# adding a dvb source

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/adding-a-dvb-source/52709>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [January 23, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/adding-a-dvb-source/52709 "2019-01-23T17:49:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![serdal\_bozkurt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@serdal\_bozkurt](https://community.wowza.com/u/serdal_bozkurt)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/adding-a-dvb-source/52709/1 "2019-01-23T17:49:22Z")

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Hi all, i cant seem to get it to work, i just downlaoded a trail verion of wowza streaming engine for windows, and trying to add a dvb stream,

so fare this is what i did: From the menu, clicked on Application, selected the default live application,

clicked on the Stream file, and added a dvb stresam, by giving it a name and the source.afterwards clicked on the “actions” button "Connect to the stream and seletected the default. and did a restart, but

when i now try a test player nothing is showing and under monitoring it shows:

The stream is a http format

#### Application Uptime

**live** not running

**live** not running

#### Network Throughput

**Bytes In:** 0 @ 0.000 bits/s

**Bytes Out:** 0 @ 0.000 bits/s

what am i doing wrong??

i followed this guide:

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-publish-and-play-a-live-stream-mpeg-ts-based-encoder](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-publish-and-play-a-live-stream-mpeg-ts-based-encoder)

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**Author:** ![Jason\_Hilton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/jason_hilton/32/437_2.png) [@Jason\_Hilton](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jason_Hilton)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 10:18am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/adding-a-dvb-source/52709/2 "2019-02-04T10:18:59Z")

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Hi all,  
This issue is being handled in ticket 312666 and the stream is now starting as expected.

The issue was related to not using the correct MediaCaster Type when starting the stream.

Regards,  
Jason Hilton  
Wowza Support Engineer