Wowza Streaming Engine (Linux BYOL)
Wowza Media Systems, Inc. | 4.9.5Linux/Unix, Amazon Linux 2023 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Streaming Engine quick and easy
What do you like best about the product?
I was firstly introduced to Wowza by a friend who told me they had integrated the Streaming Engine into their platform. This intrigued me and led me to try it out myself. After reading the documentation, which really is just a two minute read, I was able to set the correct settings and it worked first time. Honestly, Wowza came at the right time for us and we are now in the process of integrating their APIs into our platform.
What do you dislike about the product?
The UI for the mobile view overflows the screen and the user experience (UX) looks rather old for such a well working product. I suppose this might be the flair - keep the product quick and simple, so the UI should be too?
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Using their APIs, I can integrate a Live Stream much quicker and easier for the users of my platform to see.
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Rock-Solid Streaming Engine for Long-Term Success – 7 Years and Still Going Strong
What do you like best about the product?
I’ve been using Wowza Streaming Engine for over 7 years (currently on version 4.9.0+3), and it’s been the backbone of our live streaming platform. While it was a bit challenging to set up initially especially since I didn’t have a support plan the online forums and documentation were extremely helpful. Once configured, it has worked flawlessly. It supports all devices and operating systems, making it perfect for streaming live cameras on a public website.
Pros:
• Extremely stable and reliable once configured
• Streams work seamlessly across all browsers and platforms
• Highly customizable for advanced setups
• Excellent documentation and active community forums
Pros:
• Extremely stable and reliable once configured
• Streams work seamlessly across all browsers and platforms
• Highly customizable for advanced setups
• Excellent documentation and active community forums
What do you dislike about the product?
Cons:
• Steep learning curve for beginners
• UI feels a bit dated
• Support requires an additional cost
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Wowza Streaming Engine enables us to broadcast multiple live camera feeds to our website without interruption. It handles device and browser compatibility with ease, which has saved us countless hours and ensured a great experience for our viewers.
• Steep learning curve for beginners
• UI feels a bit dated
• Support requires an additional cost
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Wowza Streaming Engine enables us to broadcast multiple live camera feeds to our website without interruption. It handles device and browser compatibility with ease, which has saved us countless hours and ensured a great experience for our viewers.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Wowza Streaming Engine allows me to run my own live streaming server independently without relying on third-party platforms. This gives me full control over our infrastructure and removes the need for recurring licensing fees per camera or stream. As long as the server hardware is powerful enough, I can scale up and stream as many live cameras as I want making it extremely cost effective and flexible for a growing network.
Nothing better for the price
What do you like best about the product?
Wowza Streaming Engine has been a game-changer for our live streaming needs! The reliability, scalability, and flexibility it offers have allowed us to deliver high-quality content to our global audience with ease. The support team is knowledgeable and responsive, making it a breeze to troubleshoot any issues. We've seen a significant increase in viewer engagement and satisfaction since implementing Wowza. It's a solid investment for any organization looking to take their streaming to the next level!
What do you dislike about the product?
It has been a reliable solution, however, we've encountered some challenges. The user interface can be complex, requiring a steep learning curve. Additionally, we've experienced occasional latency issues and difficulties with certain codec configurations. The documentation, although extensive, sometimes lacks clarity. Despite these drawbacks, the Wowza team has been responsive to our concerns. With some improvements to the UI and documentation, Wowza could further solidify its position as a leading streaming solution."
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Live streaming and transcoding without a need to those complex FFMPEG commands.
Excellent Video Engine
What do you like best about the product?
It is a stable and powerful engine, in addition to having excellent performance.
What do you dislike about the product?
Well in general the cost, but it is always necessary.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is easy to implement and easy to administer.
Easy to use and affordable
What do you like best about the product?
Wowza Streaming is easy to use and very affordable
What do you dislike about the product?
I have not found any downside to Wowza Streaming
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Wowza Streaming integration works very well our production platform (NewTek TriCaster) making it one less thing to worry about during crunch time.
Wowza is a great software for work
What do you like best about the product?
It has the On-prem feature which helped us conveniently to do our day today work. As a news broadcast company our day to today would have been so hard if we couldn't find wowza as our main partner for broadcasting.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some times on prem login didna't work correctly. But only the user login. Server worked pretty well.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Live broadcasting. Since Sri lanka is a very poor country in tech. So we definitely needed a good software for our broadcasting. Wowza solved us that problem. Thanks to wowza we are doing our job properly.
Streaming Engine
What do you like best about the product?
This enables to stream video and audio any device or location. Supports a variety of streaming protocols. It can process massages at scale with high throughput and low latency.
What do you dislike about the product?
It required manual adjustments to thing like streaming parameters.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I'm working with variety of devices such as laptop, smart phone and tablet. This platform supports those varieties of devices.
Wowza is high quality video streaming solution with next generation features.
What do you like best about the product?
This solution offers on-premise and cloud hosted streaming option which help me to enable low latency streaming experiance for one of major customer. As project manager , i was able to fulfill customer requirments with Wowza which is high quality product , futhermore customer support is next level.
What do you dislike about the product?
When implmenting this solution in our customer envoiremnt , The on-premise impletation process took a long time period to complete the implementaion.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
On of our customer required to having solution to live stream their online betting business among the centers island wide. We proposed the wowza as a live streaming solution and we were able to deploy Wowza server in their envviornment which has been able to enable high quality video streaming for thier businness. The Customer feedback was very good for this solution and someone looking a for a video streaming with low latancy this is the ideal solution.
Wowza: The Swiss Army Knife of video streaming server platforms!
What do you like best about the product?
Wowza has the most robust suite of configurable options, allowing maximum flexibility for incoming and outgoing streams. Installation and implementation is always straightforward and the platform integrates with all our streaming providers with ease. Support from the Wowza professionals is top-notch and the product is well documented. We're using the platform installed on our on-premise servers on a daily basis.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are so many options available, even the GUI can be somewhat confusing until you get used to it -- but Wowza has made many improvements over the years and it is always getting better!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Accessibility features for video is a high priority for us and Wowza puts resources toward making sure their streaming engine supports all the necessary items needed such as closed captions, audio tracks, etc. Wowza also gives us the ability to re-stream to multiple platforms simultaneously without subscribing to a usage-based service.
We use Wowza to stream our live media tours.
What do you like best about the product?
Wowza is always available and ready to spin up at a moment's notice.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is no indication to the user that there are charges or what the charges are.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Wowza gives the ability for remote producers to see their interviews in real time and that allows them to not have to drive in and be present for the tours.
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