Wowza Amazon EC2 Training Classes Available

Posted by Derrick on December 18, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Wowza Amazon EC2 Training Classes are available.  Many are wanting to get acclimated with Wowza on EC2 and this is a good way to do it. You have the option to take the class on-line or in Orlando, Florida.  Visit the Video Streaming and Compression Training Schedule to view the upcoming training dates for the 1-Day Amazon EC2 Wowza Server Training.

Here are some of the items students will learn in the class:

• How to Set up their Amazon EC2 Wowza Server
• How to Configure Ports for Amazon EC2 Wowza Server
• How to Set up Flash On-demand streaming
• How to Set up Flash Live streaming
• Video Formats Supported on Amazon EC2 Wowza Server
• Live Streaming to iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
• On-demand Streaming to iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
• How to use Wirecast to Stream Live Flash Video to Amazon EC2 Wowza Server

Give us a call about signing up to attend one of our Amazon Wowza EC2 Trainings in Orlando or On-line.  Call Freeman Compression Inc. at 407.477.5837 for more information or E-mail us at info@freemancompression.com. Individuals from any country can attend our On-line training classes.

Third Party Chat Software Works with Wowza Server

Posted by Derrick on November 1, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Third party chat software works with Wowza Server.  If you’re looking to jump into the world of text chat, audio chat, and video chat your first stop should be on the FlashComs‘ website.  Since Wowza supports various chat options, there are several companies that provide 3rd party software that works with Wowza Media Server, including FlashComs.  FlashComs’ Community Chat software will get your site ready for video chat, text chat and audio chat right out of the box.  The software provides many–to-many chat where you can have multiple chat rooms with various chat features.  You can visit their website to check out some of their demos.

Contact us if you need consulting for setting up text chat or video chat with Community Chat and Wowza Media Server.  Give Freeman Compression a call at 407.477.5837 or E-mail us at info@freemancompression.com

Understanding Video Encoding for Wowza Server

Posted by Derrick on October 9, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Understanding video encoding for Wowza Server is what you’ll learn in our 1-Day Wowza Media Server Training class.  Many individuals and organizations need to get familiar with how to encode videos for Flash On-demand Streaming.  Our class gets you up to speed quickly.  Check out our full training outline for the 1-Day Wowza Media Server 2 Training to get more details.  Call Freeman Compression Inc. at 407.477.5837 for more information about signing up for our 1-Day Wowza Media Server Training.  You can also E-mail us at info@freemancompression.com.  Wowza Trainings are also available for international students.

Creating a Secure Token SWF for JW Player 5.2

Posted by Derrick217 on August 15, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Creating a Secure Token .SWF for JW Player 5.2 is a process that many delivering secure streaming video content will need to perform. Wowza Media Server 2 supports Secure Token streaming with JW Player 5.2 for video playback. To get this going you must first set up your Secure Token application and have it running on Wowza Media Server 2.  To create a JW Player 5.2 .SWF file that has Secure Token you must first have Flash Professional CS5 and Flex SDK installed. Here are some notes for installing the Flex SDK.

In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create a .SWF file that has your desired Secure Token value using Flash Professional CS5. (Technically you’ll also be using the Flex SDK as well.).  First make sure you download the source code for JW Player 5.2 from trunk from the link below:

http://developer.longtailvideo.com/trac/browser/trunk/fl5

Note: This tutorial is for compiling with the non-commercial JW Player 5.2 license.

Let’s get started with the tutorial.  In Flash Professional CS5 navigate to the File Pull-down menu and choose New to create a new .FLA document.

When the dialog appears select ActionScript 3.0.

Next, you need to save your new document by navigating to the File Menu and choosing Save.

Name your new .FLA file securetoken_sample.fla and save it to the trunk\fl5\src folder within trunk on your computer.

Within your securetoken_sample.fla file move to the Properties Tab and input com.longtailvideo.jwplayer.player.Player into the Class Text box under Publish.

Now, choose Preferences from the File Pull-down menu.

Click on the ActionScript Category

and select the ActionScript 3.0 Settings button

When the Dialog opens, in the Flex SDK Path Text box enter the path to your Flex SDK.

Next, choose Publish Settings from under the File Pull-down menu.

When the Dialog opens choose the Flash tab and click the Settings button next to the Script Drop-down menu where ActionScript 3.0 appears.

Under the Library path tab, edit the entry for $(FlexSDK)/frameworks/libs/flex.swc to read $(FlexSDK)/frameworks/libs by removing flex.swc.  After you make the changes choose OK.

That’s all you need to do to set things up in your securetoken_sample.fla.

You can now open the RTMPMediaProvider.as file within \trunk\fl5\src\com\longtailvideo\jwplayer\media. Next, you’re going to add your Secure Token value that matches the value you have in your Secure Token application on Wowza Media Server 2.

Once you have your RTMPMediaProvider.as file open scroll down approximately to Line 462 and change the following information in your file:

from this:

_connection.call(“secureTokenResponse”, null, TEA.decrypt(evt.info.secureToken, config.token));

to this:
_connection.call(“secureTokenResponse”, null, TEA.decrypt(evt.info.secureToken, “#sa%m0#p@7″));

If you’re following along with the Wowza Media Systems’ tutorial use the default secure token value that they’ve supplied and change your RTMPMediaProvider.as file

to display this:

_connection.call(“secureTokenResponse”, null, TEA.decrypt(evt.info.secureToken, “#ed%h0#w@1″));

After you apply your settings you can save your RTMPMediaProvider.as file and close it.

Finally, you can go back to your securetoken_sample.fla file to export out a new .SWF.  In Flash Professional CS5 navigate to the File pull-down menu and choose Export Movie from the Export Sub-menu.

Save your file in the src folder you saved your securetoken_sample.fla file in earlier and name the new .SWF file securetoken_sample.swf and choose Save.  Congratulations! Now you can take your new .SWF file with Secure Token and use it for authoring your web pages with JW Player 5.2.

Testing On-demand Streaming with the Wowza Server

Posted by Derrick on September 5, 2009 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Testing On-demand Streaming with the Wowza Server is quick and straightforward. On the Wowza Media Server you’ll find a folder called FastPlayVideoStreaming inside the examples folder. Once you’re inside the FastPlayVideoStreaming folder you’ll need to start the install.bat application.

Next inside the client folder open the fastplay.html file.

With the fastplay.html open you’ll see rtmp://localhost/fastplay displayed under Server and Extremists as the Stream name.  If you don’ have an IP Address assigned to the server just click the Play button and the Extremists.flv should play. If you have the Wowza Media Server running in debug mode you should see some activity taking place as the stream plays.