Hey Im looking into using WOWZA as a VOD system. Currently have live streams being ingested through a separate process and this process stores the files as a single MPEG2/AAC file but does not define a “container” or extension on the files. I can play these files back through VLC but WOWZA seems unable to playback the file. Is the software incapable of doing what im looking for?
Hello there.
Have you tried added the prefix mp4: and suffix .mp4 to the stream name in the playback URL? For example:
rtmp://[ip-address]/vod/_definst_/mp4:some-file.mp4
This may play the files. If not you can follow this guide to encode them:
How to encode video on demand content
Regards,
Salvadore
Here are the Wowza specifications
Beyond that I am not sure what else to suggest.
Regards,
Salvadore
Hello there.
Have you tried added the prefix mp4: and suffix .mp4 to the stream name in the playback URL? For example:
rtmp://[ip-address]/vod/_defisnt_/mp4:some-file.mp4This may play the files. If not you can follow this guide to encode them:
How to encode video on demand content
Regards,
Salvadore
Unfortunately encoding is not going to be possible as the amount being ingested is too much (think terabytes an hour). I have tried previously what you listed above and tried naming the files as such but to no avail. If i did reencode the files they would play back but thats not an option.