Streaming a conference to Wowza Video

This guide explains how to stream a conference being held in a Pexip Virtual Meeting Room or Virtual Auditorium to Wowza Video.

For general information on streaming from Pexip Infinity, see Streaming and recording a conference.

To stream a conference to Wowza Video:

1. Log in to your Wowza Video account at https://video.wowza.com/.

2. Go to Live Streams > Add Live Stream. You are taken through a series of pages asking you to provide information about the stream you are creating. Below are the settings you must select; for all other settings, choose the option most suited to your requirements:

   Video Source and Transcoder settings	Option to select
   What camera or encoder will you use to connect to Wowza Video?	RTMP
   Do you want to push or pull your stream?	Push Stream
   Source Security	Disable authentication on the video source

3. Select Finish. You are taken to the Overview page for your new stream. In the Source Connection Information section you can see details of the stream's Primary Server and Stream Name:

   

4. When you are ready to begin streaming, select Start Live Stream.

   You must begin the stream before you initiate the call from the VMR.

   

   When streaming has begun, you will see No Video Detected underneath the video thumbnail:

   

5. Initiate a call from the Virtual Meeting Room to Wowza Video by adding the Wowza stream as a conference participant. You can do this either from the Pexip Infinity Administrator interface or from a Connect app connected to the VMR. Alternatively, since Wowza streams can be re-used for subsequent events, you could set it up to be automatically dialed whenever a particular VMR is used.

   When using the Administrator interface, use the following settings:

   • Participant alias: the Primary Server, followed by /, followed by the Stream Name
   • Protocol: RTMP
   • Role: we recommend selecting Guest (so that the streaming participant is not shown to other Guests in a Virtual Auditorium layout, and so that it does not keep a conference alive when all other Hosts have left).

   When using a Connect app, use the following settings:

   • Participant details: the Primary Server, followed by /, followed by the Stream Name, for example:

     rtmp://48338d.entrypoint.cloud.wowza.com/app-33a3/ed7d6d5b

     Note that a suitable Call Routing Rule is required when dialing out to a streaming service via Connect apps.

   • Role: we recommend that you do not add the participant as a Host.

     

6. When Pexip Infinity has placed the call to the streaming service, the Streaming enabled icon is displayed, and for Connect app users the streaming participant appears in the participant list.

   

7. Return to Wowza Video. After a short delay you should see a preview of the video being streamed:

   

8. The stream is now available for viewing. If you chose the option to have Wowza Video host a webpage that plays back your video, anyone with the Hosted Page URL can view the live stream.
9. When you have finished, select Stop Live Stream.

10. If you have chosen to record the stream, after a short delay you can view and download this and any previous recordings of the stream by selecting the stream from the left-hand panel and then selecting Recordings.