We have Wowza working great to stream on-demand MP3s to Apple devices via HLS and a basic HTML5
On the other hand, Chrome and Firefox handle MP3s fine if we just serve them with a plain HTTP server. Is there any way to do that within Wowza? We could set up a separate server, but we’d prefer to be able to take advantage of Wowza application configuration, secure tokens, etc.
Alternatively, is there a different out-of-the-box Wowza solution for streaming MP3 to Chrome/Firefox without Flash?
With regards to Flash dependencies that is going to be based on which browser is used, version of the browser, and if the browser supports Media Source Extensions (MSE). Browser support for MSE can be found below.
https://caniuse.com/#feat=mediasource
We also have an article that covers this.
https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-streaming-cloud-player-browser-support
Note that you should use Apple HLS for your HTML5 delivery methods.
Hi Kevin. The caniuse page correctly documents that Chrome and Firefox both support MSE, but it doesn’t tell me anything useful about what server protocols are supported. I can tell you that empirically, when I try to use them to play MP3 over HLS from a Wowza server, they don’t work (while Safari does). Chrome and Firefox do work for a straight HTTP download of the MP3 file, which is why that’s what I asked about.
As for the article you linked, it discusses live streams in the Wowza Streaming Cloud and I’m talking about on-demand audio from an on-premise Wowza server. As far as I can tell there is no “Playback Settings” page in Wowza Streaming Engine Manager for an on-demand application. 
As for the article you linked, it discusses live streams in the Wowza Streaming Cloud and I’m talking about on-demand audio from an on-premise Wowza server. As far as I can tell there is no “Playback Settings” page in Wowza Streaming Engine Manager for an on-demand application.
Please take a look at the following article as it will likely resolve your issue.
I spoke too soon – that doesn’t solve the problem for Chrome. I was able to get the stream working, with or without that setting, using Mediaelement.js (presumably via its hls.js-based player).
You are correct. The Wowza Player article does cover cloud but the compatibility is the same for playing content off of Wowza Streaming Engine.
You are correct. We do not yet have VOD applications configured to provide Wowza Player at this time. We do not have a timeline as to if or even when that functionality may be provided.
With regards to third party players you will need to reference their documentation and even perhaps their release notes to see of they have problems with the Chrome browser.
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