# Wowza Streaming Engine

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## [How can I trigger a stream to start when the stream's source starts ?](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-trigger-a-stream-to-start-when-the-streams-source-starts/51931)

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**Author:** [@Fred\_Tomlinson2](https://community.wowza.com/u/Fred_Tomlinson2)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-trigger-a-stream-to-start-when-the-streams-source-starts/51931 "2018-09-13T18:34:16Z")

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I want to re-distribute HLS streams originating with Akamai using a primary ‘origin’ WSE server and having ‘edge’ WSE servers to republish the stream. I have used stream files and startup streams on the ‘origin’ but it s…

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## [hardware requirement](https://community.wowza.com/t/hardware-requirement/33785)

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**Author:** [@Jules\_Bloem](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jules_Bloem)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hardware-requirement/33785 "2018-09-13T17:50:56Z")

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Hi all, I have a question regarding hardware requirements of a virtual machine. Last week we had a livestream with 150 concurrent viewers at 1.6Mbit/sec. The server is on a 1GB line so bandwidth was not an issue. when …

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## [The video that mobile phone vertical capture upload to Wowza as VOD source file that display is landscape not portrait](https://community.wowza.com/t/the-video-that-mobile-phone-vertical-capture-upload-to-wowza-as-vod-source-file-that-display-is-landscape-not-portrait/49541)

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**Author:** [@Charles\_Lin](https://community.wowza.com/u/Charles_Lin)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/the-video-that-mobile-phone-vertical-capture-upload-to-wowza-as-vod-source-file-that-display-is-landscape-not-portrait/49541 "2018-09-13T17:02:21Z")

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Hi, guys I own a video that vertical captured by mobile phone. It’s resolution is 720x1280. but using ffprobe or mediainfo to get the video information,the resolution is 1280x720 and ratation is minus 90 degree. I put…

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## [how can I get the websocket closed code in server.](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-get-the-websocket-closed-code-in-server/51936)

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**Author:** [@Kev\_ffn](https://community.wowza.com/u/Kev_ffn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2018, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-get-the-websocket-closed-code-in-server/51936 "2018-09-12T23:14:56Z")

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I have created a websocket server by referring to this tutorial https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-create-a-websocket-server When a client closes a websocket, I don’t seem to have a way to get the webscoket closed code o…

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## [Classroom play back stream in player when stream is "live".](https://community.wowza.com/t/classroom-play-back-stream-in-player-when-stream-is-live/51927)

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**Author:** [@Andy\_Gillette](https://community.wowza.com/u/Andy_Gillette)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/classroom-play-back-stream-in-player-when-stream-is-live/51927 "2018-09-12T15:38:09Z")

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Hello, Is there a concrete way that a player (using either Wowza player or FlowPlayer) that in our school, each class has a webpage with the player showing on a smartboard. When our “live” feed starts in our news product…

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## [How to restart application from command line](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-restart-application-from-command-line/49151)

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**Author:** [@Peter\_Bednar1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Peter_Bednar1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-restart-application-from-command-line/49151 "2018-09-11T15:58:16Z")

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Hi I would like to ask how to restart wowza single application from command line (redhat linux) thanks

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## [Wowza Streamming Cloud vs Wowza CDN Caching](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-streamming-cloud-vs-wowza-cdn-caching/51920)

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**Author:** [@Rafael\_Goncalves](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rafael_Goncalves)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-streamming-cloud-vs-wowza-cdn-caching/51920 "2018-09-10T23:25:58Z")

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Hey guys, I was just wondering what are the main differences between creating a Streaming Cloud and a Wowza CDN target stream to stream my Wowza Engine live stream to ? Thanks in advance.

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## [WebRTC-UDP  video traffic Publication issues](https://community.wowza.com/t/webrtc-udp-video-traffic-publication-issues/51926)

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**Author:** [@Mario\_Murillo](https://community.wowza.com/u/Mario_Murillo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2018, 10:30pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/webrtc-udp-video-traffic-publication-issues/51926 "2018-09-10T22:30:58Z")

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Hello, When we published video WebRTC by udp to external servers like OVH, Amazon Ec2, Heztner who have Ddos protection in their networks, the video publication fails after to start and to stop manually some times, we h…

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## [Is it normal to have high CPU usage with no connections?](https://community.wowza.com/t/is-it-normal-to-have-high-cpu-usage-with-no-connections/51917)

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**Author:** [@Robert\_Ciepiela](https://community.wowza.com/u/Robert_Ciepiela)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/is-it-normal-to-have-high-cpu-usage-with-no-connections/51917 "2018-09-10T20:51:24Z")

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I just noticed in the Server Monitor the CPU usage is almost 50% with virtually no connections. If i restart Wowza the CPU usage goes to 0. Normally each streaming connection uses 2% of the CPU. Are there settings i sh…

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## [unable to switch to basic auth](https://community.wowza.com/t/unable-to-switch-to-basic-auth/46442)

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**Author:** [@Piotr\_k](https://community.wowza.com/u/Piotr_k)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/unable-to-switch-to-basic-auth/46442 "2018-09-09T21:18:38Z")

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hi, When in my Server.xml i set RESTInterface authenication to basic i’m getting 500 error in my admin interface (and also via surl i’m unable to do basic auth) does someone know how to use basic auth instead in digest …

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## [Stream Target using stream key](https://community.wowza.com/t/stream-target-using-stream-key/51900)

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**Author:** [@Squall\_Leonhart1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Squall_Leonhart1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/stream-target-using-stream-key/51900 "2018-09-09T17:01:01Z")

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I want Wowza restream to a Facebook Group but i don’t manage that group so the FB Live Target can’t find that group. So i must use url and stream key. But Wowza stream target only support user and password. rtmp://liv…

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## [How to check in wowza cloud is stream active or not?i don't want state like (stop or start)?](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-check-in-wowza-cloud-is-stream-active-or-not-i-dont-want-state-like-stop-or-start/51898)

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**Author:** [@gopal\_ma](https://community.wowza.com/u/gopal_ma)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-check-in-wowza-cloud-is-stream-active-or-not-i-dont-want-state-like-stop-or-start/51898 "2018-09-07T19:27:52Z")

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## [Load Balancing and SecureToken](https://community.wowza.com/t/load-balancing-and-securetoken/51893)

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**Author:** [@Ron\_Benditt](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ron_Benditt)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2018, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/load-balancing-and-securetoken/51893 "2018-09-06T21:17:42Z")

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I’m about to reconfigure our Wowza Streaming Engine setup to use the Load Balancing add-on because we’re growing and want to spin up some edge servers. It appears that the URLs that the clients will use to connect to th…

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## [Publishing a video file using webrtc publish/player sample .](https://community.wowza.com/t/publishing-a-video-file-using-webrtc-publish-player-sample/51876)

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**Author:** [@Asittest\_srivastava](https://community.wowza.com/u/Asittest_srivastava)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/publishing-a-video-file-using-webrtc-publish-player-sample/51876 "2018-09-06T16:42:16Z")

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Webrtc contains 1 publisher and 1 player html sample which can publish and playback webcam stream. I want to publish a video file instead of webcam stream , is it possible ?If yes then 1 . How can i publish it using web…

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## [Publishing a local video file using webrtc](https://community.wowza.com/t/publishing-a-local-video-file-using-webrtc/51872)

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**Author:** [@Asittest\_srivastava](https://community.wowza.com/u/Asittest_srivastava)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2018, 3:51am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/publishing-a-local-video-file-using-webrtc/51872 "2018-09-06T03:51:35Z")

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wowza provides samples to publish and play webcam video using webRTC. I want to publish/play a local mp4 file instead of webcam video. Please guide.

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## [Solution for catchup - 7 days archive recording for each channel](https://community.wowza.com/t/solution-for-catchup-7-days-archive-recording-for-each-channel/51891)

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**Author:** [@Ladislav\_Fartak](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ladislav_Fartak)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2018, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/solution-for-catchup-7-days-archive-recording-for-each-channel/51891 "2018-09-05T20:19:12Z")

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We are considering to use wowza as archive server for 80 tv channels - 7 days archive - cca 20TB of content, now we use Antik archive server, but its pure HLS with TS segments. Is possible to do it with wowza ? Record li…

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## [Users reporting video freezes (VOD) at different frames. Has anyone experienced this problem and a possible solution?](https://community.wowza.com/t/users-reporting-video-freezes-vod-at-different-frames-has-anyone-experienced-this-problem-and-a-possible-solution/51882)

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**Author:** [@Lekan\_Reju](https://community.wowza.com/u/Lekan_Reju)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/users-reporting-video-freezes-vod-at-different-frames-has-anyone-experienced-this-problem-and-a-possible-solution/51882 "2018-09-04T14:14:33Z")

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## [inject rtmp to wowza](https://community.wowza.com/t/inject-rtmp-to-wowza/51887)

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**Author:** [@Dimas\_Simanjuntak](https://community.wowza.com/u/Dimas_Simanjuntak)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/inject-rtmp-to-wowza/51887 "2018-09-04T14:09:36Z")

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I have rtmp source, and i want to inject this rtmp to wowza, so wowza can produce the hls source . How could i inject that rtmp to wowza?

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## [Can i play ADs video using wowza player in my application?](https://community.wowza.com/t/can-i-play-ads-video-using-wowza-player-in-my-application/51890)

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**Author:** [@Ankush\_Kolekar](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ankush_Kolekar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2018, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/can-i-play-ads-video-using-wowza-player-in-my-application/51890 "2018-09-04T13:49:54Z")

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Hi, I want to play, my ADs videos (ex -https://adbutler-fermion.com/libid543294/simpleAds.mp4 ) using wowza player in my application. I tried with http prefix media cache but the wowza player doesn’t play my video. gi…

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## [wowza docker and nvidia](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-docker-and-nvidia/50623)

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**Author:** [@J\_Guy](https://community.wowza.com/u/J_Guy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-docker-and-nvidia/50623 "2018-09-03T17:43:26Z")

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Hi Are you planning to include nvidia drivers in the official docker ? Are there instructions on how to manually install drivers (quicksync, nvidia) that are compatible with wowza docker? Thanks

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## [media cache google cloud storage not reading files larger than 1.83 gb](https://community.wowza.com/t/media-cache-google-cloud-storage-not-reading-files-larger-than-1-83-gb/51870)

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**Author:** [@Jon\_Remo](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jon_Remo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/media-cache-google-cloud-storage-not-reading-files-larger-than-1-83-gb/51870 "2018-08-31T17:51:56Z")

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I have an issue with media cache source google cloud storage… when requesting videos which size is smaller than 2gb it works perfectly and stores it in cache for further use, but specifically files larger or equal to 2gb…

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## [How to get total request count per live channel, application or server thru rest API?](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-get-total-request-count-per-live-channel-application-or-server-thru-rest-api/51868)

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**Author:** [@Hout\_Narort](https://community.wowza.com/u/Hout_Narort)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-get-total-request-count-per-live-channel-application-or-server-thru-rest-api/51868 "2018-08-31T16:50:21Z")

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Dear All, I would like to ask how can I get the request count (not the concurrent count) thru rest API or any other ways available to use? Thanks in advance Narort,

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## [Wowza autoscaling in GCP](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-autoscaling-in-gcp/51866)

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**Author:** [@Pham\_Tuyen](https://community.wowza.com/u/Pham_Tuyen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2018, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-autoscaling-in-gcp/51866 "2018-08-30T22:22:23Z")

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Hi, How can I autoscale Wowza instance in Google Cloud Platform? I would like to use managed instance group. Is it feasible? I am confused, Please help me :frowning: Thank you.

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## [Bad audio in transcoded HLS](https://community.wowza.com/t/bad-audio-in-transcoded-hls/51865)

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**Author:** [@Erwin\_Eggenberger1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Erwin_Eggenberger1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/bad-audio-in-transcoded-hls/51865 "2018-08-30T21:09:43Z")

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We’ve got a problem that’s a somewhat similar to the one reported a while ago: http://community.wowza.com/community/questions/4368/hls-audio-issue.html We send a RTP live stream to Wowza with h.264 video an aac audio. Every…

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## [Can Icecast grab an audio stream from Wowza server and relay it as an Icecast stream?](https://community.wowza.com/t/can-icecast-grab-an-audio-stream-from-wowza-server-and-relay-it-as-an-icecast-stream/41757)

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**Author:** [@Boyd\_Badten](https://community.wowza.com/u/Boyd_Badten)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/can-icecast-grab-an-audio-stream-from-wowza-server-and-relay-it-as-an-icecast-stream/41757 "2018-08-30T18:27:40Z")

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I’m trying to find a way to encode a live video/audio stream to Wowza which Icecast can pick up on (the audio component) and relay out as an Icecast stream. The Wowza servers I manage now can transcode and I have experie…

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## [Ultra Low Latency in Self hosted Engine](https://community.wowza.com/t/ultra-low-latency-in-self-hosted-engine/51852)

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**Author:** [@Mark\_Gamache1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Mark_Gamache1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2018, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ultra-low-latency-in-self-hosted-engine/51852 "2018-08-28T12:02:27Z")

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How does the Ultra Low Latency cloud service achieve it’s low latency and how can we get the same results on the self hosted engine?

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## [SSL installed and recognized by wowza but crossdomain issue](https://community.wowza.com/t/ssl-installed-and-recognized-by-wowza-but-crossdomain-issue/48553)

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**Author:** [@Marvin\_Leventhal](https://community.wowza.com/u/Marvin_Leventhal)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2018, 6:49am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ssl-installed-and-recognized-by-wowza-but-crossdomain-issue/48553 "2018-08-27T06:49:24Z")

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I have wowza 4.6.0 installed and a wildcard SSL certificate from a proper authority. I followed the procedure stated in manual and succesfully created the .jks cert and configured in Vhost. The log shows port 443 bind su…

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## [How to stream WOWZA with OBS?](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-stream-wowza-with-obs/51855)

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**Author:** [@developer\_team999999](https://community.wowza.com/u/developer_team999999)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-stream-wowza-with-obs/51855 "2018-08-26T18:32:17Z")

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Hi, i want to achieve the next : stream from OBS to WOWZA stream the video&sound as HLS to the end user reduce the latency to minimum as possible

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## [error on playlist video list](https://community.wowza.com/t/error-on-playlist-video-list/51842)

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**Author:** [@Ignacio\_Retro](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ignacio_Retro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/error-on-playlist-video-list/51842 "2018-08-25T15:57:14Z")

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I did a correct playlist from the plataform wirh 150 videos, but hours later I noticed that the playlist deleted randomly some videos. In this screenshot, you can check that now appear only 62 videos, but the full time …

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## [WHICH IS MY HOST IP ADDRESS?](https://community.wowza.com/t/which-is-my-host-ip-address/48465)

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**Author:** [@Harish\_Selvaraj](https://community.wowza.com/u/Harish_Selvaraj)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2018, 7:44am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/which-is-my-host-ip-address/48465 "2018-08-25T07:44:53Z")

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Hi Team, I have created an application in Wowza and downloaded the SDK for ios. I got Host address(rtmp://12345-test.demo.com/app-test(120.0.0.1)), portname:1935, etc… If I configure the host address in Wowza SDK sett…

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