Wowza can handle many streams, you don’t need another instance on the same machine.
Richard
Just give each one a unique name, vlc1.sdp, vlc2.sdp, etc.
Richard
Is this two instances of VLC on the same machine? Are there two cameras?
Richard
The first post of this thread is the VLC guide, and for that use case. What part is not working for you?
Flash Media Live Encoder, Quicktime Broadcaster and Wirecast are each much easier then VLC.
Richard
On my home router I forward ports from internet to source of rtsp stream, in my case an axis cam. Then I use the public IP of my router to access the stream from anywhere else.
Richard
Take a look at the Troubleshooting Live Streaming Issues post:
http://www.wowza.com/community/t/-/57
Richard
I don’t. VLC has a reputation for being difficult. I don’t think it is a Wowza issue.
Richard
Probably Wirecast is the best option, with mac and pc versions and many nice tv station features.
Quicktime Broadcaster is free, but mac only, good quality but basic, no tv station features.
fastvdo smartcapture pro is interesting, a hardware solution, plugs into usb with the form factor of a thumb drive, connects to analog devices.
Richard
Can you explain in more detail what you are doing now?
Richard
You have already followed the Live Stream Troubleshooting guide, and considered other encoders. I’m not sure what we can do. VLC is difficult. They also have a forum that might be able to help:
Richard
Could be a permissions problem, trying to write to that location.
Richard
The dst argument is the remote IP. The sdp argument can be the same, or whatever is appropriate on that server.
It is also possible to output the sdp locally, then copy it to the remote server, in case there is some problem making it work, possibly a write permission problem.
Richard
Pablo,
Sorry, I don’t understand. What are you doing?
Richard
Pablo,
If you are having trouble writing the sdp file to the Wowza content folder, try writing somewhere else, then copy the file to the content folder. For example:
vlc -vvv dshow:// :dshow-vdev="Integrated Webcam" :dshow-adev="Microphone Array (IDT High Defi" :dshow-size="320x240" --sout "#transcode{venc=x264{keyint=60},vcodec=x264,vb=500,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=48000}:rtp{dst=127.0.0.1,port-video=10000,port-audio=10002,sdp=file://c:/Temp//vlc.sdp}"
Note this part:
sdp=file://c:/Temp//vlc.sdp
Richard
Everything is in this guide:
https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-vlc-as-a-live-stream-encoder-with-wowza-media-server-mpeg-ts)
So, just go through it again carefully. Be sure to use VLC 1.05 or 1.06, as noted. Keep playing with it. It definitely works.
Richard
Well, does that file exist?:
C:/Program Files (x86)/Wowza Media Systems/Wowza Media Server 2/content/vlc.sdp
Again, if you are having a problem with VLC writing the SDP file to the Wowza content folder, try another location. It can be any other place, it doesn’t matter where. I suggested c:\temp, as an example. Then copy that file to the Wowza content folder. See the example I showed above.
Richard
Pablo,
You have to change the dst value to the Wowza IP address.
dst=[wowza-address]
Then generate the sdp file locally, then move it to the Wowza machine in the content folder. Then start it in StreamManager.
Richard
You can if it works. That’s a question for your network admin really. I don’t know if it will work for you.
Richard
Make sure the .sdp file that VLC generates is actually in the Wowza content folder. You can write it to any location and copy it to the Wowza content folder if necessary. Then start a stream in Stream Manager with the name of that file, “test.sdp”
Or follow this guide to using mpeg-ts with VLC instead of the .sdp method
Running Wowza in stand-alone mode (/bin/startup.bat) and looking at access and error logs is helpful.
Richard
Looks like a problem with UDP ports. Try getting all UDP ports open ( 0-65535 )
Or add forceInterleaved Property set to true in the /conf/[app-name]/Application.xml /MediaCaster Properties container:
<Property>
<Name>forceInterleaved</Name>
<Value>true</Value>
<Type>Boolean</Type>
</Property>
Richard
