Wowza Streaming Engine (Linux PAID)
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The Exact Solution We Needed—Made Life Much Easier
What do you like best about the product?
It’s the exact solution i was looking for and it made iur life much easier
What do you dislike about the product?
Hmmm i would say that it appeals to a a more tech savvy persons so the initial setup is a bit complicated.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Constantly streaming multiple video files
Independence for Live and On-Demand Streaming—No Need to Rely on Google
What do you like best about the product?
The best feature is independence. To not have to rely on for instance Google to stream live or on demand video.
What do you dislike about the product?
There’s really nothing to dislike in my opinion.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Again. Wowza helped us with independence in streaming. Many of our clients has valued that feature highly, and that has helped us.
Powerful Restreaming Across Environments, but Stability Can Be Hit-or-Miss
What do you like best about the product?
Wowza enables our team to restream cameras across different organizations and environments. It’s helped us build out our video ecosystem and makes it easier to share streams where we need them.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes Wowza can be unstable, and we end up spending time troubleshooting it—especially when Wowza is using the call home key.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It makes streaming and sharing easy across different environments and organizations.
Reliable Streaming with Global Reach and Redundancy
What do you like best about the product?
I love the ability to have publishing points in different data centers for redundancy. It gives us peace of mind that if one data center is having technical issues, we can quickly switch to a different one. I also enjoy creating cloud recordings of all live streams, as it provides a backup to local recordings. Wowza Streaming gives us a reliable CDN to reach an unlimited global audience, and it provides a great service for the price. The initial setup had no issues.
What do you dislike about the product?
The only negative is having to start the live instance every time. Sometimes it takes a few attempts. Eliminating the need to manually start the instance and have the live encoder do it would be better.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Wowza Streaming provides a reliable CDN to reach a global audience, offers redundancy with publishing points across data centers, and allows cloud recordings for backup.
Smooth Multiple Stream Integration, But HLS Needs Improvement
What do you like best about the product?
I like that Wowza Streaming can handle multiple streams at once with transcoded versions, ensuring nobody misses a broadcast even if their data or internet is poor. I also appreciate the easy integration of multiple streams to the same server, which allows our producer to take over a stream if a client fails to connect without disruption. The initial setup was extremely easy, taking just minutes given our internal product setup.
What do you dislike about the product?
The main portion that doesn’t work well is the HLS. Our team hasn’t ever been able to figure out how to enable low latency HLS even with LLHLS being enabled.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Wowza Streaming allows us to easily integrate multiple streams with different device sizes, supports multiple transcoded versions for poor connections, and lets producers manage streams seamlessly without disruption.
Reliable Streaming with Excellent Support
What do you like best about the product?
I use Wowza Streaming for our pet boarding cameras, allowing pet owners to check on their pets while they're away. The video quality is pretty good, which is important for a clear view during live streams that are available during specific hours. Also, Wowza support has been really helpful whenever we've had issues, which makes dealing with any problems much easier.
What do you dislike about the product?
I think the back end is a bit hard to navigate at first.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Wowza Streaming for livestreaming pet boarding cameras, allowing owners to watch their pets while on vacation. The video quality is pretty good, and their support is super helpful when we reach out.
Exceptional Streaming with Stellar Support
What do you like best about the product?
I really appreciate Wowza Streaming for its strong video streaming functionality and the amazing service they provide, from technical support to customer service. I like the stability of their solutions and the responsiveness to incidents. The team guided us well during the initial setup over 5 years ago, and everything has been working well since.
What do you dislike about the product?
N/A
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Wowza Streaming provides strong video streaming functionality with great support, ensuring stability and prompt incident responses.
Flexible, Extensible, and Reliable - Great solution for a Streaming Server
What do you like best about the product?
Some of Wowza's aspects that I find crucial are flexibility, extensibility and reliability. I've been using Wowza for over a decade on many different projects, across many industries. I was always able to adjust it to suite my needs through either the wide choice of preexisting functionalities, or through writing custom modules. Whenever I faced a problem, I was able to resolve it either through the community forums or with the help of support.
What do you dislike about the product?
Wowza is very powerful and extensible, but that comes at the price of the server running "a bit heavy". But honestly, I rarely found this to be a big problem. If you want something super-optimized, without support for many features you possibly don't need, then something else might be a better choice.
The same is true for cost - if you are looking to save money, you could go for something free or cheaper, that will be less powerful or will require more work. But given what it offers - Wowza is a pretty good deal.
The same is true for cost - if you are looking to save money, you could go for something free or cheaper, that will be less powerful or will require more work. But given what it offers - Wowza is a pretty good deal.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
With several projects, the plan was to replace Wowza with something else at some point, something more optimal in terms of both resources and pricing. However, Wowza has been running so smoothly, without causing any problems, that replacing it usually stays at the bottom of the priority list. It comes with wide support of streaming protocols and is usually quite advanced in adding support for new ones, that it remains a good choice for future-proofing as well. It has allowed me to make low-level changes to how video and audio packets are processed and synced, to automate my workflows, and custom security enhancements, combine benefits of different streaming protocols in a single workflow, etc.
Wowza’s Rock-Solid Reliability and High Performance Over the Years
What do you like best about the product?
What I like best about Wowza is its incredible robustness. We have been using it for many years, and it has consistently delivered high performance without issues. It is a highly reliable solution that has proven its value over time, regardless of how the streaming industry has evolved.
What do you dislike about the product?
There isn't much to dislike. The only minor point is the learning curve, as it is a highly technical platform. However, once you have it configured, it works flawlessly, so we haven't encountered any significant issues in all our years of operation.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We chose Wowza because it was the best solution available when we launched our streaming services for our clients. It solved the problem of handling complex media workflows and diverse playback formats. The main benefit for us has been peace of mind: having a platform that was top-tier back then and continues to deliver consistent results for our business today.
Stable Streaming
What do you like best about the product?
I appreciate that Wowza Streaming allows us the stability required for streaming, giving us the confidence that our stream reaches the right destination with great quality and all necessary settings. It just takes a lot of the worry out of our hands. The first setup of Wowza Streaming was really easy, which is something I value.
What do you dislike about the product?
The user interface is a little bit clunky and needs someone who really knows what they're doing to use it. I would love something a little bit more cleaner and user-friendly.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Wowza Streaming provides the stability we need for streaming to multiple destinations. I can rely on it to ensure our streams arrive with great quality and necessary settings, which takes a lot of the worry out of our hands.
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