# Live Streaming on IOS Devices **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Created:** [October 16, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-streaming-on-ios-devices/37433 "2011-10-16T15:27:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mufaddal\_Mohammed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Mufaddal\_Mohammed](https://community.wowza.com/u/Mufaddal_Mohammed)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-streaming-on-ios-devices/37433/1 "2011-10-16T15:27:10Z")
Dears, Recently i have installed and setup wowza 2.2.4 for our video content for an ondemand delivery and i was able to do great and scenario is working fine. now i am working on providing LIVE Stream for our website visitors for which i use Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder 3.2 and stream RTMP to a live application on Wowza, all seems to be working great when on desktop browsers with flash support (using flowplayer to play the live content) for IOS devices i am using a fallback method where by generating a HTML Video tag and using the http streaming link for the same live stream [http://127.0.0.1:1935/live/livestream.sdp/playlist.m3u8](http://127.0.0.1:1935/live/livestream.sdp/playlist.m3u8) the problem is the stream starts but stops in 2-3 second, what could be the cause for this. note: the other video contents (non-live) are working fine on ios as well as normal desktop browsers. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-streaming-on-ios-devices/37433/2 "2011-10-17T21:28:25Z")
Make sure Format is set to “h.264”, then click the little wrench icon next to that and select Baseline 3.0 and 2 second key frame frequency. If you are using MP3, select Stereo 44100Hz 128kbs. iOS 5 on some devices we have tested has increased the range of MP3 encodings that work, but those are safe. Richard ---
**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 29, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-streaming-on-ios-devices/37433/3 "2011-12-29T15:10:22Z")
It should be h.264 video and AAC or MP3 audio. It is best to use h.264 Baseline 3 profile. If it is MP3 audio, try stereo, 44100Hz, 128kbs. (Newer devices running recent version of iOS are able to play mp3 at lower bitrates) Richard ---
**Author:** ![Kelly\_Rinne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/51bf81/32.png) [@Kelly\_Rinne](https://community.wowza.com/u/Kelly_Rinne)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-streaming-on-ios-devices/37433/4 "2011-12-26T23:46:23Z")
ok, I’m trying this as well. Using the following link: [http://IPADDRESS:1935/simplevideostreaming/NAMEOFFILE/playlist.m3u8](http://IPADDRESS:1935/simplevideostreaming/NAMEOFFILE/playlist.m3u8) testers say they get a black screen and nothing. The file that records to the server shows as an f4v when using the H.264 settings. What am I doing wrong? Could someone who has gotten this to work post a detailed tutorial of some sort? ---
**Author:** ![Kelly\_Rinne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/51bf81/32.png) [@Kelly\_Rinne](https://community.wowza.com/u/Kelly_Rinne)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-streaming-on-ios-devices/37433/5 "2011-12-29T12:29:11Z")
ok, I’m trying this as well. Using the following link for live: [http://IPADDRESS/livevideo/test-iOSv3-2011.mp4/playlist.m3u8](http://IPADDRESS/livevideo/test-iOSv3-2011.mp4/playlist.m3u8) testers say they get a black screen and nothing. Using the following link for VOD: [http://IPADDRESS:1935/vod/test-iOSv3-2011.mp4/playlist.m3u8](http://IPADDRESS:1935/vod/test-iOSv3-2011.mp4/playlist.m3u8) This works. The file created during live records to the server properly. What am I doing wrong? Could someone who has gotten this to work post a detailed tutorial of some sort? ---
**Author:** ![Kelly\_Rinne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/51bf81/32.png) [@Kelly\_Rinne](https://community.wowza.com/u/Kelly_Rinne)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 10:24pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-streaming-on-ios-devices/37433/6 "2011-12-30T22:24:16Z")
I did get it to work, so I am going to provide a step-by-step since no one else has… LIVE In the encoder: I use Flash Media Live Encoder on the left: Video Format: H.264 (click on the wrench) Profile: Baseline Level: 3.0 Keyframe: 1 Audio: mp3 Stereo 44.1 128 (although I used 96 and it worked just fine) On the right: URL: rtmp://IPADDRESS/live/ (or whatever you have named your application for live) Stream: mp4:NAMEOFFILE Link you give to your viewers: [http://IPADDRESS:1935/live/NAMEOFFILE/playlist.m3u8](http://IPADDRESS:1935/live/NAMEOFFILE/playlist.m3u8) For Video On Demand: Use this link to play your recorded file: [http://IPADDRESS.50:1935/vod/NAMEOFFILE/playlist.m3u8](http://IPADDRESS.50:1935/vod/NAMEOFFILE/playlist.m3u8) I can’t take credit for this, a great Wowza consultant named Andrew Kennedy figured this out for me. I’m just creating a sticky. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Nguyen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Mark\_Nguyen](https://community.wowza.com/u/Mark_Nguyen)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-streaming-on-ios-devices/37433/7 "2011-12-24T16:55:05Z")
Confirming that the above settings work a treat. Thanks Richard!