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Wowza Media Server 3.5

Developers

We're fortunate to have a loyal developer community whose successes we strive to continually enhance with free tools and access to our vast knowledge base.

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Benefits

Wowza provides developers with a proven, feature-rich streaming platform to create and validate applications for any screen, as well as quick and efficient commercial deployment.

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    Free Developer License

    For long term developer use we offer the free Wowza Media Server 3.5 Developer license for access to the server and selected premium AddOns.

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    Free Developer Tools

    Wowza Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is a free tool to simplify and streamline the tasks of extending, configuring and managing the Wowza platform.

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    Free Knowledge Base

    Join the Wowza forums and become a part of our developer community with access to tutorials, free AddOns and a knowledge base rich with information.

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    Free Developer Support

    Reach out to the Wowza support team and community of your peers for helpful advice, showcase your applications, and share or find useful code.

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    Affordable Production-Scale Testing

    For cost-effective, unlimited production-scale testing with all AddOns, use the Daily or Monthly Edition license.

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Developer License

For long-term developer use we offer the free Wowza Media Server 3.5 Developer Edition license for access to the server and all premium AddOns except RTMP Network Encryption Security, StreamLock™ and HTTP Origin.

Free Developer License
Ideal For Long-term development tasks
Licensing One license key - one server instance
Server Limits On-Demand: up to 10 connections
Live: 2 stream in, up to 9 out
Transcoder AddOn Limits 1 stream in, up to 9 out
Audio/video watermark
nDVR AddOn Limits 1 stream in, up to 9 out
DRM AddOn Limits On-Demand: up to 10 connections
Live: 1 stream in, up to 9 out
License Time Limit 180 days

Wowza IDE

Wowza Integrated Development Environment (Wowza IDE 2) is a free integrated development environment to simplify and streamline the tasks of extending, configuring and managing the Wowza platform. It is an application built on top of the popular Eclipse application framework.

Available for Windows and Mac OS X Platforms Wowza IDE Includes:
  • New Java class wizards for HTTPProviders and ServerListeners
  • Eclipse platform version 3.5 SR1 [galileo] Java development tools as well as custom Wowza IDE features to enhance and simplify the development of Wowza Media Server modules and server extensions.
Download User Guide

Learn more about Wowza IDE by dowloading the Wowza IDE 2 User’s Guide (pdf).

There are two options to get the Wowza IDE 2 features.

You can download the standalone installers. The standalone installers include the Eclipse IDE for Java Developers along with the Wowza IDE project and class wizards. You can also add the Wowza IDE wizards to an existing Eclipse installation using the Eclipse Software Update mechanism. If you are using a 64Bit operating system you must use the Software Update mechanism. The instructions for both methods are below.

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    Standalone Installers

    Windows Installation: Download Installer (75 MB) then click the installer and follow the on-screen instructions.

     

    Mac OS X Installation: Download Installer (96 MB) then click the installer and follow the on-screen instructions.

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    Software Update
    1. Install Eclipse IDE for Java Developers (version 3.5 SR1 [galileo] or greater)
    2. Run Eclipse IDE for Java Developers
    3. Select menu item Help: Install New Software...
    4. In the Available Software dialog, click the Add... button
    5. In the Add Site dialog, enter the following information and click the OK button:
      • Name: Wowza IDE 2
      • Location: wowza.com/wowzaide2
    6. In the Available Software dialog, check the box next to the Wowza IDE 2 item and click the Next > button
    7. In the Install Details dialog, click the Next > button
    8. In the Review Licenses dialog, select the Accept... radio option and click the Finish button