Wowza Media Server 3 is powerful multi-threaded software that delivers up to 10Gbps of per-server video streaming performance for on-demand and live streaming on standard hardware.
Description
Wowza Media Server 3 is the next generation of Wowza’s award-wining streaming server software providing a single extensible foundation and value-added components for “Any Screen Done Right” media delivery.
Wowza Media Server 3 delivers exceptional live and on-demand streaming performance and makes hard to implement features such as live adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming and time-shifted live playback simple and cost-effective. With Wowza Media Server 3, organizations of any size can profit from these high-value features while offering their viewers the best possible experience — when and where they want it.
Wowza Media Server 3 simultaneously streams to the broadest range of screens and devices, including computers, iPhone®, iPad®, Android™ smartphones and tablets, smart TVs, set-top boxes, and more. A variety of AddOn components are available to help you better deliver, transform, protect, integrate and manage your live and on-demand media streaming, chat and recording.
Only Wowza Media Server 3 lets you simultaneously stream your H.264/AAC content to any screen. With Wowza Server 3 you don’t have to use client-specific encoders and servers, or pre-process files for consumption by specific clients – it works with a wide range of conventional RTMP, RTSP/RTP or MPEG-TS H.264 encoders for live streaming, and for on-demand content, with standard file container formats.
And with Wowza Transcoder AddOn, your live content source doesn’t have to be H.264. Your MPEG-2, MPEG-4 (and H.264) content will be transcoded on-the-fly to multiple bitrates for perfect adaptive bitrate H.264 streaming.
With Wowza Media Server 3 you can truly take the H.264 content everywhere.
Content owners, producers, and delivery network operators gain many benefits by deploying Wowza Media Server 3, including:
- Simultaneous streaming to Flash, iOS (iPhone, iPad and other HLS-compatible devices), Android smartphones and tablets, 3GPP mobile devices, Silverlight, IPTV set-tops and more…
- Get significant cost savings by eliminating unnecessary infrastructures and the burden of the multi-format file storage
- Improve viewer experience with adaptive bitrate streaming and nDVR time-shifted viewingfor Flash DHS, HLS and Smooth streaming
- Boost infrastructure efficiency by selecting the most effective ingest and streaming methods according to your audience needs
Now you can truly expand your streaming horizons.
Specifications
Wowza Media Server 3 Specifications
| Multi-Protocol, Multi-Client Streaming | ||
| Adobe Flash RTMP (RTMPE, RTMPT, RTMPTE, RTMPS)Adobe Flash HTTP Dynamc Streaming (HDS) |
Flash player AIR |
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| Apple HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) | iPhone, iPod touch (iPhone OS 3.0 or later) iPad QuickTime player (10.0 or later) Safari (4.0 or later on Snow Leopard) Roku and other HLS compatble players |
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| Microsoft Smooth Streaming | Silverlight 3 or later | |
| RTSP/RTP | QuickTime player VideoLAN VLC player Mobile devices (3GPP) Other compliant players |
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| MPEG2 Transport Protocol (MPEG-TS) |
IPTV set-top boxes | |
| Compatible Live Encoding | ||
| RTMP | Video: H.264, VP6, Sorenson Spark, Screen Shared codec Audio: AAC, AAC-LC, HE-AAC, MP3, Speex, NellyMoser ASAO |
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| RTSP/RTP | Video: H.264 Audio: AAC, AAC-LC, HE-AAC, MP3, Speex |
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| MPEG-TS | Video: H.264 Audio: AAC, AAC-LC, HE-AAC, MP3 |
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| ICY (SHOUTcast/icecast) | Audio: AAC, AAC-LC, HE-AAC (aacPlus), MP3 | |
| Supported File Formats | ||
| Video and audio | FLV (Flash Video – .flv) MP4 (QuickTime container – .mp4, .f4v, .mov, .m4v, .mp4a, .3gp, and .3g2) MP3 (.mp3) |
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| Applicable Transport Protocol and Payload Specifications | ||
| RTSP | IETF RFC2326 | |
| RTP: H.264 | IETF RFC3984, QuickTime Generic RTP Payload Format | |
| RTP: ACC | IETF RFC3640 IETF RFC3016 ISO/IEC 14496-3 |
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| RTP: MP3 | IETF RFC2250 | |
| RTP: Speex | IETF RFC5574 | |
| MPEG-TS | ISO/IEC 13818-1 | |
| MPEG-TS over RTP | IETF RFC2038 | |
| System Requirements | ||
| Minimum recommended production hardware | CPU: Single Quad Core, 3.00 GHz or better RAM: 4GB Disk: 2 or more in RAID 0 (striping) Network: 1Gb Ethernet |
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| Supported operating systems | Windows (XP, Vista, 7, Server 2003 & 2008) Linux (all distributions) Solaris Mac OS Unix |
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| Java (required) | Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 or greater or Java Development Kit (JDK) 6 or greater |
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Available Options and Ordering Info
ORDERING INFORMATION
Wowza Media Server 3 Perpetual Edition Single Server License
Available AddOn Components Options:
1. Single Transcoder License
2. Single nDVR License
3. Single DRM License
Options descriptions
1. Wowza Transcoder AddOn
Wowza Transcoder AddOn takes advantage of the same hardware as the server to transform incoming live streams from encoders, IP cameras, IPTV headends, and other live sources into multiple stream sets ‘done right’ for H.264-everywhere adaptive bitrate delivery. Adaptive bitrate streaming is supported for Flash RTMP and HTTP Dynamic Streaming, Apple HLS, and Silverlight Smooth Streaming. Wowza Transcoder also delivers non-adaptive streams over any transport protocol supported by Wowza Media Server 3, including RTMP, RTSP/RTP, MPEG-TS, and HTTP.
Decoding:
Video: MPEG2, MPEG4 Part 2, H.264/AVC
Audio: MP3, AAC (LC & HE), MPEG1 Part 1/2, Speex, G.711
Encoding:
Video: H.264/AVC
Audio: AAC (LC & HE)
2. Wowza nDVR AddOn
Wowza nDVR AddOn (Beta release) is an innovative live stream cache that stores content in a normalized format accessible to Wowza Media Server 3 for any-screen HTTP playout. Compared to client-specific nDVR implementations, Wowza nDVR significantly reduces cost by minimizing network storage requirements and simplifying the delivery workflow for all screens. Wowza nDVR enables Wowza licensees to increase revenues and viewer engagement by delivering live linear streams as time-shifted services with features like live pause, rewind, and resume.
Live Stream Caching and Playout:
Single content cache for simultaneous playout to Flash HTTP Dynamic Streaming, Silverlight Smooth Streaming, and Apple HLS clients
Live Stream Time Shifting:
Pause, Rewind, Forward, Resume to Live
3. Wowza DRM AddOn
Wowza DRM AddOn provides simultaneous secure key exchange with multiple DRM platforms such as Verimatrix VCAS and Microsoft PlayReady. Individual live or on-demand content is encrypted on-the-fly for HLS and Silverlight delivery to viewers on a wide range of devices including set-top boxes (STBs), connected TVs, smartphones and tablets. Wowza DRM AddOn can help users up-sell content for OTT premium services, and cross-sell content for multi-device distribution.
3rd Party DRM Platform Compatibility:
Verimatrix VCAS™ for Apple HLS devices with ViewRight™ clients
Microsoft® PlayReady® for Silverlight Smooth Streaming clients
Encryption Methodology:
For live: per-stream with the ability to rotate keys
For VOD: per-asset or per-session with the ability to rotate keys