# Live streaming error. Status idle

**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/live-streaming-error-status-idle/48156
**Category:** Wowza Video (Formerly Streaming Cloud)
**Created:** [February 19, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-streaming-error-status-idle/48156 "2017-02-19T16:21:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Grant\_Spilsbury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@Grant\_Spilsbury](https://community.wowza.com/u/Grant_Spilsbury)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-streaming-error-status-idle/48156/1 "2017-02-19T16:21:13Z")

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I am new to Wowza and streaming.

I am trying to get the Swift sample app to stream to the Wowza could platform.

I run the app on a device, start the stream on the cloud, fill in the server settings on the app, and click the red broadcast button. I get an error “Live streaming error. Status idle. an error occurred when trying to connect to host rasp… (code=14)”

What are the common reasons you would get this error?

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### Author: ![Mac\_Hill](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/mac_hill/32/434_2.png) [@Mac\_Hill](https://community.wowza.com/u/Mac_Hill)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-streaming-error-status-idle/48156/2 "2017-03-01T04:35:21Z")

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Hi Grant,

I looked at your Wowza Cloud account and I noticed you have made multiple RTSP connections since this post. The error you saw would typically indicate that the Wowza Cloud live stream had not yet been started.

I reviewed your connection logs and I want to provide you an article that will help you optimize your encoder settings for Wowza Cloud.

[How to encode source video for Wowza Streaming Cloud](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-encode-source-video-for-wowza-streaming-cloud)

I hope this helps.

Regards,

Mac

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### Author: ![Bhargav\_Pithva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Bhargav\_Pithva](https://community.wowza.com/u/Bhargav_Pithva)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2017, 6:41am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-streaming-error-status-idle/48156/3 "2017-05-29T06:41:24Z")

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Hello ,

please set Application name to “Live” or “live”

also set Username and Password used to authenticate Wowza Media server

once done , you can start streaming