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Why someone will want to stream using VLC and he has wowza?

I was skimming through your website and forum and noticed questions related to using VLC for streaming. My question is Why someone will want to stream using VLC and he has wowza?

Thanks.

Hello there and welcome to the Wowza support forum.

VLC is a very stable platform. It can be used for playback, troubleshooting and as a live encoder:

How to configure VLC media player for RTSP/RTP playback (RTSP/RTP interleaved and tuning)

How to use VLC as a live stream encoder with Wowza Media Server (MPEG-TS)

On the other hand, VLC does not support Adaptive Bitrate Streaming, DRM encryption or Dynamic Load balancing. Just to name a few limitations.

kind regards,

Salvadore

Hi Salvadore,

again, why someone will use:

How to configure VLC media player for RTSP/RTP playback (RTSP/RTP interleaved and tuning) I did follow these instructions, but VLC failed to play the videos

How to use VLC as a live stream encoder with Wowza Media Server (MPEG-TS)

Since Wowza supports Adaptive Bitrate Streaming, DRM encryption or Dynamic Load balancing. Just to name a few limitations.

Thanks,

Zaher Hamiyah