Streaming Delivery: Multi-Protocol, Multi-Client
Adobe Flash® RTMP (RTMPT, RTMPE, RTMPTE, RTMPS)
Adobe Flash HTTP Dynamic Streaming (HDS)1 |
Flash Player
Adobe® AIR®
RTMP-compatible players
HDS-compatible players |
Apple® HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) |
iPhone®, iPod®, iPad® (iOS 3.0 or later)
QuickTime® Player (10.0 or later)
Safari® (4.0 or later on Mac OS X version 10.6)
Roku® streaming devices
Other HLS-compatible players |
MPEG-DASH |
DASH-AVC/264-compatible players |
Microsoft® Smooth Streaming |
Silverlight® 3 or later
Other Smooth Streaming-compatible players |
RTSP/RTP |
Quicktime Player
Other RTSP/RTP-compliant players
VideoLAN VLC media player
3GPP-compatible mobile devices |
MPEG2 Transport Protocol (MPEG-TS) |
IPTV set-top boxes
Multicast to any Silverlight-enabled desktop |
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Live Streaming Compatible: Encoding Inputs
RTMP |
Video: H.264, VP6, Sorenson Spark®, Screen Video v1 & v2
Audio: AAC, AAC-LC, HE-AAC (accPlus) v1 & v2, MP3, Speex,
Nellymoser Asao |
RTSP/RTP |
Video: H.264
Audio: AAC, AAC-LC, HE-AAC (accPlus) v1 & v2, MP3, Speex |
MPEG-TS |
Video: H.264
Audio: AAC, AAC-LC, HE-AAC (accPlus) v1 & v2, MP3, AC-3 (Dolby®
Digital), E-AC-3 (Dolby Digital Plus) |
ICY (SHOUTcast/Icecast) |
Audio: AAC, AAC-LC, HE-AAC (aacPlus) v1 & v2, MP3 |
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Video On-Demand Streaming: Supported File Formats
Video and Audio |
FLV (Flash Video - .flv)
MP4 (QuickTime container - .mp4, .f4v, .mov, .m4v, .mp4a, .3gp, & .3g2)
.ismv, .isma
MP3 (.mp3) |
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Protocols and Payloads: Applicable Transport Protocol and Payload Specifications
RTSP |
IETF RFC2326 |
RTP: H.264 |
IETF RFC3984, QuickTime Generic RTP Payload Format |
RTP: AAC |
IETF RFC3640
IETF RFC3016
ISO/IEC 14496-3 |
RTP: MP3 |
IETF RFC2250 |
MPEG-TS |
ISO/IEC 13818-1 |
MPEG-TS over RTP |
IETF RFC2038 |
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System Requirements
Minimum recommended production hardware |
CPU: Single Quad Core, 3.00 GHz or better
RAM: 4GB
Disk: 2 or more in RAID 0 (striping)
Network: 1Gbps Ethernet |
High-load recommended production hardware |
CPU: Dual Quad-Core or a single Hex-Core, 3.00 GHz or better
RAM: 16-32GB
Disk: 2 or more in RAID 0 (striping)
Network: 10Gbps Ethernet |
Supported operating systems |
Windows® (XP, Vista, 7, 8; Server 2003, 2008, 2012),
Linux, Mac® OS X 10.8 or later, Unix |
Java (required) |
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6+
or Java Development Kit (JDK) 6+ |
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Wowza Transcoder AddOn
Decoding (inputs) |
Video: MPEG2, MPEG4 Part 2, H.264/AVC
Audio: MP3, AAC (LC & HE), MPEG1 Part 1/2, Speex, G.711 |
Encoding (outputs) |
Video: H.263 (v2), H.264/AVC
Audio: AAC (LC & HE) |
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Wowza nDVR AddOn
Live Stream Caching and Playout |
Single content cache for simultaneous playout to Flash HDS,
Microsoft Smooth Streaming, and Apple HLS clients |
Live Stream Time Shifting |
Pause, Rewind, Forward, Resume to Live |
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Wowza DRM AddOn
Third-party Key Management Services |
BuyDRM™, Verimatrix®, and EZDRM |
Encryption Services
++ Inc. Common Encryption for MPEG-DASH
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BuyDRM: Microsoft PlayReady® ++
Verimatrix: Verimatrix® VCAS™ ++, Microsoft® PlayReady®
EZDRM: Microsoft PlayReady® |
Live and On-demand Clients
PCs, Macs, iOS devices, Android devices, Windows phones, game consoles, set-top boxes, & smart TVs |
BuyDRM: BuyDRM Players and Smooth Streaming clients
Verimtarix: ViewRight® Web clients and Smooth Streaming clients
EZDRM Live: Smooth Streaming clients
EZDRM VOD: Discretix SecurePlayer™ and Smooth Streaming clients
(note: EZDRM does not support iOS or Android) |
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