Hey,
I’m excited with the wowza 3 release and was stunned seeing the transcoder option,im already a license(wowza 2) but would like to get the wowza 3 if the following works…
Can this transcoder transcode mms/rtsp streams coming from windows media server and give out in h.264/aac?
all i need is a yes or no… thanks a lot guys and great work !
learner!
MMS ingest is not supported, but I think re-streaming RTSP from Windows Media Server in a Wowza application with Transcoder enabled might work.
Richard
If there are corresponding .unbind statements just after those with no “firstPacket: TCP:$0” in between, then UDP ports are blocked.
Try adding forceInterleaved Property to /conf/[app-name]/Application.xml /MediaCaster /Properties list, to re-stream over TCP instead:
<MediaCaster>
<Properties>
<Property>
<Name>forceInterleaved</Name>
<Value>true</Value>
<Type>Boolean</Type>
</Property>
</Properties>
</MediaCaster>
Richard
Hi LearnerDev,
Check the Transcoder User Guide, page 9 at the time of this writing, to ensure that your incoming stream to Wowza is using supported codecs.
You can use ffmpeg, vlc, handbrake, etc… You can convert to H.264/AAC right in the VLC GUI. Media menu -> Convert/Save.
thank you richard,
I will try and let you know. 
and if anyone already got it working,please share
Ldev
duh! its not working 
INFO server comment - RTPMediaCaster.Reconnector[33084848:live/definst:tstream.stream]: start: 14
INFO server comment - RTPSessionTracker.add[rtsp://127.0.0.1:554/teststream]: 1
INFO server comment - RTPSessionDescriptionDataProviderBasicRTSPWorker.buildSDPData: sessionId:10425233155628261613 sessionTimeout:60000
INFO server comment - RTPSessionDescriptionDataProviderBasic.getStreamInfo[live/definst]: RTSP/RTP re-streaming. Success, received SDP data.
INFO stream create - -
INFO server comment - RTPUDPTransport.bind[live/definst]: 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0:7136
INFO server comment - RTPUDPTransport.bind[live/definst]: 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0:7137
INFO server comment - RTPUDPTransport.bind[live/definst]: 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0:7142
INFO server comment - RTPUDPTransport.bind[live/definst]: 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0:7143
WARN server comment - Failed to find an appropriate depacketizer for this track (x-wms-rtx)
INFO server comment - RTPUDPTransport.bind[live/definst]: 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0:7138
INFO server comment - RTPUDPTransport.bind[live/definst]: 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0:7139
could you help please…
I added the property but now new error pops up
INFO server comment - RTPMediaCaster.create[14736751]
INFO server comment - RTPMediaCaster.init[14736751]
INFO server comment - RTPMediaCaster.Reconnector[14736751:live/definst:test.stream]: start: 1
INFO server comment - HTTPStreamManager.onHTTPRequest: Publish stream successfully started [live/definst]: flv:test.stream
INFO server comment - RTPSessionTracker.add[rtsp://127.0.0.1/teststream]: 1
INFO server comment - RTPSessionDescriptionDataProviderBasicRTSPWorker.buildSDPData: sessionId:358144470473742159 sessionTimeout:60000
INFO server comment - RTPSessionDescriptionDataProviderBasic.getStreamInfo[live/definst]: RTSP/RTP re-streaming. Success, received SDP data.
INFO stream create - -
WARN server comment - Failed to find an appropriate depacketizer for this track (x-wms-rtx)
INFO stream publish test.stream -
INFO server comment - RTPSessionDescriptionDataProviderBasicRTSPWorker.sessionStart: PLAY: rtsp://127.0.0.1/teststream
INFO server comment - RTPMediaCaster.Reconnector[14736751:live/definst:test.stream]: done: 1
INFO server comment - senderReport[RTP-Info]: audio
INFO server comment - senderReport[RTP-Info]: video
INFO server comment - firstPacket: TCP:$0
INFO server comment - RTPMediaCaster.streamTimeout[14736751:live/definst:test.stream]: timeout:12000 diff:12500 reason:101
INFO server comment - RTPMediaCaster.resetConnection[14736751:live/definst:test.stream]:
INFO server comment - RTPMediaCaster.closeRTPSession[14736751:live/definst:test.stream]
INFO server comment - RTPSessionDescriptionDataProviderBasicRTSPWorker.close closeSession
INFO server comment - RTPSessionDescriptionDataProviderBasicRTSPWorker.onClose
INFO server comment - RTPSessionTracker.remove[rtsp://127.0.0.1/teststream]: 0:true
INFO stream unpublish test.stream -
INFO stream destroy test.stream -
INFO server comment - RTPMediaCaster.Reconnector[14736751:live/definst:test.stream]: start: 2
ERROR server comment - MediaCasterConnection.connect: Failed to connect[127.0.0.1:554]: org.apache.mina.common.RuntimeIOException: java.net.SocketException: Invalid argument: sun.nio.ch.Net.setIn
tOption
WARN server comment - RTPSessionDescriptionDataProviderBasic.getStreamInfo: RTSP/RTP re-streaming. Cannot connect to server: rtsp://127.0.0.1/teststream
ERROR server comment - MediaCasterConnection.connect: Failed to connect[127.0.0.1:554]: org.apache.mina.common.RuntimeIOException: java.net.SocketException: Invalid argument: sun.nio.ch.Net.setIn
tOption
ERROR server comment - MediaCasterConnection.connect: Failed to connect[127.0.0.1:554]: org.apache.mina.common.RuntimeIOException: java.net.SocketException: Invalid argument: sun.nio.ch.Net.setIn
tOption
ERROR server comment - MediaCasterConnection.connect: Failed to connect[127.0.0.1:554]: org.apache.mina.common.RuntimeIOException: java.net.SocketException: Invalid argument: sun.nio.ch.Net.setIn
tOption
I tried changing the source url to rtsp://127.0.0.1:554/teststream and rtsp://serverip/teststream still doesnt work
and my stream from windows media services/server has WMV3 - video codec and wma2 - audio codec.
Help me out richard,thanks a ton!
thanks randall,
im totally disappointed 
btw do you have any suggestion for a transcoder ?
its a live stream and any guides or anything on ffmpeg?
vlc keeps crashing every now and then
cheers!