# Wowza Streaming Engine

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## [How to get the variable frame rate for a stream?](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-get-the-variable-frame-rate-for-a-stream/96657)

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**Author:** [@17257a140f684a4cbd81](https://community.wowza.com/u/17257a140f684a4cbd81)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2023, 8:56am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-get-the-variable-frame-rate-for-a-stream/96657 "2023-11-20T08:56:20Z")

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I am streaming a camera that has a frame rate which is not constant. I am writing a custom logic to calculate my frame and packet losses for that stream but the issue is that the frame rate for the stream it is fetching …

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## [Server configuration for 450 concurrent streams on WSE?](https://community.wowza.com/t/server-configuration-for-450-concurrent-streams-on-wse/96655)

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**Author:** [@ce784c9260a8905fc12a](https://community.wowza.com/u/ce784c9260a8905fc12a)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2023, 6:28am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/server-configuration-for-450-concurrent-streams-on-wse/96655 "2023-11-20T06:28:09Z")

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What should be my server configuration if I need to stream 450 concurrent stream sources, at 480p 500kbps (bitrate) without any transcoding, and the the viewership is a single viewer for each of the 450 streams (similar …

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## [How to Convert timed metadata from AMF to ID3 for CMAF (LL-HLS)](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-convert-timed-metadata-from-amf-to-id3-for-cmaf-ll-hls/96626)

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**Author:** [@Alan\_Price](https://community.wowza.com/u/Alan_Price)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2023, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-convert-timed-metadata-from-amf-to-id3-for-cmaf-ll-hls/96626 "2023-11-14T13:07:18Z")

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Hello, We have a custom wowza module based on this https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-convert-timed-metadata-from-amf-to-id3-using-the-wowza-streaming-engine-java-api . We use it to pull AMF data out of the inbound rtmp…

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## [RTMP publish stream is unstable](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtmp-publish-stream-is-unstable/96635)

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**Author:** [@Phung\_Thang](https://community.wowza.com/u/Phung_Thang)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtmp-publish-stream-is-unstable/96635 "2023-11-10T04:11:18Z")

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Hi, I send the RTMP stream from the IP camera to Wowza Streaming Engine but when I use this RTMP stream for live viewing it doesn’t work properly. I’m trying to watch it on VLC player and every 15-20 seconds it keeps di…

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## [Any downside in setting ApplicationTimeout to 0](https://community.wowza.com/t/any-downside-in-setting-applicationtimeout-to-0/96628)

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**Author:** [@Yudong\_Li](https://community.wowza.com/u/Yudong_Li)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2023, 4:00am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/any-downside-in-setting-applicationtimeout-to-0/96628 "2023-11-08T04:00:37Z")

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From the documentation: ApplicationTimeout Length of time, in milliseconds, that the server will wait before shutting down an application to which no clients are connected. A Timeout value of 0 keeps applications r…

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## [Api REST invalido](https://community.wowza.com/t/api-rest-invalido/96613)

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**Author:** [@Carl\_Wayne](https://community.wowza.com/u/Carl_Wayne)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/api-rest-invalido/96613 "2023-10-31T00:58:32Z")

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Wowza Streaming Engine Manager could not connect to the Wowza Streaming Engine service(http://Waynevirtuality.net:8088). Verify that the Wowza Streaming Engine service has started and is running. Cómo puedo solucionar e…

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## [How can I change my Akamai HLS Stream target playlist from playlist.m3u8 to master.m3u8?](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-change-my-akamai-hls-stream-target-playlist-from-playlist-m3u8-to-master-m3u8/96591)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_Tompkins](https://community.wowza.com/u/Michael_Tompkins)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-change-my-akamai-hls-stream-target-playlist-from-playlist-m3u8-to-master-m3u8/96591 "2023-10-24T22:50:56Z")

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Hi All. I’m needing to change my playlist file extension from playlist.m3u8 to master.m3u8 to match another encoder I’m using. The stream target is an Akamai HLS Push type. Any ideas where I can change this, or how I ma…

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## [AV1 support with WebRTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/av1-support-with-webrtc/96238)

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**Author:** [@Daniel\_Rossi1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Daniel_Rossi1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/av1-support-with-webrtc/96238 "2023-10-23T20:19:01Z")

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I was wondering if AV1 codec with WebRTC will be available for testing soon ?

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## [Exploring External Transcoding Options to Offload CPU Load from My Wowza Server](https://community.wowza.com/t/exploring-external-transcoding-options-to-offload-cpu-load-from-my-wowza-server/96574)

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**Author:** [@Axel\_Gomez1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Axel_Gomez1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/exploring-external-transcoding-options-to-offload-cpu-load-from-my-wowza-server/96574 "2023-10-18T18:09:10Z")

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Hello Wowza Community, I’ve been using Wowza Streaming Engine to provide live video streaming services to my clients for some time now. It’s been serving me well, but recently, I’ve faced a challenge. An increasing numb…

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## [Nginx Conditional Logging by URL Filtering w/ WSE?](https://community.wowza.com/t/nginx-conditional-logging-by-url-filtering-w-wse/96570)

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**Author:** [@Rich\_Sokol](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rich_Sokol)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/nginx-conditional-logging-by-url-filtering-w-wse/96570 "2023-10-16T17:49:15Z")

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We front-end our WSE implementations with Nginx. This allows us to control SSL and pass along the user identity information. In our Nginx logs, we are getting entries for each fragment that WSE serves, AKA \_0.ts, \_1.ts…

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## [SSL setup and vhost.xml](https://community.wowza.com/t/ssl-setup-and-vhost-xml/94357)

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**Author:** [@andrew\_wojtowicz](https://community.wowza.com/u/andrew_wojtowicz)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ssl-setup-and-vhost-xml/94357 "2023-10-10T19:05:24Z")

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I think I have the certificate setup correctly now but now I need to configure the host port to use 443. I don’t see anywhere in the file where its listing 443 or do I have to change an existing one?

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## [Shoutcast restream](https://community.wowza.com/t/shoutcast-restream/96554)

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**Author:** [@2e19d9d1b8b5439eb16d](https://community.wowza.com/u/2e19d9d1b8b5439eb16d)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/shoutcast-restream/96554 "2023-10-09T20:27:35Z")

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Hi there, I’m currently on a trial for the wowza streaming engine and testing out the restream feature for shoutcast I followed the official tutorial on how to achieve this and everything seems to be working fine from th…

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## [CEA608 rollup with onTextData injection](https://community.wowza.com/t/cea608-rollup-with-ontextdata-injection/96511)

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**Author:** [@Daniel\_Rossi1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Daniel_Rossi1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/cea608-rollup-with-ontextdata-injection/96511 "2023-10-09T01:15:19Z")

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I asked the question before. I was wondering what the setting on the server is to enable rollup captions when injecting live captions with onTextData. The captions need to rollup and not disappear when displaying as nati…

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## [How to use html video player to play wowza hls live stream?](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-use-html-video-player-to-play-wowza-hls-live-stream/96125)

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**Author:** [@Wei\_Liang\_Chen](https://community.wowza.com/u/Wei_Liang_Chen)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2023, 9:17am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-use-html-video-player-to-play-wowza-hls-live-stream/96125 "2023-10-06T09:17:32Z")

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Hi, I have build a live applications. I can play live stream url with VLC Player. But I can’t play the same url with Wowza Test Player. How to play live stream with html video player. It this the correct hls live strea…

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## [ITranscoderAudioEncoderNotify: how to hook it up](https://community.wowza.com/t/itranscoderaudioencodernotify-how-to-hook-it-up/96541)

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**Author:** [@Scott\_Kellicker2](https://community.wowza.com/u/Scott_Kellicker2)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/itranscoderaudioencodernotify-how-to-hook-it-up/96541 "2023-10-05T14:45:09Z")

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The WSE docs for transcoder have several interfaces for listening to frames. For example, ITranscoderAudioFrameNotify2 can be used to listen to raw decoded audio packets by calling TranscoderSessionAudio.addListener(). …

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## [Why do files automatically appear in the content folder?](https://community.wowza.com/t/why-do-files-automatically-appear-in-the-content-folder/53183)

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**Author:** [@Neo\_Nam](https://community.wowza.com/u/Neo_Nam)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/why-do-files-automatically-appear-in-the-content-folder/53183 "2023-10-05T12:31:34Z")

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HI, Why do files automatically appear in the content folder? i used live streaming and l did not record. It happens every time I use live streaming. What settings can prevent file creation? help

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## [How to increase the default webrtc session timeout value](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-increase-the-default-webrtc-session-timeout-value/96539)

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**Author:** [@Alok\_Kumar2](https://community.wowza.com/u/Alok_Kumar2)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 7:02am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-increase-the-default-webrtc-session-timeout-value/96539 "2023-10-05T07:02:13Z")

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Hi, we are noticing the following log in Wowza log files. WebRTCSession.shutdown\[309732651\]: Shutting down WebRTC session due to idle timeout. Time elapsed between last activity10006, configured idleTimeout=10000 - - -…

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## [Understanding logs - "Stream Not healthy"](https://community.wowza.com/t/understanding-logs-stream-not-healthy/96529)

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**Author:** [@Alok\_Kumar2](https://community.wowza.com/u/Alok_Kumar2)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/understanding-logs-stream-not-healthy/96529 "2023-10-04T13:22:09Z")

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Hi, We use Wowza streaming engine to connect to IP cameras via VMS such as Genetec, Milestone etc. For some of the RTSP camera urls, we have noticed the following logs in Wowza log files MediaCasterStreamValidator.onV…

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## [how to process video/audio/metadata using Wowza API/SDK when packaging to HLS?](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-process-video-audio-metadata-using-wowza-api-sdk-when-packaging-to-hls/96532)

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**Author:** [@68ffd9d0e3b47446598b](https://community.wowza.com/u/68ffd9d0e3b47446598b)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 12:03pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-process-video-audio-metadata-using-wowza-api-sdk-when-packaging-to-hls/96532 "2023-10-04T12:03:22Z")

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When transmitting MPEG-2 TS video sent to Wowza via rtsp/rtp from Wowza to HLS, how to process video/audio/metadata using Wowza API/SDK when packaging to HLS?

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## [IOS 15 WebRTC problem](https://community.wowza.com/t/ios-15-webrtc-problem/93868)

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**Author:** [@Mark\_Malmros](https://community.wowza.com/u/Mark_Malmros)\
**Replies:** 34\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ios-15-webrtc-problem/93868 "2023-09-26T17:19:14Z")

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We have a problem that our WebRTC application is not supported in Safari on iOS 15. It works fine on iOS 14.x. Both on our production and test environment we get the same error in Safari developer console: “WebSocket c…

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## [Hey guys any idea why I am getting 224003 error?](https://community.wowza.com/t/hey-guys-any-idea-why-i-am-getting-224003-error/96510)

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**Author:** [@amado\_arias](https://community.wowza.com/u/amado_arias)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hey-guys-any-idea-why-i-am-getting-224003-error/96510 "2023-09-23T23:33:42Z")

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was working fine nothing changed except perhaps server got more full so we deleted files restarted apache and it worked again for a little bit then stopped working again; cannot access the wowza backend the page itself w…

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## [When multicast feed from source encoder/transcoder stops, Wowza responds to downstream players with 404 on request for playlist](https://community.wowza.com/t/when-multicast-feed-from-source-encoder-transcoder-stops-wowza-responds-to-downstream-players-with-404-on-request-for-playlist/96490)

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**Author:** [@Rob\_McCann](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rob_McCann)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/when-multicast-feed-from-source-encoder-transcoder-stops-wowza-responds-to-downstream-players-with-404-on-request-for-playlist/96490 "2023-09-14T16:54:10Z")

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Is this the expected behaviour? Why not a 503 instead? Can this behaviour be changed in settings?

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## [Failed update from 4.8.19+1 to 4.8.24+4](https://community.wowza.com/t/failed-update-from-4-8-19-1-to-4-8-24-4/96485)

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**Author:** [@Dave\_Goodrich](https://community.wowza.com/u/Dave_Goodrich)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/failed-update-from-4-8-19-1-to-4-8-24-4/96485 "2023-09-13T13:24:50Z")

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Attempted update to 4.8.24 and the server would not start. Ensured that Java jre-11.0.2-http from the wowza website as installed. Reinstalled the jre and the server continued to fail startup with no discernable error. Re…

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## [WowzaStreamingEngine won't start after upgraded to 4.8.0](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowzastreamingengine-wont-start-after-upgraded-to-4-8-0/54989)

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**Author:** [@Sobari\_Tanuwijaya1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Sobari_Tanuwijaya1)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowzastreamingengine-wont-start-after-upgraded-to-4-8-0/54989 "2023-09-12T19:02:02Z")

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Hi, I just upgraded wowza stream engine in my server from 4.7.7 to 4.8.0. But now, the WowzaStreamingEngine won’t start. If I check using /etc/init.d/WowzaStreamingEngine status, it always in stop status, when I check…

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## [DVR & Closed Caption](https://community.wowza.com/t/dvr-closed-caption/96427)

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**Author:** [@Dorota\_Szafer-Kwasik](https://community.wowza.com/u/Dorota_Szafer-Kwasik)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/dvr-closed-caption/96427 "2023-09-12T15:22:11Z")

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Hi. WSE, live streaming, plus real-time Closed Caption - it works, we know it. DVR - it works we know that. Is it possible to run live stream + Closed Caption … simultaneously with DVR (from DVR)? Will these Closed C…

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## [High CPU Utilization & Response Time on Wowza Server](https://community.wowza.com/t/high-cpu-utilization-response-time-on-wowza-server/47412)

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**Author:** [@Anish\_Kumar](https://community.wowza.com/u/Anish_Kumar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/high-cpu-utilization-response-time-on-wowza-server/47412 "2023-09-10T16:19:37Z")

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We are facing very high response time in delivering the chunks ( Chunk Size 6 sec) to requested server. Whenever there is request/network utilization on Wowza server for more than 2.5 -3 Gbps, response time increases to …

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## [Unable to push live RTMP to Microsoft Stream](https://community.wowza.com/t/unable-to-push-live-rtmp-to-microsoft-stream/92326)

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**Author:** [@Ferenc\_Marki](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ferenc_Marki)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 4:44am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/unable-to-push-live-rtmp-to-microsoft-stream/92326 "2023-09-05T04:44:22Z")

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Hi, We are trying to stream to Microsoft Stream service, but it fails. If I use the full rtmp address in our AJA HELO hardware encoder, it works fine. MS gives me the following syntax for RTMP ingest: rtmp://2qbkr5k44…

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## [Docker config for IPWhiteList](https://community.wowza.com/t/docker-config-for-ipwhitelist/96461)

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**Author:** [@Gurupartap\_Davis](https://community.wowza.com/u/Gurupartap_Davis)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/docker-config-for-ipwhitelist/96461 "2023-09-04T20:41:19Z")

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I’d like to run Wowza in a docker container as part of a Compose project. I need to open access to Wowza’s REST API from another container in the project, which is running a Nodejs app. As far as I know that access is …

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## [VOD directory as http server](https://community.wowza.com/t/vod-directory-as-http-server/36841)

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**Author:** [@Stefano\_Cavallini](https://community.wowza.com/u/Stefano_Cavallini)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 3:10am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/vod-directory-as-http-server/36841 "2023-09-02T03:10:08Z")

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hello, i have some VOD directory with mp4 file recorded using Wowza recording module, besides using it as rtmp, one my customer want use this directory as http server for html 5 . my question : is possible configure o…

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## [Understanding Live stream repeater in OnDemand Mode](https://community.wowza.com/t/understanding-live-stream-repeater-in-ondemand-mode/96449)

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**Author:** [@Alok\_Kumar2](https://community.wowza.com/u/Alok_Kumar2)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/understanding-live-stream-repeater-in-ondemand-mode/96449 "2023-08-31T18:25:15Z")

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Hi, I have setup a live stream repeater using Origin Edge on demand(default) approach. If I understand correctly, all the different conversion of stream happens at the origin and not in the Edge. I am ingesting RTSP st…

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