# Using Xuggler/FFmpeg encoding with Wowza

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/using-xuggler-ffmpeg-encoding-with-wowza/726>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [February 3, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-xuggler-ffmpeg-encoding-with-wowza/726 "2010-02-03T13:26:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![M\_de\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@M\_de\_G](https://community.wowza.com/u/M_de_G)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 11:38am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-xuggler-ffmpeg-encoding-with-wowza/726/21 "2010-05-25T11:38:11Z")

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I got FFMPEG working on **LINUX** publishing it to the Wowzaserver with something like;

```auto
ffmpeg -i /dev/video0 -qscale 1 -r 25 -vcodec libx264 -vpre fastfirstpass -b 636k -aspect 4:3 -s 640x480 -ar 44100 -ab 64k -async 1 -g 6 -f flv -threads 2 rtmp://ip/app/camera

```

Now i want to try to authenticate the publishing side to the server. I got it working with Flash Media Encoder (windows) with the following application config:

```auto
<Module>
<Name>ModuleRTMPAuthenticate</Name>
<Description>ModuleRTMPAuthenticate</Description>
<Class>com.wowza.wms.plugin.security.ModuleRTMPAuthenticate</Class>
</Module>

```

and the

```auto
<Property>
<Name>rtmpEncoderAuthenticateFile</Name>
<Value>${com.wowza.wms.context.VHostConfigHome}/conf/${com.wowza.wms.context.Application}/publish.password</Value>
/Property>

```

This is working fine under windows; a popup appears and i can start publishing the stream after giving the credentials.

Now i want to pass the authentication parameters with FFMPEG in **Linux** to Wowza, so i can authenticate the publishing side under linux. Is there a way to do this?

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**Author:** ![Diego\_Fantoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@Diego\_Fantoma](https://community.wowza.com/u/Diego_Fantoma)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-xuggler-ffmpeg-encoding-with-wowza/726/22 "2010-04-09T21:14:49Z")

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> Thanks for thinking with me, but it doesnt seem to work. I got the error:
> 
> “pipe:: Unknown format”
> 
> When I hit google with that error, i notice that i`m not the only one with that error lol 😃

This works for me:

dvgrab -f raw -noavc - |LD\_LIBRARY\_PATH=$XUGGLE\_HOME/lib ffmpeg -i - -f dv1394 -s 500x375 -r 10 -ar 22050 -ab 32k -ac 1 -b 750K -f flv rtmp://my.server.it/app/stream

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**Author:** ![Lusine\_Gasparyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Lusine\_Gasparyan](https://community.wowza.com/u/Lusine_Gasparyan)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-xuggler-ffmpeg-encoding-with-wowza/726/23 "2010-04-14T23:54:02Z")

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Hello guys,

I am facing a problem concerning mobile videos. Xuggler can’t convert videos made by phone camera. Please could some one give me a hint?

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**Author:** ![Alvaro\_Cano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Alvaro\_Cano](https://community.wowza.com/u/Alvaro_Cano)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-xuggler-ffmpeg-encoding-with-wowza/726/24 "2013-02-02T23:49:51Z")

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I am havving the same issue as Thijsie.

Has anyone passed the authentication parameters with FFMPEG in Linux to Wowza using ModuleRTMPAuthenticate module?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![sal\_jefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 6:14am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-xuggler-ffmpeg-encoding-with-wowza/726/25 "2013-07-08T06:14:33Z")

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Zoltan,

You might want to post on the [Find a Consultant Forum](http://community.wowza.com/c/-/7), or write to support@wowza.com and ask for list of independent consultants

Salvadore

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