Startup Streams Monitor Module Error

Wowza Streaming Engine
1

Hi,

I had used the below link to setup ServerListenerStartupStreamsMonitor to monitor content folder for stream files and start stream whenever new file is detected.

https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-monitor-content-folder-for-sdp-and-stream-files-to-start-publishing-streams-serverlistenerstartupstreamsmonitor

This setup used to work well with WMS 3.6.4.

But with Wowza Streaming Engine 4.0.0, the following error shows on server startup.

INFO server comment - ServerListenerStartupStreamsMonitor.onServerInit

INFO server comment - MediaCasterStreamValidator.init[live/definst]: Started

INFO server comment - ModuleCoreSecurity.onAppStart[live/definst]: Publish: AllowedEncoders: securityPublishValidEncoders:Wirecast/|FME/|FMLE/

INFO server comment - ModuleCoreSecurity.onAppStart[live/definst]: Publish: block duplicate stream names : false

INFO server comment - ModuleCoreSecurity.onAppStart[live/definst]: Play: SecureConnection: securityPlayRequireSecureConnection:false

INFO application app-start definst live/definst

INFO server comment - ServerListenerStartupStreamsMonitor: Add application instance: defaultVHost:live/definst

Error starting: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException

java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)

at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)

at com.wowza.wms.bootstrap.Bootstrap.startServer(Bootstrap.java:346)

at com.wowza.wms.bootstrap.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:40)

Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.Boolean cannot be cast to java.lang.String

at com.wowza.wms.application.WMSProperties.getPropertyStr(WMSProperties.java:108)

at com.wowza.wms.serverlistener.ServerListenerStartupStreamsMonitor$StartupStreamsAppInstance.init(ServerListenerStartupStreamsMonitor.java:266)

at com.wowza.wms.serverlistener.ServerListenerStartupStreamsMonitor.onServerInit(ServerListenerStartupStreamsMonitor.java:840)

at com.wowza.wms.server.Server.l(Server.java:2947)

at com.wowza.wms.server.Server.start(Server.java:1003)

… 6 more

Urgent help needed as this is affecting our production.

2

Hi,

Please open a ticket by sending an email to support@wowza.com.

Include a zipped copy of the [Wowza-Install]/conf and [Wowza-Install]/logs so that we can investigate this issue further and a link to this thread for reference.

Thanks

Jason

3

Hi,

That’s great news, thanks for the update.

I’m glad it’s working for you.

Jason

4

Hi Jason,

This is no longer required. It was an auto-merge error from our end. While merging conf files one of the tag was left opened. Guess we shouldn’t have merged the configuration files, instead added configurations ourselves.

Thanks for a prompt response.

Mayank

5

Hi Jason,

I have created a HTTPProvider to create and start applications on the fly (using java.io).

Now additionally, I want that when this application is created its content folder also starts getting monitored by this listener. I don’t want to restart wowza server due to production reasons.

Mayank.