# Wowza Streaming Engine

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## [How to play S3 hosted videos with streamschedule.smil?](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-play-s3-hosted-videos-with-streamschedule-smil/40915)

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**Author:** [@Benjamin\_Bruce](https://community.wowza.com/u/Benjamin_Bruce)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-play-s3-hosted-videos-with-streamschedule-smil/40915 "2013-08-13T15:12:55Z")

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I apologize if this has already been answered in another thread, but I can’t seem to find anything, so here’s my question: With Wowza on an EC2 instance, how can I use streamschedule.smil to play videos hosted on S3? I’…

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## [Streaming a MPEG2 TS file to a Set Top Box](https://community.wowza.com/t/streaming-a-mpeg2-ts-file-to-a-set-top-box/40936)

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**Author:** [@Seemant\_Shankar](https://community.wowza.com/u/Seemant_Shankar)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2013, 11:43am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/streaming-a-mpeg2-ts-file-to-a-set-top-box/40936 "2013-08-13T11:43:50Z")

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So, I have this really weird problem. I am working on a video on demand solution for a Hybrid DTH Set Top Box. The problem is that this box can only read MPEG2 TS Files with AAC Audio. It does not support HLS, HDS or HSS…

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## [Live HLS broadcast - stops playback after 40 seconds](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-hls-broadcast-stops-playback-after-40-seconds/41013)

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**Author:** [@Nick\_Tandavanitj](https://community.wowza.com/u/Nick_Tandavanitj)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-hls-broadcast-stops-playback-after-40-seconds/41013 "2013-08-13T01:11:55Z")

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We’re experimenting with using JW Player for streaming a live broadcast to iOS devices. We’re running a Wowza Streaming Server and have an H.264 stream. Using the JWPlayer wizard, the following format RTMP stream works: …

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## [streaming TV Channels](https://community.wowza.com/t/streaming-tv-channels/38249)

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**Author:** [@Scoute\_McNelay](https://community.wowza.com/u/Scoute_McNelay)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 12, 2013, 11:35am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/streaming-tv-channels/38249 "2013-08-12T11:35:04Z")

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we have 10+ TV channels tie ups to broadcast on their website our own website mobile streaming give feed to other streaming websites as of now we were using 1 computer system per channel, dish on roof, vid…

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## [Can Wowza actually protect video streams??  (RTMPDUMPHELPER)](https://community.wowza.com/t/can-wowza-actually-protect-video-streams-rtmpdumphelper/41010)

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**Author:** [@Brent\_Harracksingh](https://community.wowza.com/u/Brent_Harracksingh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 12, 2013, 5:16am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/can-wowza-actually-protect-video-streams-rtmpdumphelper/41010 "2013-08-12T05:16:18Z")

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A friend of mine has spent over 2,000$ implementing wowza and ‘protecting’ his videos from being downloaded/ripped (other than from a screen capture which would lower the quality and wouldn’t be the original file). He h…

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## [Stream stops after 2 minutes.](https://community.wowza.com/t/stream-stops-after-2-minutes/393)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/stream-stops-after-2-minutes/393 "2013-08-11T15:02:24Z")

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Hi. Stream stops after 2 minutes. ip cam restreaming log 2013-08-02 08:43:16 CEST comment server INFO 200 - RTPSessionDescriptionDataProviderBasicRTSPWorker.onClose - - - 131.814 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -…

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## [vlc streaming using wowza and amazonEC2](https://community.wowza.com/t/vlc-streaming-using-wowza-and-amazonec2/41008)

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**Author:** [@sujin\_sr](https://community.wowza.com/u/sujin_sr)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2013, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/vlc-streaming-using-wowza-and-amazonec2/41008 "2013-08-09T13:29:44Z")

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I am using vlc and amazonEC2 with wowza license for video streaming. For testing purpose I created instance in amazonEC2 with wowza, i got below public DNS address ec2-54-251-165-32.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com …

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## [play RTMP stream in edge server](https://community.wowza.com/t/play-rtmp-stream-in-edge-server/40815)

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**Author:** [@andy\_choode](https://community.wowza.com/u/andy_choode)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2013, 11:54am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/play-rtmp-stream-in-edge-server/40815 "2013-08-09T11:54:22Z")

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I am learning the wowza origin/edge architecture and have doubt in the article : To play the stream in Adobe Flash Player (RTMP) Server: rtmp://\[wowza-edge-address\]:1935/liveedge Stream: rtmp://\[wowza-origin-address\]…

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## [MediaCache, Adaptive Streaming, AWS S3](https://community.wowza.com/t/mediacache-adaptive-streaming-aws-s3/34103)

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**Author:** [@Bernd\_Suenkel](https://community.wowza.com/u/Bernd_Suenkel)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 11:09am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/mediacache-adaptive-streaming-aws-s3/34103 "2013-08-08T11:09:33Z")

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I’ve setup MediaCache on a dedicated linux box to stream vod content from Amazon S3 through Wozwa 3. Let’s say I have a S3 Bucket: s3.example.com and MediaCacheSource configured with prefix “s3”: http http://s3.exampl…

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## [DRM in offline mode?](https://community.wowza.com/t/drm-in-offline-mode/33597)

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**Author:** [@Karel\_Boek](https://community.wowza.com/u/Karel_Boek)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 10:24am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/drm-in-offline-mode/33597 "2013-08-08T10:24:36Z")

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When running Wowza offline, what are the possibilities for security/protection? Is it possible to implement DRM; with a DRM server on the local network (or maybe even the same machine). And how about StreamLock, will tha…

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## [Barix Instreamer RTP](https://community.wowza.com/t/barix-instreamer-rtp/457)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 9:26am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/barix-instreamer-rtp/457 "2013-08-08T09:26:19Z")

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I’m trying to play a stream I’m sending from a Barix Audio encoder in MP3 @ RTP to Wowza server port 10000 According to the encoder manual the SDP in contents is: c=IN IP4 0.0.0.0 m=audio 10000 RTP/AVP 14 So my flash…

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## [We are unable to connect to the network. We apologize for the inconvenience.](https://community.wowza.com/t/we-are-unable-to-connect-to-the-network-we-apologize-for-the-inconvenience/41006)

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**Author:** [@Danish\_Taqvi](https://community.wowza.com/u/Danish_Taqvi)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 5:32am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/we-are-unable-to-connect-to-the-network-we-apologize-for-the-inconvenience/41006 "2013-08-08T05:32:00Z")

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Hi I am trying to embed streaming player code on my website but i am getting the following error We are unable to connect to the network. We apologize for the inconvenience. when access from other computers however st…

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## [SWF Hotlinking Protection - JW Player 6](https://community.wowza.com/t/swf-hotlinking-protection-jw-player-6/40848)

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**Author:** [@Kenny\_Johnson](https://community.wowza.com/u/Kenny_Johnson)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2013, 8:55am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/swf-hotlinking-protection-jw-player-6/40848 "2013-08-07T08:55:16Z")

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Hello, I found this post about protecting the swf from hotlinking. This might be what I need. I need to stop people form being able to just grab the source code and play my live stream from anywhere. https://www.wowza.…

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## [Android with Wowza and JW Player 6](https://community.wowza.com/t/android-with-wowza-and-jw-player-6/40850)

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**Author:** [@Kenny\_Johnson](https://community.wowza.com/u/Kenny_Johnson)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2013, 8:08am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/android-with-wowza-and-jw-player-6/40850 "2013-08-06T08:08:18Z")

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I have been reading & reading and it seems like everyone has trouble getting a live stream play consistently on android. Has anyone been able to get it to work? I have the jw player working great on iOS, Mac & PC I re…

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## [Issues with JWPLAYER and Adaptive Bit Rate](https://community.wowza.com/t/issues-with-jwplayer-and-adaptive-bit-rate/39118)

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**Author:** [@Brad\_Kaplan](https://community.wowza.com/u/Brad_Kaplan)\
**Replies:** 40\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2013, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/issues-with-jwplayer-and-adaptive-bit-rate/39118 "2013-08-05T12:26:41Z")

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Afraid that with all the steps I’ve managed to muddle my way through with setting up a working installation, I’m officially at my wit’s end on this one. I have an origin-edge setup with the edge running transcoder to ge…

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## [muxing ip audio and ip video with ffmpeg](https://community.wowza.com/t/muxing-ip-audio-and-ip-video-with-ffmpeg/40754)

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**Author:** [@Brendan\_Thompson](https://community.wowza.com/u/Brendan_Thompson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/muxing-ip-audio-and-ip-video-with-ffmpeg/40754 "2013-08-03T17:31:50Z")

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Hi. This is more of a note than a question. I’ve been trying for the last several days to mux an ip audio and ip video signal that is then restreamed out to Wowza. I was completely unable to find a solution or get help b…

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## [HLS / Smooth Live streams thumbnails](https://community.wowza.com/t/hls-smooth-live-streams-thumbnails/38648)

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**Author:** [@Alexandre\_Coelho](https://community.wowza.com/u/Alexandre_Coelho)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hls-smooth-live-streams-thumbnails/38648 "2013-08-02T15:05:12Z")

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Hello, We are receiving live streams from one of our partners, already wrapped up in either HLS or Smooth Streaming. Our partner is also using Wowza, but is not willing to implement a “snapshot / thumbnail” function on…

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## [How To Disable Restream through ffmpeg or Rtmp Dump.](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-disable-restream-through-ffmpeg-or-rtmp-dump/40931)

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**Author:** [@mian\_saad](https://community.wowza.com/u/mian_saad)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2013, 9:52am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-disable-restream-through-ffmpeg-or-rtmp-dump/40931 "2013-08-02T09:52:17Z")

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Dear Team, We need some help regarding re-stream issue. Some of guys are re-streaming our channels through ffmpeg and using their TV box as they use RTMP, File name, SWF url & Page url. We are loosing our bandwidth as w…

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## [Play FLV on all devices?](https://community.wowza.com/t/play-flv-on-all-devices/39046)

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**Author:** [@Rick\_Scolaro](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rick_Scolaro)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2013, 9:35am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/play-flv-on-all-devices/39046 "2013-08-02T09:35:48Z")

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Hello, I run Wowza Media Server to play FLV files for our clients. Is there a way I can play an RTMP stream on all devices like YouTube? Haven’t found a good answer for this yet. Rick

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## [Modify JWPlayer embed to support Android somehow](https://community.wowza.com/t/modify-jwplayer-embed-to-support-android-somehow/37477)

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**Author:** [@Chris\_Pearce](https://community.wowza.com/u/Chris_Pearce)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/modify-jwplayer-embed-to-support-android-somehow/37477 "2013-08-01T14:25:33Z")

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OK, so I have read what a nightmare Android is. I’m also not a HTML hacker. But, I have got the following code working to support live streaming to IOS and Flash using JWPlayer 6. What I need now is a way to modify this …

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## [Can not transcode to iphone and some android devices only the samsung 4 works](https://community.wowza.com/t/can-not-transcode-to-iphone-and-some-android-devices-only-the-samsung-4-works/37986)

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**Author:** [@Cora\_Collins](https://community.wowza.com/u/Cora_Collins)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2013, 8:32am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/can-not-transcode-to-iphone-and-some-android-devices-only-the-samsung-4-works/37986 "2013-08-01T08:32:31Z")

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I am having trouble transcoding to iphone and android devices got several errors but dont know how to resolve. Please can someone help Here is a copy of my log files #Version: 1.0 #Start-Date: 2013-07-13 22:00:28 PDT …

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## [Difference between Standalone and Service](https://community.wowza.com/t/difference-between-standalone-and-service/40714)

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**Author:** [@Gulshan\_Budhiraja](https://community.wowza.com/u/Gulshan_Budhiraja)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2013, 7:49am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/difference-between-standalone-and-service/40714 "2013-08-01T07:49:43Z")

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Wanted to know the difference between Wowza Standalone and Service. What advantage one have over each other

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## [Lag, the most hideous time wasting lag](https://community.wowza.com/t/lag-the-most-hideous-time-wasting-lag/40900)

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**Author:** [@Damian\_McCracken](https://community.wowza.com/u/Damian_McCracken)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/lag-the-most-hideous-time-wasting-lag/40900 "2013-07-31T20:19:57Z")

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I’ll admit with wowza I’m in-experienced and I’m learning as I go. I come from a WMS / IIS background so I’ve learnt while hitting the ground running. But with live streams I’m experiencing lag of around 30 - 45 seconds…

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## [IP Security Camera rtsp  to rtmp using Wowza does not work with Flash Player](https://community.wowza.com/t/ip-security-camera-rtsp-to-rtmp-using-wowza-does-not-work-with-flash-player/40916)

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**Author:** [@Tughan\_Hafizoglu](https://community.wowza.com/u/Tughan_Hafizoglu)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ip-security-camera-rtsp-to-rtmp-using-wowza-does-not-work-with-flash-player/40916 "2013-07-31T15:46:50Z")

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Hello Everyone, We have a Sony IPELA SNC-VB630 unit which streams H.264 video and AAC audio using rtsp. We are also using Wowza Server 2 in order to change the protocol and wrap the audio&video into RTMP. We are using t…

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## [Android RTSP - very slow stream loading/buffering, how to fix?](https://community.wowza.com/t/android-rtsp-very-slow-stream-loading-buffering-how-to-fix/35093)

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**Author:** [@Rob\_W](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rob_W)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/android-rtsp-very-slow-stream-loading-buffering-how-to-fix/35093 "2013-07-31T14:58:36Z")

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Hi forum We’re currently setting up a system which looks rather like this: \[origin Icecast server, MP3 streams\] -\> \[Wowza transcoder, MP3 to AAC\] -\> \[Wowza Edge server(s)\] -\> Android listeners I’m finding that there i…

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## [Apache Proxy to hide ip in source code](https://community.wowza.com/t/apache-proxy-to-hide-ip-in-source-code/40844)

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**Author:** [@Kenny\_Johnson](https://community.wowza.com/u/Kenny_Johnson)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2013, 5:17am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/apache-proxy-to-hide-ip-in-source-code/40844 "2013-07-31T05:17:33Z")

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I use proxypass and proxypassreverse to hide the ip in the source code of our video web pages… I am testing wowza to see if it will work for us. This works in apache. ProxyPass /webcams/webcam1/ http://xx.xx.xx.xx:81/ …

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## [Daily license question](https://community.wowza.com/t/daily-license-question/40878)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_Howard](https://community.wowza.com/u/Michael_Howard)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/daily-license-question/40878 "2013-07-30T19:05:00Z")

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Is there a minimum amount of time before you are charged for a day or is a day prorated? I like to do a lot of testing from time to time and I can see a case where I stream for 10 minutes doing a test. I would hate for i…

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## [Generating audio-only stream with HLS adaptive bitstream](https://community.wowza.com/t/generating-audio-only-stream-with-hls-adaptive-bitstream/34901)

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**Author:** [@Simon\_Buckle](https://community.wowza.com/u/Simon_Buckle)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/generating-audio-only-stream-with-hls-adaptive-bitstream/34901 "2013-07-30T17:25:10Z")

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I’m running the latest version of Wowza (3.6.2) on Linux and I’m using the Transcoder Add-on to generate multiple renditions of a live stream. I’m trying to produce an audio-only stream but I don’t seem to be able to get…

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## [JW Player 6 for live stream from ip camera](https://community.wowza.com/t/jw-player-6-for-live-stream-from-ip-camera/40843)

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**Author:** [@Kenny\_Johnson](https://community.wowza.com/u/Kenny_Johnson)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2013, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/jw-player-6-for-live-stream-from-ip-camera/40843 "2013-07-30T12:16:43Z")

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Hello, our ip cameras give us an rtsp url. I have that stream working with the default wowza flash player. I am trying to just embed the live video into web pages with a flash player. This example seems to be for play…

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## [Smil Problem: Medialist is Empty](https://community.wowza.com/t/smil-problem-medialist-is-empty/40910)

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**Author:** [@Stefano\_Stella](https://community.wowza.com/u/Stefano_Stella)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2013, 11:59am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/smil-problem-medialist-is-empty/40910 "2013-07-30T11:59:35Z")

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Hi, I need to reproduce a playlist of files. I’m trying to use Wowza Transcoder using smil file. Is that solution the correct one? For now I tried the following. Created an application called “test”, created director…

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