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Instructions for turning on alignment for live Microsoft Smooth Streaming (smoothstreaming).

Note: For use with Wowza Media Server 3.0.5.03 or later.

By default, live Microsoft Smooth Streaming (smoothstreaming) audio and video fragment durations aren't aligned, whereas video on demand fragments are aligned. Data packets received by Wowza Media Server are sent to the smoothstreamingpacketizer where the H.264 video and AAC/MP3 audio stream are broken into chunks.

To turn on alignment for live Smooth Streaming, add the following properties to the LiveStreamPacketizer/Properties container in [install-dir]/conf/[application]/Application.xml:

Code:

<Properties>
<Property> 
	<Name>smoothPacketSortTime</Name> 
	<Value>500</Value> 
	<Type>Integer</Type> 
</Property> 
<Property> 
	<Name>smoothAlignAudioWithVideo</Name> 
	<Value>true</Value> 
	<Type>Boolean</Type> 
</Property>
</Properties>

You should use these two properties together because the alignment will be better if the packets are sorted. This mechanism is based on key frame interval, so adding these properties won't increase latency.

This also requires that smoothstreamingpacketizer be set in Streams/LiveStreamPacketizers in [install-dir]/conf/[application]/Application.xml. This is also described in step #3c in the Configuration section of each live tutorial in the Tutorials section.

Code:

<LiveStreamPacketizers>cupertinostreamingpacketizer, smoothstreamingpacketizer,cupertinostreamingrepeater, smoothstreamingrepeater</LiveStreamPacketizers>

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