Transcoder AddOn not available using 30-day demo license

Wowza Streaming Engine
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Using a 30-day demo license, the web interface reports this:

Transcoder: Not Available

DRM: Licensed

nDVR: Licensed

Before Streaming Engine 4.0 I was able to use the Transcoder AddOn with a demo license.

Has this changed?

2

Johan,

The Transcoder AddOn is available with a trial license key. There are also hardware and OS requirements that must be met.

Please take a look at this tutorial, which provides an overview on how to setup and run the Transcoder AddOn with Wowza Streaming Engineer 4.0:

How to set up and run Wowza Transcoder AddOn for live streaming

-Tim

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Dear Wowza support

I evaluation the wowza streaming engine (installed at 64bits linux) (should have 1 transcoder license), but seemed transcoder did not work. Would u help a look

-sh-3.2$ head wowzastreamingengine_error.log

#Version: 1.0

#Start-Date: 2014-03-18 00:18:31 HKT

#Software: Wowza Streaming Engine 4.0.1 build10615

#Date: 2014-03-18

-Try to generate the smil file

http://192.168.65.59:8085/medialist?streamname=ngrp:live00.sdp_all&application=live2&format=smil

-In Log

WARN server comment - HTTPProviderMediaList.onHTTPRequest: MediaList not found: live2/definst/ngrp:live00.sdp_all

or

-In test player

http://192.168.65.59/live2/ngrp:live00.sdp_all/manifest.f4m

-Log

INFO stream create live00.sdp_all -

WARN server comment - HTTPStreamerSanJoseLiveIndex.indexPlaylist[live2/definst/ngrp:live00.sdp_all]: MediaList is empty.

p.s. I can streaming successfully using below URL in mobile

http://192.168.65.59:80/live2/live00.sdp/playlist.m3u8

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I haven’t worked with Wowza on OSX before this, so I might be missing something obvious. I’m running it on a Macbook Pro 15" (late 2013).

Edit: I just see now that the Transcoder AddOn doesn’t work on OSX. :stuck_out_tongue:

5

Thanks

The Transcoder AddOn doesn’t work in any 32/64-bit version of OSX.

6

Hi,

Transcoder works on x64 (64 bit OS) only, even if available with the license. Don’t know specifically about your specific Mac OS

Sincerely

Inderjeet

7

Thanks

The Transcoder AddOn doesn’t work in any 32/64-bit version of OSX.

Oh! That’s bad. Thanks for updating I wasn’t aware of this fact. Perhaps you’d need to create a Linux/Windows VM on the OS now.

Sincerely

Inderjeet