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Wowza HTTP Caching Origin using RTP Source

We have an Extron SMP 351 encoder that’s pushing an MPEGTS stream via UDP to a single wowza 4.7.2 node. In turn we’re using stream targets to push that stream out to other wowza nodes. Those wowza nodes are in turn serving it up to users via RTMP streams.

We want to switch to using HLS. The problem we have using the current setup is for locations with more than 1 wowza nodes the client may get switched to another wowza node via DNS TTL and in turn an existing browser viewing the stream loses the connection. This appears to be due to the session is initiated on node 1, but when getting switched to node 2 it doesn’t exist so the playback just stops on the browser.

*EDIT: I should note we’re not tied to HLS. Our main goal is to get away from using flash on desktops and either use the Wowza player or something else to embed. Mobile and iOS support is not a requirement at this point.

It appears we want to switch to having the encoder push to an app as a “Live HTTP Origin” app. When doing that and connecting the existing stream target, I’m unable to view any streams in the test players. Any suggestions on how I should go about configuring this on the source and destination wowza nodes? Thanks