# Can Wowza take a satellite/cable input?

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/can-wowza-take-a-satellite-cable-input/43576>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [August 5, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/can-wowza-take-a-satellite-cable-input/43576 "2014-08-05T22:07:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jug\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5fc32e/32.png) [@Jug\_Smith](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jug_Smith)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/can-wowza-take-a-satellite-cable-input/43576/1 "2014-08-05T22:07:58Z")

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Hi,

I’m a streaming novice. I’ve tried finding the answer to this question in the help section and online, but couldn’t… Hence, the question.

I need to take analog input from an STB (cable or satellite) and stream out as RTMP to a proprietary server I have.

Can Wowza Streaming Engine in the cloud do this?

If not, can the software version of Wowza running on a Linux server read directly from a Blackmagic Intensity Pro (or like card) inserted into the same server? Also, in this case, how can this configuration be hosted? Which colos/hosting providers will host the STB + server box for me?

I’m sure this territory has been explored, so I was hoping some of the experts here can point me in the right direction. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks a lot,

Jug

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**Author:** ![Zoran](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/zoran/32/385_2.png) [@Zoran](https://community.wowza.com/u/Zoran)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/can-wowza-take-a-satellite-cable-input/43576/2 "2014-08-06T16:37:33Z")

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Hi,

Wowza is not able to ingest the non-IP input. You will need an encoder to do that and provide that stream for Wowza.

You need an encoder that will take the captured video/audio signal from the your BlackMagic card, encode it and publish it to a Wowza server. Please take a look at the “[How to set up live streaming using an RTMP-based encoder](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-set-up-live-streaming-using-an-rtmp-based-encoder)” forum article describing how to configure Wowza and publish a stream coming from an RTMP encoder.

Zoran

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**Author:** ![Jug\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5fc32e/32.png) [@Jug\_Smith](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jug_Smith)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 9:42am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/can-wowza-take-a-satellite-cable-input/43576/3 "2014-08-06T09:42:24Z")

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> Hi,
> 
> Wowza is not able to ingest the non-IP input. You will need an encoder to do that and provide that stream for Wowza.
> 
> You need an encoder that will take the captured video/audio signal from the your BlackMagic card, encode it and publish it to a Wowza server. Please take a look at the “[How to set up live streaming using an RTMP-based encoder](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-set-up-live-streaming-using-an-rtmp-based-encoder)” forum article describing how to configure Wowza and publish a stream coming from an RTMP encoder.
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> Zoran

Thanks much for response, Zoran.