# Using gstreamer-0.10 with Wowza **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Created:** [July 2, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-gstreamer-0-10-with-wowza/306 "2008-07-02T17:41:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Good](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/charlie_good/32/383_2.png) [@Charlie\_Good](https://community.wowza.com/u/Charlie_Good)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 11:15am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-gstreamer-0-10-with-wowza/306/21 "2008-11-03T11:15:53Z")
First, be sure to upgrade to the latest patch (patch33) from here: [https://www.wowza.com/devbuild.html](https://www.wowza.com/devbuild.html) Next, send me the entire debug log so I can have a look at it ([charlie@wowza.com](mailto:charlie@wowza.com)). Charlie ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Good](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/charlie_good/32/383_2.png) [@Charlie\_Good](https://community.wowza.com/u/Charlie_Good)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 4:48am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-gstreamer-0-10-with-wowza/306/22 "2008-11-21T04:48:15Z")
Please send me the entire debug log file. Send it to charlie@wowza.com. Charlie ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Good](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/charlie_good/32/383_2.png) [@Charlie\_Good](https://community.wowza.com/u/Charlie_Good)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 7:40am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-gstreamer-0-10-with-wowza/306/23 "2008-12-14T07:40:43Z")
I don’t know gstreamer very well. Is this doing a transcode to H.264? What happens when you try to play this stream using VLC player. What is the type of the audio/video in the “Stream Media Info” dialog box in VLC? Charlie ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Good](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/charlie_good/32/383_2.png) [@Charlie\_Good](https://community.wowza.com/u/Charlie_Good)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 6:06am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-gstreamer-0-10-with-wowza/306/24 "2008-12-16T06:06:17Z")
I think you have been contacting me directly over email. I suspect that the problem might be with gstreamer. The fact that you do not have a reliable stream working with VLC is suspect. I would work with the gstreamer team to try and get reliable playback with VLC first. Once you have this working then move on to Wowza Pro and Flash. I suspect that the audio packets are not properly formatted in the RTP packets. You might also see if there is an option to turn off the CRC byte. We have had problems in the past if the CRC byte is turned on. Charlie ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Good](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/charlie_good/32/383_2.png) [@Charlie\_Good](https://community.wowza.com/u/Charlie_Good)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 9:00am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-gstreamer-0-10-with-wowza/306/25 "2008-12-22T09:00:07Z")
Then try changing the SDP data to this: ```auto v=0 o=- 14770170187368070364 14770170187368070364 IN IP4 c3dpcws004 s=Unnamed i=N/A c=IN IP4 10.218.35.135 t=0 0 a=tool:vlc 0.9.6 a=recvonly a=type:broadcast a=charset:UTF-8 m=video 1234 RTP/AVP 96 b=RR:0 a=rtpmap:96 H264/90000 a=fmtp:96 packetization-mode=1 a=fmtp:96 profile-level-id=3; ``` We cannot handle the **config** data as it is presented in the SDP file. We should be able to extract this data from the stream if it is not present in the SDP file. Charlie ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Good](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/charlie_good/32/383_2.png) [@Charlie\_Good](https://community.wowza.com/u/Charlie_Good)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 5:25am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-gstreamer-0-10-with-wowza/306/26 "2008-12-23T05:25:27Z")
GStreamer tends to use AUD NAL units. For some reason with this setup it is actually sending SPS NAL units which include video data. I have never seen this before. I will need to better understand this. Charlie ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Good](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/charlie_good/32/383_2.png) [@Charlie\_Good](https://community.wowza.com/u/Charlie_Good)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 5:23am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-gstreamer-0-10-with-wowza/306/27 "2009-01-06T05:23:29Z")
I made a change that enabled it to work when using the test pattern. So in the most recent version the following gstreamer command line works: ```auto gst-launch-0.10 -vvv videotestsrc ! queue ! x264enc byte-stream=true bitrate=300 ! rtph264pay ! udpsink port=5000 host=127.0.0.1 sync=false ``` This continues to work for me. I have tried gstreamer in other situations where it does not work due to the problems I described above. Charlie ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Good](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/charlie_good/32/383_2.png) [@Charlie\_Good](https://community.wowza.com/u/Charlie_Good)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 4:31am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-gstreamer-0-10-with-wowza/306/28 "2009-05-04T04:31:04Z")
Also, try setting the RTP/AVSyncMethod to systemclock in [install-dir]/conf/[application]/Application.xml. Charlie ---
**Author:** ![Florent\_Thiery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Florent\_Thiery](https://community.wowza.com/u/Florent_Thiery)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-gstreamer-0-10-with-wowza/306/29 "2008-08-11T16:30:59Z")
Hi, Fortunately, gstreamer’s verbose arguments lets you get information like sprops. Unfortunately, this didn’t change a thing :-\ v=0 o=- 1188340656180883 1 IN IP4 127.0.0.1 s=Session streamed by GStreamer i=server.sh t=0 0 a=tool:GStreamer a=type:broadcast m=video 5000 RTP/AVP 96 c=IN IP4 127.0.0.1 a=rtpmap:96 H264/90000 sprop-parameter-sets=“Z01AM5JUCg/YCIAAAAMAgAAAHkeMGVA\=\,aO48gA\=\=” Is the syntax wrong ? Other info possibly useful: gst-launch-0.10 -vvv videotestsrc ! queue ! x264enc byte-stream=true bitrate=300 ! rtph264pay ! udpsink port=5000 host=127.0.0.1 sync=false /pipeline0/udpsink0.sink: caps = application/x-rtp, media=(string)video, clock-rate=(int)90000, encoding-name=(string)H264, profile-level-id=(string)4d4033, sprop-parameter-sets=(string)“Z01AM5JUCg/YCIAAAAMAgAAAHkeMGVA\=\,aO48gA\=\=”, payload=(int)96, ssrc=(guint)581716154, clock-base=(guint)1491552284, seqnum-base=(guint)30522 ---
**Author:** ![Florent\_Thiery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Florent\_Thiery](https://community.wowza.com/u/Florent_Thiery)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-gstreamer-0-10-with-wowza/306/30 "2008-08-13T17:11:27Z")
I doubt it’s the codec that’s faulty, since it’s x264 like VLC. Would the rtp payloading be the problem ? Do you have example h264 raw rtp sdp files for inspiration ? Thanks Florent ---
**Author:** ![Florent\_Thiery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Florent\_Thiery](https://community.wowza.com/u/Florent_Thiery)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 8:49am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-gstreamer-0-10-with-wowza/306/31 "2008-08-14T08:49:38Z")
Here’s the detailed debug output with the previous sdp file (EOS). Nothing shows up. ```auto DEBUG server comment - SINGLE: end:true tc:com.wowza.util.RolloverLong@1a7f9dc sz:1284 DEBUG server comment - rtp[video:1209] {80 e0 b0 e2 ea 11 5f 12 80 b6 6f c4 09 30 00 00 } DEBUG server comment - SINGLE: end:true tc:com.wowza.util.RolloverLong@1a7f9dc sz:1197 DEBUG server comment - rtp[video:1316] {80 e0 b0 e3 ea 11 6a ca 80 b6 6f c4 09 30 00 00 } INFO server comment - RTPMediaCaster.shutdown: mystream.sdp DEBUG server comment - SINGLE: end:true tc:com.wowza.util.RolloverLong@1a7f9dc sz:1304 INFO server comment - RTPMediaCaster.disconnect INFO stream unpublish mystream.sdp - ``` Do you see something new ? I’m working on a more detailed sdp file, i’ll let you know. ---
**Author:** ![Florent\_Thiery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Florent\_Thiery](https://community.wowza.com/u/Florent_Thiery)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 9:00am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-gstreamer-0-10-with-wowza/306/32 "2008-08-14T09:00:22Z")
Here’s a new sdp file inspired from Wirecasts’: ```auto v=0 o=- 1188340656180883 1 IN IP4 127.0.0.1 s=Session streamed by GStreamer t=0 0 a=tool:GStreamer a=type:broadcast m=video 5000 RTP/AVP 96 c=IN IP4 127.0.0.1 a=rtpmap:96 H264/90000 a=fmtp:96 packetization-mode=1;profile-level-id=4d4033;sprop-parameter-sets=Z01AM5JUCg/YCIAAAAMAgAAAHkeMGVA=,aO48gA== a=cliprect:0,0,240,320 a=framesize:96 320-240 ``` Ouptut is still: ```auto DEBUG server comment - rtp[video:1195] {80 e0 83 04 d6 dc 65 12 f5 1a 23 64 09 30 00 00 } DEBUG server comment - SINGLE: end:true tc:com.wowza.util.RolloverLong@1aa0a15 sz:1183 DEBUG server comment - rtp[video:1201] {80 e0 83 05 d6 dc 70 cb f5 1a 23 64 09 30 00 00 } DEBUG server comment - SINGLE: end:true tc:com.wowza.util.RolloverLong@1aa0a15 sz:1 ``` Any comments ? I also tried setting the packetization mode to 0, witout any changes :-\ ---
**Author:** ![Florent\_Thiery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Florent\_Thiery](https://community.wowza.com/u/Florent_Thiery)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-gstreamer-0-10-with-wowza/306/33 "2009-01-06T12:46:31Z")
To charlie: avidemux only demultiplexes an existing avi stream (from file in the example), so if the payload is h264 no need to reencode… I continue trying to use gstreamer with wowza, and i get exactly the same behaviour as fonarik: When using the following gst, my udp sink reports: /pipeline0/udpsink0.sink: caps = application/x-rtp, media=(string)video, clock-rate=(int)90000, encoding-name=(string)H264, profile-level-id=(string)42e01e, sprop-parameter-sets=(string)“Z0LgHtoC0EmwEAg\=\,aM4zyA\=\=”, payload=(int)96, ssrc=(guint)4241018952, clock-base=(guint)3431787311, seqnum-base=(guint)21521 When i use this info to fill in the .sdp file, INFO session connect-pending 192.168.40.121 - INFO session connect 192.168.40.121 - INFO stream create - - INFO server comment - MediaStreamMediaCasterPlay: startPlay INFO server comment - RTPMediaCaster.create INFO server comment - RTPMediaCaster.init INFO server comment - RTPMediaCaster.Reconnector: start INFO server comment - RTPSessionDescriptionDataProviderBasic.getStreamInfo: /usr/local/WowzaMediaServerPro/content/gsttest.sdp INFO stream create - - INFO stream publish gsttest.sdp - INFO server comment - UDPTransport.bind: /127.0.0.1:10000 INFO server comment - UDPTransport.bind: /127.0.0.1:10001 INFO server comment - UDPTransport.bind: /127.0.0.1:10002 INFO server comment - UDPTransport.bind: /127.0.0.1:10003 INFO server comment - RTPMediaCaster.Reconnector: stop INFO server comment - UDPTransport.firstPacket: /127.0.0.1:10000 After, nothing more happens… ---
**Author:** ![Florent\_Thiery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Florent\_Thiery](https://community.wowza.com/u/Florent_Thiery)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-gstreamer-0-10-with-wowza/306/34 "2009-01-06T12:48:14Z")
I saw the changelog entry stating “added support for gstreamer” recently. I use 1.6 wowza deb. Should the issue be fixed already ? ---
**Author:** ![Florent\_Thiery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Florent\_Thiery](https://community.wowza.com/u/Florent_Thiery)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-gstreamer-0-10-with-wowza/306/35 "2009-01-06T15:11:32Z")
Hi charlie 🙂 Regarding the development environment: [http://www.pitivi.org/wiki/GStreamer\_CVS\_Setup\_Page](http://www.pitivi.org/wiki/GStreamer_CVS_Setup_Page) What do you mean by “latest version” : 0.10.21 ? ---
**Author:** ![Florent\_Thiery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Florent\_Thiery](https://community.wowza.com/u/Florent_Thiery)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-gstreamer-0-10-with-wowza/306/36 "2009-01-06T15:21:31Z")
I confirm the test pattern works !!! This is awesome ! So finally you did add support for the different RTP handling ? ---
**Author:** ![Florent\_Thiery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Florent\_Thiery](https://community.wowza.com/u/Florent_Thiery)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-gstreamer-0-10-with-wowza/306/37 "2009-01-06T15:23:32Z")
I’m just trying to understand why this works with the test pattern but not other cases: with the test pattern + x264enc, the mark is correct ? ---
**Author:** ![Florent\_Thiery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Florent\_Thiery](https://community.wowza.com/u/Florent_Thiery)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-gstreamer-0-10-with-wowza/306/38 "2009-01-06T15:38:33Z")
Okay; 1. do you want me to report the issue to the development list ? ([https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gstreamer-devel](https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gstreamer-devel)) 2. i tested with the dev env (0.10.21), and THIS WORKS PERFECTLY !!! For reference, we use the FastVDO SmartCapture device with a dedicated gstreamer plugin This is great 🙂 Thanks again ! FLorent ---
**Author:** ![Florent\_Thiery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Florent\_Thiery](https://community.wowza.com/u/Florent_Thiery)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-gstreamer-0-10-with-wowza/306/39 "2009-01-21T16:51:15Z")
Hi Charlie, I am now looking for a way to send MP3 or AAC data with gstreamer as well: AAC: gst-launch audiotestsrc ! faac ! rtpmp4apay ! udpsink host=$server port=$audio\_port Here is the sdp audio part i’ve been using m=audio 10002 RTP/AVP 96 a=rtpmap:96 mpeg4-generic/48000/2 a=control:trackID=2 a=fmtp:96 streamtype=5; profile-level-id=255; mode=AAC-hbr; config=1190; objectType=64; sizeLength=13; indexLength=3; indexDeltaLength=3 The server raises exceptions: ERROR server comment - addDataA[this.size:513 this.dataA.length:513 this.startDataLoc:512 this.dataLoc:512 data.length:303 offset:0 size:303 missing:1]: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException at com.wowza.wms.amf.AMFPacket.addData(Unknown Source) at com.wowza.wms.stream.live.LiveReceiver.addAudioData(Unknown Source) at com.wowza.wms.stream.live.MediaStreamLive.addAudioData(Unknown Source) at com.wowza.wms.rtp.depacketizer.RTPPacket.write(Unknown Source) at com.wowza.wms.rtp.depacketizer.RTPPacket.write(Unknown Source) at com.wowza.wms.rtp.depacketizer.RTPDePacketizerMPEG4AAC.handleRTPPacket(Unknown Source) Given gstreamer’s detailed output (below) how should the SDP file be ? caps = application/x-rtp, media=(string)audio, clock-rate=(int)48000, encoding-name=(string)MP4A-LATM, cpresent=(string)0, config=(string)40001320, payload=(int)96, ssrc=(guint)3653097729, clock-base=(guint)2206318833, seqnum-base=(guint)48474 MP3: gst-launch audiotestsrc ! lame ! rtpmpapay ! udpsink host=$server port=$audio\_port I do not know how to tell the server in the sdp file (if supported) that audio is MP3. Do you have sample SDP files for MP3 rtp streams ? THanks ---
**Author:** ![Florent\_Thiery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Florent\_Thiery](https://community.wowza.com/u/Florent_Thiery)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-gstreamer-0-10-with-wowza/306/40 "2009-01-21T17:05:49Z")
Here’s what i’m trying: m=audio 10002 RTP/AVP 96 a=rtpmap:96 mpa-robust/90000 And the corresponding gst caps: /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstRtpMPAPay:rtpmpapay0.GstPad:src: caps = application/x-rtp, media=(string)audio, clock-rate=(int)90000, encoding-name=(string)MPA, payload=(int)96, ssrc=(guint)1315959326, clock-base=(guint)2051349402, seqnum-base=(guint)41023 /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstRtpMPAPay:rtpmpapay0.GstPad:sink: caps = audio/mpeg, mpegversion=(int)1, mpegaudioversion=(int)1, layer=(int)3, channels=(int)2, rate=(int)48000 [Previous page](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-gstreamer-0-10-with-wowza/306.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-gstreamer-0-10-with-wowza/306.md?page=3)