# android encode live RTP/RTSP to wowza **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Created:** [February 17, 2013, 12:46am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/android-encode-live-rtp-rtsp-to-wowza/39743 "2013-02-17T00:46:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/android-encode-live-rtp-rtsp-to-wowza/39743/2 "2013-02-16T19:52:15Z")
Peggy, The 2nd method is RTSP announce where the encoder initiates a connection and sends .sdp to to Wowza. You don’t need a .sdp file or use StreamManager with this kind of encoder. The 1st method requires an encoder to generate a .sdp file which is copied to Wowza, then started in StreamManager. I’m really not sure what is possible in Android, but the 1st method would be more practical. I don’t have any experience or Wowza example, but a customer posted this solution for publishing from Android > [@BigVEncoder for Android](http://community.wowza.com/t/-/36252): > > I’ve been developing a big package for managing video streams with Wowza along with a new encoder that will take the place of FMLE and is called BigVEncoder. I’ve got versions for Linux and Windows in both 32 and 64 bit. But the big news now is that tonight I ran my first live streaming test of BigVEncoder for the Android. It successfully sent a stream to Wowza. This is going to give millions of people around the world the ability to stream live video at a moments notice. I’ll post more on thi… Richard --- _[View the full topic](https://community.wowza.com/t/android-encode-live-rtp-rtsp-to-wowza/39743)._