Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.19 was released yesterday. Java support: Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.19 is built on Java 11 ( OpenJDK Java SE JRE 11.0.2 ), but can be used with Java versions 11 - 12.
A lot of it was bug fixes. Here are some noteworthy changes:
- Updated Spring Cloud dependencies to overcome CVE-2022-22965 vulnerability.
- Upgrade to Beamr 5
- Added sha256 algorithm for digest and digestfile authentication methods.
Detailed list of changes in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.19:
- Fixed an issue which caused Wowza Streaming Engine to crash when getting a thumbnail in Windows using the HTTPProviderGenerateThumbnail provider.
- Resolved a Wowza Streaming Engine Manager issue which sometimes caused the streaming URLs of the Test Playback option to be insecure, even with the Secure URL checkbox marked.
- Added support for group-manager to cloudstorage push publish profiles.
- Updated Wowza’s address in the EULA to reflect new office location.
- Updated Spring Cloud dependencies to overcome CVE-2022-22965 vulnerability.
- Added a warning message when trying to update the Wowza Streaming Engine using an untested Java version.
- Changed the default Windows installation path from “C:\Program Files(x86)…” to “C:\Program Files…”.
- Added sha256 algorithm for digest and digestfile authentication methods.
- Updated license key for VMWare InstallBuilder.
- Updated Wowza logo image in WSEM footer.
- Fixed an issue which caused the S3 stream target connection to break at midnight UTC.
- Updated the Wowza watermark image used in the trial version.
See how to upgrade or do a new installation here:
https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-streaming-engine-4-8-19-release-notes
