Wowza Streaming Engine

Wowza Streaming Engine -
The world's leading streaming software

Wowza^® Media Systems reduce the complexity of audio and video distribution with customizable multimedia server software that organizations can use to build, deploy, and manage high-quality live and streaming-on-demand solutions. We call it: simple and powerful streaming.

Wowza Streaming Engine^™ is a robust and customizable multimedia server software that delivers high-quality video and audio streaming to any device and anywhere. Whether deployed in the cloud or indoors, leverage the powerful and powerful components of Wowza Streaming Engine to safely and confidently tune your streaming workflow.

Video Streaming on Your Own Terms

Ingest Any Live Stream and Deliver to Any Device

Ingest streams from any encoder.
Create live, linear, or on-demand streaming applications.
Stream live events, video conferencing, audio streaming, 24/7 streaming and more.
Deliver video and audio streams to any player or device.

Transcode for Optimal Viewer Experiences

Refine your live streaming workflow.
Deliver the highest quality streams.

Built to Build On

Programmable Architecture

Leverage tools to automate workflows.
Accelerate your development cycle with SDKs.
Use Wowza APIs to deliver innovative streaming services.

Multi-Level Content Security

We use automated tools to scan our source code for vulnerabilities as well as code errors.
Wowza regularly performs third-party penetrations tests to identify vulnerabilities for resolution.
We have a monthly security-focused day to keep security top of mind and prioritize continuous improvement.

Optimized for Scalability

Extensive Flexible and Modular Architecture

Deploy and modify your streaming server instances to suit your needs.
Add stand-alone instances, clusters, and edge servers.
Deploy on a private infrastructure, with your preferred cloud provider, or as a hybrid configuration to suit your current and future needs.

Management, Monitoring, and Integrations

The streaming server’s monitoring tools, APIs, and SNMP integration enable proactive load and performance management.
Integrated with industry-leading CDNs and streaming services.
Works with Wowza CDN, Akamai, Facebook Live, YouTube Live and more.

Powerful Options for Low-latency Streaming

WebRTC

Enable real-time communications directly from your browser.
Combine it with Wowza Streaming Engine to transcode, restream, and enhance WebRTC’s capabilities in powerful ways.

Apple’s Low-Latency HLS

Simplicity, scalability, and quality of HLS.
Enhanced with lightning-fast video streaming.

SRT (Secure Reliable Transport)

Receive high-quality, low-latency video contribution across the public internet.
Deliver the best stream, even in the worst network conditions.

Deployment Options

On-Premises: Running on one or more servers at your physical location, on your hardware, and across your Internet connection.
In the Cloud: Spin up prebuilt machine images on a public cloud provider’s infrastructure (AWS or Azure Marketplaces) with your own license or license purchased through their marketplace.
Using Docker: Deploy images in the cloud or on-premises using a Docker container.

Operating Systems

Windows^®
Linux
Mac^®

Recommend Minimum System Configuration

CPU: Single quad-core, 3.00 GHz or better
RAM: 4GB
Disk: 2 or more in RAID 0 (striping)
Network: 1Gbps Ethernet
Java (required): Wowza Streaming Engine is built on OpenJDK Java SE JRE 9.0.4 and supports Java versions 9-12.

Recommend High-Load System Configuration

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
Java (required): Wowza Streaming Engine is built on OpenJDK Java SE JRE 9.0.4 and supports Java versions 9-12.

Security and DRM

StreamLock^™ SSL certification for RTMPS, RTMPE and HTTPS streams
AES-128
Studio-approved DRM with third-party integration for key management
Authenticated connections
SecureToken content protection

Stream Targets

Facebook Live^®
YouTube^®
Icecast^®
SHOUTcast^®
Wowza Streaming Cloud
Most RTMP or RTSP/RTP–compatible stream targets

CDN Delivery

Wowza CDN
Akamai^®
Alibaba CDN^®
Limelight Networks^®
TATA Communications^®
Mirror Image^®

Players

JW Player^®
Flowplayer
iOS native player
Android (with HLS-compatible players)
Adobe^® Flash (HDS/HLS-compatible players)
QuickTime^® Player (10.0 or later for OS X)
Microsoft Silverlight
Apple QuickTime
VideoLAN VLC
RealPlayer
THEOplayer

Live Input

CEA-608 captions (Line 21 captioning)
AMF onTextData
AMF onCaption

Live Output

CEA-608
WebVTT
onTextData

Video-On-Demand Input

Embedded 3GPP
TTML
WebVTT
SRT
SCC
Embedded CEA-608

Video-On-Demand Output

CEA-608
WebVTT
onTextData

Programming Interfaces

Java API
REST API
Eclipse-based integrated development environment (IDE)

Video Output

Video Output	H.265	H.264	H.263	VP9
Adobe RTMP
RTSP/RTP
MPEG-TS
Apple HLS
Apple Low-Latency HLS
MPEG-DASH
Adobe HDS
Microsoft Smooth Streaming
WebRTC

Audio Output

Audio Output	AAC	OPUS	Vorbis	G.711	MP3
Adobe RTMP
RTSP/RTP
MPEG-TS
Apple HLS
Apple Low-Latency HLS
MPEG-DASH
Adobe HDS
Microsoft Smooth Streaming
WebRTC
ICY

Video Input

Video Input	H.265	H.264	H263	VP9
Adobe RTMP
RTSP/RTP
MPEG-TS
Apple HLS
WebRTC

Audio Input

Audio Input	AAC	OPUS	Vorbis	G.711	MP3
Adobe RTMP
RTSP/RTP
MPEG-TS
Apple HLS
WebRTC
ICY

System Requirements

System Requirements
Minimum recommended production hardware	CPU: Single Quad Core, 3.00 GHz or better Disk: 2 or more in RAID 0 (striping)	RAM: 4GB Network: 1Gbps Ethernet
Supported operating systems	Windows^®, Linux, Mac^®
Java (required)	Wowza Streaming Engine is built on OpenJDK Java SE JRE 9.0.4 and supports Java versions 9-12.