Wowza Streaming Engine (Linux BYOL)
Wowza Media Systems, Inc. | 4.9.0Linux/Unix, Amazon Linux 2020 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Even on a Mac Mini, WOWZA gets the job done!
What do you like best about the product?
WOWZA is a super reliable, effecient media server empowering our orgaization to deliver lprogramming live and on demand. We have been using WOWZA for over 20 years, starting on an Apple Xserver. Our WOWZA now resides on older Mac Mini (3 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i5) and is easily able to keep up with the demand for our programming. Maintence is almost non-existant, save for the yealy renewal of our Streamlock certificate. It just works!
What do you dislike about the product?
Initial configuration can be a bit of a learning curve, but once you get the hang of it, it is easy to alter and add functionality.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
With our internal WOWZA server, we are able to host an enorous amount of archived programming since we can use cheap, local storage.
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Great product and customer service
What do you like best about the product?
Wowza is ready to use, reliable, and their customer service is prompt and useful.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing really. It's a great streaming service.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I need a way to distribute or stream to our website as well as to Roku. Wowza allows us to do that easily.
PAYG streaming - quick, easy and affordable
What do you like best about the product?
We've used Wowza on and off for many years - the quality of the encoders and the recently updated FlowPlayer are pretty hard to beat, particularly at the price point (you can go down a fantastic rabbithole of customising FlowPlayer to match your site with the FlowPlayer add-ons)
Embedding is as simple as a line of code that is generated by the site when you create your stream (and all the encoding options get auto generated but are stil available to adjust as you see fit - nothing seems to be hidden away here!)
A great recent addition has been improving the speed of download on the saved stream footage - previously an 8-hour day would take almost an hour from request to actually starting a download. Now it's much quicker and I can't say how much more usable this has made Wowza (thank you, you've literally cut hours off our tunr-around times!)
Although the customer service times seem quite slow for PAYG customers, I've never had to wait that long to get help (and in 'critical' time sensitive matters they do seem to reply quickly)
Embedding is as simple as a line of code that is generated by the site when you create your stream (and all the encoding options get auto generated but are stil available to adjust as you see fit - nothing seems to be hidden away here!)
A great recent addition has been improving the speed of download on the saved stream footage - previously an 8-hour day would take almost an hour from request to actually starting a download. Now it's much quicker and I can't say how much more usable this has made Wowza (thank you, you've literally cut hours off our tunr-around times!)
Although the customer service times seem quite slow for PAYG customers, I've never had to wait that long to get help (and in 'critical' time sensitive matters they do seem to reply quickly)
What do you dislike about the product?
Over the past few years, every little annoyance seems to have been ironed out of the platform meaning that my dislike is a little bit of my impatience!
For the PAYG, it'd be nice if they had a tally of current charges outstanding on your account.
The prices for PAYG clearly displayed, they tell you how much data you've used each day but you need to work out the price yourself (I know, basic multiplication, but it'd be nice if they could add this into their fantastic platform
For the PAYG, it'd be nice if they had a tally of current charges outstanding on your account.
The prices for PAYG clearly displayed, they tell you how much data you've used each day but you need to work out the price yourself (I know, basic multiplication, but it'd be nice if they could add this into their fantastic platform
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Occasionally we need to run multiple streams over conflicting times meaning we run out of available streams on our main provider. Wowza's PAYG has a (seemingly) limitless amount of streams available, customising our FlowPlayer to look 'close enough' to our main streams is easy and to be completely honest, none of our end users could tell that we had 2 separate back-end services providing streams!
Used for years, always a great experience for our audience.
What do you like best about the product?
We love how simple it is to set up and monitor. It integrates with our streaming software VMix -using just a short code. And for our audience members, the quality of the streams, regardless of device, has been excellent.
What do you dislike about the product?
The only downside is they did increase the basic monthly fee to use the service a la carte. Not cost prohibitive, but as small K12 school, for what we stream to our parents/etc, it it was an unwanted fee increase.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Wowza allows us to stream our live events to our parents and community members who cannot attend. IT's been awesome to receive feedback from grandparents in other states/even countries, to be able to see their grandchild on stage/etc.
Great and reliable streaming service for a fair price
What do you like best about the product?
I choose Wowza Video because of its fair pricing model. It works great for my monthly livestreams for years. I hade some issues before one livestream and the wowza suppot helped me solving it.
What do you dislike about the product?
Wowza had some trouble updating its video portal to the new version. But now everything works fine.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Offering livestream service for my clients
Live streaming with Wowza
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to understand and east to implement, good and responsive customer support. Easy to broadcast to different platforms. Useful for both Live streaming and Video on Demand
What do you dislike about the product?
The monitoring section could be improved
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
How we broadcast our live streams
Wowza is Best streaming Engine in the Market
What do you like best about the product?
Wowza Streaming Engine is a versatile and robust media server that supports a wide range of streaming protocols and formats, which is one of the features I appreciate most. Its flexibility in handling both live and on-demand streaming makes it suitable for various use cases, from enterprise-level deployments to smaller, custom streaming solutions. Additionally, Wowza's support for adaptive bitrate streaming ensures a smooth experience for viewers across different devices and network conditions.
The comprehensive API and SDKs provided by Wowza also allow developers to create customized streaming workflows, making it a highly adaptable tool. Its low latency capabilities are particularly impressive, especially for applications like live sports or interactive broadcasts where real-time delivery is critical. Lastly, the detailed analytics and monitoring tools offered by Wowza are useful for optimizing and troubleshooting streaming performance
The comprehensive API and SDKs provided by Wowza also allow developers to create customized streaming workflows, making it a highly adaptable tool. Its low latency capabilities are particularly impressive, especially for applications like live sports or interactive broadcasts where real-time delivery is critical. Lastly, the detailed analytics and monitoring tools offered by Wowza are useful for optimizing and troubleshooting streaming performance
What do you dislike about the product?
I am not happy with their Pricing, IT should be less for Startup Companies.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Its easy to use to I dont need big team to stream my content.
"Wowza Video: La Solución Definitiva para Transmisiones en Vivo Escalables y de Baja Latencia"
What do you like best about the product?
Lo que más me gusta de Wowza Video es su combinación de escalabilidad, baja latencia y flexibilidad. Su infraestructura robusta asegura transmisiones fluidas y sin interrupciones, incluso a gran escala. Además, la capacidad de ofrecer transmisión de baja latencia es ideal para eventos en vivo y aplicaciones interactivas, proporcionando una experiencia casi instantánea para los espectadores.
What do you dislike about the product?
Costo: Wowza Video puede resultar costoso, especialmente para pequeñas empresas o proyectos individuales. Sería beneficioso ofrecer opciones de precios más accesibles o escalables para diferentes tipos de usuarios y presupuestos.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Wowza Video puede manejar grandes volúmenes de tráfico y eventos a gran escala sin comprometer el rendimiento. Esto es especialmente beneficioso para negocios que experimentan niveles variables de demanda de espectadores, asegurando una experiencia de transmisión fluida sin importar el tamaño de la audiencia.
Streaming Engine is the foundation of our network
What do you like best about the product?
Wowza Streaming Engine provided robust and dependable streaming output for our live sports network. We were able to install modules that customized file naming and insert ID3 data tags for embed score information.
What do you dislike about the product?
Support could be more accessible and available by phone. Luckily, we needed very little support over the years.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The platform is quite good at transmuxing various resolutions and adaptable via JAVA for advanced functions such as insertion of ID3 tags.
We sell Wowza as an on-premises product.
What do you like best about the product?
There are many different streaming services on the Internet, and there is a lot of competition. Many local governments, factories, and production lines in Japan have networks that cannot be connected to the Internet, but WSE can also operate on closed networks. We sell Wowza appliance products to such environments. The product also comes bundled with YMW software for browser-based management and viewing, including a video platform, HTML5 player, and 360-degree panoramic video player. You can use Wowza directly.There are no products that can be guaranteed to work properly under these conditions.
What do you dislike about the product?
We want to perform stable, low-latency live performances in closed network environments such as factories. I would like to see WebRTC's WebRTC-HTTP ingestion protocol installed in WowzaVideo installed in WSE as well. RTMP has a lot of latency, so it is not suitable for ultra-low latency. WebRTC's browser encoder is not suitable for continuous and stable distribution. I want to sell appliance products that enhance low-latency live streaming.
The same goes for HTML5 streaming. Wowza confirmed that both 8K/HEVC and MPEG-DASH VOD can be viewed live on a Chrome browser, but HLS cannot be streamed as VOD and can only be streamed with CMAF-HLS LIVE. Moreover, the application is exclusive with MPEG-DASH. CMAF settings cannot be saved if edited using the manager. It is still under development. Nginx allows HEVC and VP9 VOD distribution with HLS. We are focusing on delivering 8K quality 360-degree panoramic videos. You can watch it using MetaQuest 3's standard browser, but I feel that Wowza's superiority is weakening.
It's been 13 years since we resold Wowza, but lately we've been feeling a great sense of crisis. I want you to try new challenges at WSE like before. Then, create a flow to expand to WowzaVideo. I would like to convey that the origin of WowzaVideo is WSE. New technology in cloud services has a lot to do with service quality and competitors. WSE can evaluate new technologies at the customer's responsibility. I believe that if we challenge ourselves with that idea, we will be able to promote WSE. Nowadays, prices are going up due to inflation, but the number of resales is not increasing. I think one of the reasons is the lack of innovative technology.
The same goes for HTML5 streaming. Wowza confirmed that both 8K/HEVC and MPEG-DASH VOD can be viewed live on a Chrome browser, but HLS cannot be streamed as VOD and can only be streamed with CMAF-HLS LIVE. Moreover, the application is exclusive with MPEG-DASH. CMAF settings cannot be saved if edited using the manager. It is still under development. Nginx allows HEVC and VP9 VOD distribution with HLS. We are focusing on delivering 8K quality 360-degree panoramic videos. You can watch it using MetaQuest 3's standard browser, but I feel that Wowza's superiority is weakening.
It's been 13 years since we resold Wowza, but lately we've been feeling a great sense of crisis. I want you to try new challenges at WSE like before. Then, create a flow to expand to WowzaVideo. I would like to convey that the origin of WowzaVideo is WSE. New technology in cloud services has a lot to do with service quality and competitors. WSE can evaluate new technologies at the customer's responsibility. I believe that if we challenge ourselves with that idea, we will be able to promote WSE. Nowadays, prices are going up due to inflation, but the number of resales is not increasing. I think one of the reasons is the lack of innovative technology.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
There is the issue of live streaming within a closed network. We bundle it with HPE products and sell it as an appliance product.
Local government employees can monitor council meetings from their personal computers. This is just one example.
https://www.ymw.co.jp/streaming/wowza/
https://www.ymw.co.jp/streaming/media360/
https://www.hpe.com/jp/ja/customer-case-studies/servers-proliant-ymw.html
Problems can be solved by bundling WSE.
Local government employees can monitor council meetings from their personal computers. This is just one example.
https://www.ymw.co.jp/streaming/wowza/
https://www.ymw.co.jp/streaming/media360/
https://www.hpe.com/jp/ja/customer-case-studies/servers-proliant-ymw.html
Problems can be solved by bundling WSE.
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