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Transcoder AddOn not available using 30-day demo license

Using a 30-day demo license, the web interface reports this:

Transcoder: Not Available

DRM: Licensed

nDVR: Licensed

Before Streaming Engine 4.0 I was able to use the Transcoder AddOn with a demo license.

Has this changed?

Johan,

The Transcoder AddOn is available with a trial license key. There are also hardware and OS requirements that must be met.

Please take a look at this tutorial, which provides an overview on how to setup and run the Transcoder AddOn with Wowza Streaming Engineer 4.0:

How to set up and run Wowza Transcoder AddOn for live streaming

-Tim

Dear Wowza support

I evaluation the wowza streaming engine (installed at 64bits linux) (should have 1 transcoder license), but seemed transcoder did not work. Would u help a look

-sh-3.2$ head wowzastreamingengine_error.log

#Version: 1.0

#Start-Date: 2014-03-18 00:18:31 HKT

#Software: Wowza Streaming Engine 4.0.1 build10615

#Date: 2014-03-18

-Try to generate the smil file

http://192.168.65.59:8085/medialist?streamname=ngrp:live00.sdp_all&application=live2&format=smil

-In Log

WARN server comment - HTTPProviderMediaList.onHTTPRequest: MediaList not found: live2/definst/ngrp:live00.sdp_all

or

-In test player

http://192.168.65.59/live2/ngrp:live00.sdp_all/manifest.f4m

-Log

INFO stream create live00.sdp_all -

WARN server comment - HTTPStreamerSanJoseLiveIndex.indexPlaylist[live2/definst/ngrp:live00.sdp_all]: MediaList is empty.

p.s. I can streaming successfully using below URL in mobile

http://192.168.65.59:80/live2/live00.sdp/playlist.m3u8

I haven’t worked with Wowza on OSX before this, so I might be missing something obvious. I’m running it on a Macbook Pro 15" (late 2013).

Edit: I just see now that the Transcoder AddOn doesn’t work on OSX. :stuck_out_tongue:

Thanks

The Transcoder AddOn doesn’t work in any 32/64-bit version of OSX.

Hi,

Transcoder works on x64 (64 bit OS) only, even if available with the license. Don’t know specifically about your specific Mac OS

Sincerely

Inderjeet

Thanks

The Transcoder AddOn doesn’t work in any 32/64-bit version of OSX.

Oh! That’s bad. Thanks for updating I wasn’t aware of this fact. Perhaps you’d need to create a Linux/Windows VM on the OS now.

Sincerely

Inderjeet