# Wowza Streaming Engine **URL:** https://community.wowza.com/c/wowza-streaming-engine/8.md?page=295 [Latest](https://community.wowza.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.wowza.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.wowza.com/tags.md) **Page:** 296 --- ## [Online TV Architecture](https://community.wowza.com/t/online-tv-architecture/38209)
**Author:** [@Emerson\_Brito](https://community.wowza.com/u/Emerson_Brito)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/online-tv-architecture/38209 "2012-08-08T15:52:19Z")
Hello there; I have to create a web TV to provide live and on-demand video and I’d like to know if someone out there can share some thoughts and/or give me some advice on this. I coming from the “Windows Media Services… --- ## [Create on-demand video clip from live stream at regular intervals](https://community.wowza.com/t/create-on-demand-video-clip-from-live-stream-at-regular-intervals/33789)
**Author:** [@Scott\_Gorman](https://community.wowza.com/u/Scott_Gorman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/create-on-demand-video-clip-from-live-stream-at-regular-intervals/33789 "2012-08-08T12:28:49Z")
Is there a way to create on-demand clips without stopping the encoder? We have our 24/7 live stream and every hour we would like to generate a file to add to our on-demand pool of clips. Is this possible and what versio… --- ## [Air, IOS, and HLS](https://community.wowza.com/t/air-ios-and-hls/39108)
**Author:** [@Hunter\_Green](https://community.wowza.com/u/Hunter_Green)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 9:45am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/air-ios-and-hls/39108 "2012-08-08T09:45:32Z")
I’ve made an adaption of the videochat example… it publishes h264 video (no audio, at present) to rtmp://\[myserver\]:1935/myApp/myStream. When I export the project as a swf and view in the browser, I can successfully subs… --- ## [MP4 HLS Android streaming starts slow](https://community.wowza.com/t/mp4-hls-android-streaming-starts-slow/34344)
**Author:** [@Jarno\_Veuger](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jarno_Veuger)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2012, 7:36am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/mp4-hls-android-streaming-starts-slow/34344 "2012-08-07T07:36:21Z")
Hi, We’re experimenting with streaming MP4 VOD files over HLS/HTTP on Android. It seems to work fine, however, it takes quite long to start the stream. The same machine handles RTMP streams in less than a second (only t… --- ## [Live stream using flash on iOS & non iOS](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-using-flash-on-ios-non-ios/38400)
**Author:** [@hoswa\_nandez](https://community.wowza.com/u/hoswa_nandez)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-using-flash-on-ios-non-ios/38400 "2012-08-06T18:09:07Z")
Forgive my noob question because Im a bit confused, if is it possible to do live stream using flash on ipads and iphones and etc… as syncronized as a normal web live stream? or is it only static flash videos that the tra… --- ## [Wowza Media Server 3 stops working automatically](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-media-server-3-stops-working-automatically/37785)
**Author:** [@kamaldeep\_kahlon](https://community.wowza.com/u/kamaldeep_kahlon)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2012, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-media-server-3-stops-working-automatically/37785 "2012-08-06T12:02:10Z")
Dear Wowza Support Team We have installed Wowza Media Server 3.0.3 on our CentOS 5.5 Operating System. We have 16 GB Ram in this server. Our Trial Free edition of Wowza was working fine without any issues. But after pur… --- ## [How to set up un Debian ffmpeg as a transcoding and wowza as streaming server](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-set-up-un-debian-ffmpeg-as-a-transcoding-and-wowza-as-streaming-server/36949)
**Author:** [@Vadim\_Lungu](https://community.wowza.com/u/Vadim_Lungu)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-set-up-un-debian-ffmpeg-as-a-transcoding-and-wowza-as-streaming-server/36949 "2012-08-03T14:08:16Z")
Hello everyone, I will be extremely if some one could help me. My problem look as follows: I want to use one server for transcoding purpose, for transcoding I use ffmpeg. Server OS is Debian sqeezy x64. The incoming s… --- ## [Using gstreamer-0.10 with Wowza](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-gstreamer-0-10-with-wowza/306)
**Author:** [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2012, 10:00am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-gstreamer-0-10-with-wowza/306 "2012-08-03T10:00:21Z")
Hi I’ve begun experimenting using Wowza together with the gstreamer media framework. Here’s the cmd line i’m using: gst-launch-0.10 -vvv videotestsrc ! queue ! x264enc byte-stream=true bitrate=300 ! rtph264pay ! udps… --- ## [Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder VBR in h.264](https://community.wowza.com/t/adobe-flash-media-live-encoder-vbr-in-h-264/33664)
**Author:** [@Delton\_Richter](https://community.wowza.com/u/Delton_Richter)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/adobe-flash-media-live-encoder-vbr-in-h-264/33664 "2012-08-02T16:32:13Z")
I did read in an adobe forum that FMLE use variable bitrate when enconding in H.264 (the bitrate informed in encoder is like a average target) and using VP6 codec it not exceed the video bitrate. But this VBR mode can c… --- ## [Flash 11.3.x + Firefox (protected mode) - Failed to connect to RTMPS stream](https://community.wowza.com/t/flash-11-3-x-firefox-protected-mode-failed-to-connect-to-rtmps-stream/39068)
**Author:** [@Roman\_Sedlecky](https://community.wowza.com/u/Roman_Sedlecky)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2012, 9:33am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/flash-11-3-x-firefox-protected-mode-failed-to-connect-to-rtmps-stream/39068 "2012-08-01T09:33:05Z")
Hello! Opening a netconnection to an RTMPS stream fails without any notice (netstatus or error). This happens for Flash Player 11.3.x with the new protected mode for Firefox (only with the release Flash Player versions,… --- ## [Playing wowza stream through Kaltura player](https://community.wowza.com/t/playing-wowza-stream-through-kaltura-player/39052)
**Author:** [@walter\_greene](https://community.wowza.com/u/walter_greene)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2012, 8:50am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/playing-wowza-stream-through-kaltura-player/39052 "2012-08-01T08:50:45Z")
What info is needed to play a stream through Kaltura’s player. Such as file name, stream name and what format? --- ## [Transcode HTTP Smooth Streaming to RTSP](https://community.wowza.com/t/transcode-http-smooth-streaming-to-rtsp/36344)
**Author:** [@N\_N](https://community.wowza.com/u/N_N)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2012, 8:01am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/transcode-http-smooth-streaming-to-rtsp/36344 "2012-08-01T08:01:57Z")
Hi, Can Wowza transcode SmoothStreaming to RTSP? The ideia is to pick each SS bitrate profile and transform it into diferent RTSP streams (each one according to the SS profile). Thanks! NN --- ## [Live stream RTMP server failover with JW Player](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-rtmp-server-failover-with-jw-player/39092)
**Author:** [@Jeremy\_Shimko](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jeremy_Shimko)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-rtmp-server-failover-with-jw-player/39092 "2012-07-31T17:33:49Z")
I don’t know if this has been covered here before, but I feel like I’ve scoured this forum and the internet for long enough and I’m at the point where I really just need a solution so I can move on. I know I can’t possib… --- ## [Error # 2032](https://community.wowza.com/t/error-2032/39080)
**Author:** [@Brian\_Steinle](https://community.wowza.com/u/Brian_Steinle)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2012, 8:44am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/error-2032/39080 "2012-07-30T08:44:58Z")
I started with a brand new install of Wowza Server 3.1.2 and followed all the steps for the RTMP based tutorial https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-set-up-live-streaming-using-an-rtmp-based-encoder. Once complete I tested … --- ## [onFillChunkDataPacket behavior for RTMP and RTSP publishing](https://community.wowza.com/t/onfillchunkdatapacket-behavior-for-rtmp-and-rtsp-publishing/39019)
**Author:** [@Eugene\_Krupatkin](https://community.wowza.com/u/Eugene_Krupatkin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2012, 9:37am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/onfillchunkdatapacket-behavior-for-rtmp-and-rtsp-publishing/39019 "2012-07-27T09:37:06Z")
I’m new here, so my question might be a bit off: I’m sending ID3 tags to iPad using the following code from live RTMP and RTSP streams: import com.wowza.wms.module.\*; import com.wowza.wms.amf.\*; import com.wowza.wms.ap… --- ## [live stream on Iphone stops after 5 seconds, skipping, jumping](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-on-iphone-stops-after-5-seconds-skipping-jumping/37618)
**Author:** [@Reberto\_Ookla](https://community.wowza.com/u/Reberto_Ookla)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2012, 9:07am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-on-iphone-stops-after-5-seconds-skipping-jumping/37618 "2012-07-27T09:07:29Z")
I have been testing live streaming on iphone. Sometimes it works fine, but most of the time the channel stops after 5-10 seconds, or skipping, jumping a lot. The live streamign is encoded with H264, Base Profile 3.1, AC… --- ## [Linux and OSX tuning, running the "server" Java VM (tuning)](https://community.wowza.com/t/linux-and-osx-tuning-running-the-server-java-vm-tuning/44)
**Author:** [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2012, 5:32am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/linux-and-osx-tuning-running-the-server-java-vm-tuning/44 "2012-07-27T05:32:45Z")
Issue Depending on your platform, the installed version of the Java VM and Wowza Pro configuration, you may be running the client version of the Java VM. The Wowza Pro server will function better when using the server v… --- ## [Live stream - Check if user is member of an Active directory group](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-check-if-user-is-member-of-an-active-directory-group/36487)
**Author:** [@Marco](https://community.wowza.com/u/Marco)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-check-if-user-is-member-of-an-active-directory-group/36487 "2012-07-27T03:54:37Z")
Hello! I’d like to permit live view via our wowza server only with a certain user that are member of a specific group on our AD. The player is embedded in a flash container (like flowplayer) on our intranet webpage. T… --- ## [Variable bitrate stream name, Flash client](https://community.wowza.com/t/variable-bitrate-stream-name-flash-client/39025)
**Author:** [@Marko\_Markovic](https://community.wowza.com/u/Marko_Markovic)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/variable-bitrate-stream-name-flash-client/39025 "2012-07-25T17:58:33Z")
We are having trouble implementing variable bitrate Flash client for Wowza. With ordinary streams, everything works perfectly (the video is played smoothly). But if we switch the stream name to, for example, ngrp:mpegts.… --- ## [monitoring incoming stream's bitrate not reliable?](https://community.wowza.com/t/monitoring-incoming-streams-bitrate-not-reliable/35263)
**Author:** [@Jon\_Achai](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jon_Achai)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/monitoring-incoming-streams-bitrate-not-reliable/35263 "2012-07-23T23:10:03Z")
Hi, In our custom module we implemented a monitor thread that checks every 4 seconds the bitrate of the incoming stream so in case the bitrate is too low or there is some kind of problem with the stream we can disconnec… --- ## [how to use ffmpeg as transcoding and wowza as streaming ?](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-use-ffmpeg-as-transcoding-and-wowza-as-streaming/36946)
**Author:** [@Vadim\_Lungu](https://community.wowza.com/u/Vadim_Lungu)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2012, 12:32pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-use-ffmpeg-as-transcoding-and-wowza-as-streaming/36946 "2012-07-23T12:32:55Z")
Hello everyone, for couple of days I’m trying to get a live stream, having the following architecture: source stream: is a h.264 video and MPEG1 multicast as a transcoding I want to use ffmpeg, that is placed on a vir… --- ## [Can't get wouza to stream live video from vc3 encoder](https://community.wowza.com/t/cant-get-wouza-to-stream-live-video-from-vc3-encoder/39061)
**Author:** [@Barry\_Holzsweig](https://community.wowza.com/u/Barry_Holzsweig)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2012, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/cant-get-wouza-to-stream-live-video-from-vc3-encoder/39061 "2012-07-23T12:31:35Z")
I have an Adobe Visual Communicator 3 encoder running live stream to local Wouza server. /the encoder shows it’s connected to the server but when I run Examples Livevideostreaming Client Live Server:rtmp://localhost… --- ## [WOWZA and Kaltura Ce5](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-and-kaltura-ce5/39051)
**Author:** [@walter\_greene](https://community.wowza.com/u/walter_greene)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2012, 7:13am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-and-kaltura-ce5/39051 "2012-07-23T07:13:21Z")
We have Kaltura and Wowza on the same box. Kaltura is using port 80 and wowza is using port 1935. We want the best of both worlds. We want to upload through Kaltura but want to use the streaming capabilities of wowza. We… --- ## [CDN software with Wowza](https://community.wowza.com/t/cdn-software-with-wowza/34368)
**Author:** [@Piet\_Mollen](https://community.wowza.com/u/Piet_Mollen)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/cdn-software-with-wowza/34368 "2012-07-21T20:47:45Z")
Has anyone setup his own Content Delivery Network in use with Wowza? I’m currently looking for options to build a CDN for our company, which is going to serve VOD to customers in Holland and a few (big ones) in Germany … --- ## [live streaming question - possible with separate audio source?](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-streaming-question-possible-with-separate-audio-source/39055)
**Author:** [@Zsuzsanna\_Sinka](https://community.wowza.com/u/Zsuzsanna_Sinka)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2012, 10:15am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-streaming-question-possible-with-separate-audio-source/39055 "2012-07-21T10:15:20Z")
i am pretty new to the topic, but so far i like the wowza server a lot. i would like to broadcast a live stream with a video coming from a playlist and an audio coming from somewhere different, e.g from a radio. I have … --- ## [Live stream works on iPad but not on iPhone or Android.](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-works-on-ipad-but-not-on-iphone-or-android/39024)
**Author:** [@Paul\_Markson](https://community.wowza.com/u/Paul_Markson)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-works-on-ipad-but-not-on-iphone-or-android/39024 "2012-07-20T17:28:25Z")
Hello, I am using Wowza on Amazon EC2. I am using Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder to Stream into the instance. The stream works fine on PC and iPad. But it does not work on iPhone or Android. THIS STREAM WORKS ON IPAD BU… --- ## [publish rtmp with user id and password](https://community.wowza.com/t/publish-rtmp-with-user-id-and-password/38882)
**Author:** [@Geo\_ab](https://community.wowza.com/u/Geo_ab)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/publish-rtmp-with-user-id-and-password/38882 "2012-07-20T12:08:54Z")
Hi, I gave the following to use the user id and password so that we can give a demo for a remote user to publish his stream I tried Flash media live encoder. It connects to the server using user name nad password but … --- ## [Wowza RTMP streams SLOW after updates to server](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-rtmp-streams-slow-after-updates-to-server/39043)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Scolaro](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rick_Scolaro)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2012, 10:40am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-rtmp-streams-slow-after-updates-to-server/39043 "2012-07-20T10:40:51Z")
MY BUILD I am using a Linux CENTOS 6 server with Plesk 10.4.4 Apache and Wowza Media Server 3. The server is a quad core and has 12GB RAM. WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE I was having a problem with some Wordpress websites that … --- ## [Transcoder Add-on quality and CBR vs. VBR](https://community.wowza.com/t/transcoder-add-on-quality-and-cbr-vs-vbr/446)
**Author:** [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2012, 12:04pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/transcoder-add-on-quality-and-cbr-vs-vbr/446 "2012-07-19T12:04:44Z")
Hi, I’ve been trialling Transcoder, with some success. Why is video quality lower when CUDA accererated transcoding (acctulaty transrating) is used? 1a. Is the quality lower also when quicksync acceleration is used? … --- ## [What's the lowest delay you can realistically get for HLS playback on iOS](https://community.wowza.com/t/whats-the-lowest-delay-you-can-realistically-get-for-hls-playback-on-ios/39053)
**Author:** [@J\_R](https://community.wowza.com/u/J_R)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/whats-the-lowest-delay-you-can-realistically-get-for-hls-playback-on-ios/39053 "2012-07-18T16:29:45Z")
It seems like the standard delay for HTTP Live Streaming is 10-30 seconds. What would I need to do to get that under 5 seconds? What’s the lowest I can go reliably and still provide decent picture+audio quality? [Previous page](https://community.wowza.com/c/wowza-streaming-engine/8.md?page=294) [Next page](https://community.wowza.com/c/wowza-streaming-engine/8.md?page=296)