")

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Hi there, I have been really struggling with the security measurement for our wowza server. I have been researching for 2 weeks now but have not found a sound solution so any help/direction would be much appreciated. M…

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