# How to encode RCA out to IP with WOWZA

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-encode-rca-out-to-ip-with-wowza/41678>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [December 7, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-encode-rca-out-to-ip-with-wowza/41678 "2013-12-07T20:22:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Andre\_Brudeur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@Andre\_Brudeur](https://community.wowza.com/u/Andre_Brudeur)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-encode-rca-out-to-ip-with-wowza/41678/1 "2013-12-07T20:22:43Z")

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Good day everyone.

I tried and tried googling how to do this and the closest i got was Wowza but i am still not sure how to do it.

If I have a device with RCA out, how do I stream it compressed to H.264 with wowza?

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**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:** [December 8, 2013, 4:43am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-encode-rca-out-to-ip-with-wowza/41678/2 "2013-12-08T04:43:40Z")

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You need something like one of these [FastVDO devices](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-fastvdo-smartcapture-pro-live-stream-encoder-with-wowza-media-server-native-rtp%28native-RTP%29)

Richard

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**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:** [December 13, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-encode-rca-out-to-ip-with-wowza/41678/3 "2013-12-13T01:09:55Z")

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I don’t really know. I have experience with that device, which support RCA input. There are probably other options.

Richard

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**Author:** ![Andre\_Brudeur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@Andre\_Brudeur](https://community.wowza.com/u/Andre_Brudeur)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-encode-rca-out-to-ip-with-wowza/41678/4 "2013-12-07T21:51:34Z")

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> You need something like one of these [FastVDO devices](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-fastvdo-smartcapture-pro-live-stream-encoder-with-wowza-media-server-native-rtp%28native-RTP%29)
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> Richard

Would this be the most cost effective solution for a couple of channels?