# new to this, trying to stream from cable box

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/new-to-this-trying-to-stream-from-cable-box/39504>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [November 5, 2014, 12:14pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/new-to-this-trying-to-stream-from-cable-box/39504 "2014-11-05T12:14:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![terri\_hawkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@terri\_hawkins](https://community.wowza.com/u/terri_hawkins)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 12:14pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/new-to-this-trying-to-stream-from-cable-box/39504/1 "2014-11-05T12:14:02Z")

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I am trying to stream from a cable box using Wowza 4.1. I have a windows 7 workstations, a decklink studio card, the developer edition of wowza which I believe includes the transcoder. I watched this video [https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-set-up-and-run-wowza-transcoder-for-live-streaming](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-set-up-and-run-wowza-transcoder-for-live-streaming) and it appears to me it misses an important step. At about 2:08 they say they have wirecast installed and already connected to wowza, but I cannot find anywhere how to do that, or if I even need something like wirecast if we plan to use the wowza transcoder. Also, the decklink studio card comes with media express and I’m not sure if I can use that instead of wirecast. Can anyone shed any light or direct me to a video geared more towards a newbie?

Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

terri

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**Author:** ![sal\_jefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 11:29am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/new-to-this-trying-to-stream-from-cable-box/39504/2 "2014-11-05T11:29:04Z")

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I’m not sure how to stream _from_ a STB. Perhaps something like this FastVDO smartCapture:

[How to use FastVDO SmartCapture Pro live stream encoder with Wowza Media Server (native RTP)](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-fastvdo-smartcapture-pro-live-stream-encoder-with-wowza-media-server-native-rtp%28native-RTP%29)

Kind regards,

Salvadore