# Using Apple's QuickTime Broadcaster with Wowza Server (RTSP/RTP)
**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/using-apples-quicktime-broadcaster-with-wowza-server-rtsp-rtp/42
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine
**Created:** [March 10, 2008, 11:07am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-apples-quicktime-broadcaster-with-wowza-server-rtsp-rtp/42 "2008-03-10T11:07:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2010, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-apples-quicktime-broadcaster-with-wowza-server-rtsp-rtp/42/21 "2010-04-27T12:20:54Z")
What player are you using? Have you tried VLC?
Richard
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2010, 1:09pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-apples-quicktime-broadcaster-with-wowza-server-rtsp-rtp/42/22 "2010-07-27T13:09:45Z")
You are publishing to an application named “live”, then in Flash you are trying to play from an application named “rtplive”.
On IPhone, it doesn’t work because the stream is encoded with h.264 main profile. It should be baseline profile:
> WARN 200 - LiveStreamPacketizerCupertino.handlePacket: Video encoding settings are beyond iPhone/iPod touch recommendations (Baseline/3.0) [live/_definst_/myStream.sdp]: {H264CodecConfigInfo: profile: “Main”, level: 1.0, frameSize: 160x120, aspect: 0/1, crop: l:0 r:0 t:0 b:4} - - - 91.01
>
> Richaard
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-apples-quicktime-broadcaster-with-wowza-server-rtsp-rtp/42/23 "2010-07-27T14:26:30Z")
Wirecast is a very good choice. AAC is included. It works great for this application.
Richard
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2010, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-apples-quicktime-broadcaster-with-wowza-server-rtsp-rtp/42/24 "2010-07-31T13:04:24Z")
Try something like:
Format Flash/h.264, 320X240, FPS 15 (24,30), Average bitrate 500, Limit peak bit rate checked, Profile baseline, keyframes (5 x fps), AAC audio checked.
As a starting place.
Richard
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-apples-quicktime-broadcaster-with-wowza-server-rtsp-rtp/42/25 "2010-08-02T19:56:06Z")
Yes, audio is about the same as video, in most cases (doesn’t work in Silverlight)
Yes, multi-bitrate works with FMLE. See the “Multi-bitrate Video Streaming” section of the live tutorial:
[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-set-up-live-streaming-using-an-rtmp-based-encoder](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-set-up-live-streaming-using-an-rtmp-based-encoder)
Richard
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2010, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-apples-quicktime-broadcaster-with-wowza-server-rtsp-rtp/42/26 "2010-08-31T12:12:08Z")
No, it’s not support. (it’s not necessary to double post).
Richard
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-apples-quicktime-broadcaster-with-wowza-server-rtsp-rtp/42/27 "2010-09-06T14:15:55Z")
The stream doesn’t seem to be live anymore. But make sure you have LiveSteamPacketizers set to “cupertinostreamingpacketizers”
```auto
cupertinostreamingpacketizer
```
Also, I don’t think QTB has a way to set Profile to Baseline 3. So it might not work on all apple devices. Should work on IPad and maybe on IPhone 4, or IPhones with iOS 4.0s
Richard
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-apples-quicktime-broadcaster-with-wowza-server-rtsp-rtp/42/28 "2010-09-06T17:49:29Z")
Make sure you are trying to play the stream you are publishing. Your application name has changed from “rtplive” to "live. Use the same application name that you are using in the encoder, and same stream name. Check the encoder settings, and align with the url you are forming to play the stream.
It would be easier to debug the application without “DEBUG” logging turned on. You should see a publish event from the encoder and each play attempt.
Richard
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-apples-quicktime-broadcaster-with-wowza-server-rtsp-rtp/42/29 "2010-09-23T18:17:52Z")
Take a look at this guide:
[https://www.wowza.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7870](https://www.wowza.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7870)
It played here for me with Quicktime player 7.6.7 on Windows.
Richard
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-apples-quicktime-broadcaster-with-wowza-server-rtsp-rtp/42/30 "2010-09-23T18:19:00Z")
Oh, sorry, that guide is specific to Windows.
Richard
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2010, 1:08am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-apples-quicktime-broadcaster-with-wowza-server-rtsp-rtp/42/31 "2010-09-29T01:08:02Z")
Flash is the still the best way to get through to the most people, and there is no player configuration on the user end necessary.
Richard
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-apples-quicktime-broadcaster-with-wowza-server-rtsp-rtp/42/32 "2010-09-29T16:34:07Z")
Quicktime player will work iif you open up all UDP ports and add TCP port 554 to /conf/VHost.xml /HostPort /Port “1935”, change that to “1935,554”
QT player is different on Mac and Windows. For example cupertino live streaming is supported in QT on Mac but not Windows. This is player/platform issue, and it is one reason why Flash is still the recommended client for the desktop.
Richard
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-apples-quicktime-broadcaster-with-wowza-server-rtsp-rtp/42/33 "2010-09-29T17:29:05Z")
Looks like I forgot to point you to this:
[http://community.wowza.com/t/-/97](http://community.wowza.com/t/-/97)
Sorry about that. That could help.
Opening UDP ports 6970 - 9999 is good. The [Mobile Trouble Shooting Guide](http://community.wowza.com/t/-/99) suggest all UDP ports (I know this is not a mobile device issue, but I’m just putting that out there)
Richard
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-apples-quicktime-broadcaster-with-wowza-server-rtsp-rtp/42/34 "2010-09-29T21:55:47Z")
That’s great, glad it’s working. Thanks for the update.
Richard
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-apples-quicktime-broadcaster-with-wowza-server-rtsp-rtp/42/35 "2010-10-01T19:58:57Z")
The bitrate is very high: 2mbs and higher.
I have very fast connection and it is pretty good VLC and Quicktime. I have seen some “max headroom” affect, but very slight.
You have to get the bitrate down.
Richard
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### Author:  [@Ian\_Beyer](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ian_Beyer)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2010, 9:44am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-apples-quicktime-broadcaster-with-wowza-server-rtsp-rtp/42/36 "2010-09-23T09:44:16Z")
It has been my experience that QuickTime doesn’t play nice on RTSP coming from Wowza. I’ve seen a number of forum posts here from people with similar experiences.
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### Author:  [@Ian\_Beyer](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ian_Beyer)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-apples-quicktime-broadcaster-with-wowza-server-rtsp-rtp/42/37 "2010-10-01T19:12:12Z")
We saw the “Max Headroom” effect a lot on RTSP when it goes over UDP via the internet to/from a Wowza instance on EC2. This happened both when encoding using WireCast (before it did RTMP), and when playing back RTSP with an Amino STB.
My strong suspicion is that this is an artifact related to UDP over a network without end-to-end QoS.
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### Author:  [@Jim\_Sustacek](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jim_Sustacek)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2010, 9:28am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-apples-quicktime-broadcaster-with-wowza-server-rtsp-rtp/42/38 "2010-04-13T09:28:15Z")
When I use this method (QT Broadcaster --\> Wowza), the audio and video are attempting to bind to the same UDP ports. Thus I only get audio (which binds first), and no video. Here is the SDP code from the debugging log:
v=0
o=- 11 4293238381 IN IP4 127.0.0.0
s=QuickTime
c=IN IP4 [server ip]
t=0 0
a=range:npt=now-
a=isma-compliance:2,2.0,2
m=audio 6970 RTP/AVP 96
b=AS:63
a=rtpmap:96 mpeg4-generic/44100/1
a=fmtp:96 profile-level-id=15;mode=AAC-hbr;sizelength=13;indexlength=3;indexdeltalength=3;config=1208
a=mpeg4-esid:101
a=control:trackid=1
m=video 6970 RTP/AVP 97
b=AS:643
a=rtpmap:97 H264/90000
a=fmtp:97 packetization-mode=1;profile-level-id=4D4016;sprop-parameter-sets=J01AFqkYFAe2ANQYBBrbCte98BA=,KN4JF6A=
a=mpeg4-esid:201
a=cliprect:0,0,480,640
a=framesize:97 640-480
a=control:trackid=2
I used “netstat -a” and determined there were no other programs using the 6970-9999 UDP port range prior to starting my broadcast. Once I start my broadcast in QT Broadcaster, Wowza binds on 6970 and 6971 first, then throws these errors:
WARN 200 - RTPUDPTransport.bind[live/_definst_]: Address already in use: 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0:6970
WARN 200 - RTPUDPTransport.bind[live/_definst_]: Address already in use: 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0:6971
Which seem to confirm that it’s trying to use the same two ports for video, instead of moving up to 6972 and 6973. Using Wirecast via RTSP works fine – it binds to four consecutive ports (i.e. 6970-6973) and I see the following SDP in the logs:
v=0
o=- 412523967 412523967 IN IP4 127.0.0.0
s=Wirecast
c=IN IP4 [server ip]
t=0 0
a=range:npt=now-
m=audio 0 RTP/AVP 96
a=rtpmap:96 mpeg4-generic/44100/1
a=fmtp:96 profile-level-id=15;mode=AAC-hbr;sizelength=13;indexlength=3;indexdeltalength=3;config=1208
a=control:trackid=1
m=video 0 RTP/AVP 97
a=rtpmap:97 H264/90000
a=fmtp:97 packetization-mode=1;profile-level-id=4D4016;sprop-parameter-sets=J01AFqkYFAe2ANQYBBrbCte98BA=,KN4JyA==
a=cliprect:0,0,480,640
a=framesize:97 640-480
b=AS:627
a=control:trackid=2
Any ideas? I can turn on the “Broadcast over TCP” option in Broadcaster, but then the audio and video are very choppy and blocky, so I’d rather get the UDP method working correctly. (Both the UDP and TCP methods play fine through Wirecast.)
I’m using WMS 2 with the new patch11 applied, server tuned, and firewall off.
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### Author:  [@Jim\_Sustacek](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jim_Sustacek)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2010, 10:57am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-apples-quicktime-broadcaster-with-wowza-server-rtsp-rtp/42/39 "2010-04-13T10:57:32Z")
Ah yes – forceInterleaved fixed the TCP blockiness. Don’t know why I didn’t think of that.
As for the “start at a higher port” suggestion, this is the Automatic Unicast (Announce) method, so no port is specified by me. I presume Wowza is generating those?
I just sent an email to the support address with the requested files.
EDIT: Forgot to add that QuickTime Broadcaster is version 1.5.3 (the most recent version).
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### Author:  [@Jim\_Sustacek](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jim_Sustacek)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2010, 9:32am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-apples-quicktime-broadcaster-with-wowza-server-rtsp-rtp/42/40 "2010-04-20T09:32:25Z")
A helpful hint (posted elsewhere too, but relevant to this method):
In QuickTime Broadcaster, uncheck the “Frame Reordering” option under the Video tab. This will keep your audio and video in sync through any user interface slowdown in a flash video player.
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