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Welcome to the Wowza Media Server Articles and Forums! This site is designed to help you get started and keep you going with Wowza Media Server 3.

On the Articles tab, you'll find many guides, tutorials, and code samples to help you configure and use Wowza Media Server 3 to its fullest potential. Articles are organzied in the Article List and each article is categorized to make it easy to find the information that you're looking for.

On the Forum tab, you can get help from Wowza Media Server experts around the world. Search for an answer, post your question, or answer other users' questions in the Wowza Media Server Forums.

You can send questions directly to the support team at Wowza Media Systems by sending an email to support@wowza.com. When emailing support, be sure to provide the following information:

• Wowza Media Server version and build number
  
  
• Last four digits of license key
  
  
• Platform, operating system, and Java version on which Wowza Media Server is running
  
  
• Detailed problem description that includes:
  
  
  1. URL of tutorial or instructions being used
     
     
  2. Player technology being used (Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, iOS device, set-top box, etc.)
     
     
  3. Live encoder/IP camera manufacturer/version and exact encoding settings (live streaming only)
  
  
• Send a compressed (zipped) folder that includes the [install-dir]/logs, [install-dir]/conf, and [install-dir]/transcoder folders from your Wowza Media Server installation. See How to create a compressed zip file in Windows, Mac OS and Linux for instructions to create a zip file.

Get started by downloading and installing the FREE Wowza Media Server 3 Trial Edition. If you plan to develop server-side extensions, download and install the FREE Wowza 2 IDE.

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