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Wowza Streaming Engine

Stream Target Related

Wowza CDN with Fastly Adaptive Bitrate Configuration Options

This article ONLY applies to the Wowza Streaming Engine + Wowza CDN with Fastly pull-based workflow, meaning the Fastly Target will pull from Wowza Engine. Fastly can pull ABR streams using the transcoder namegroups or via SMIL file.

Step 1: Set up the Wowza Streaming Engine with a Live HTTP Origin Application

Create a new "Live HTTP Origin" application

Step 2: Configure ABR renditions

Enable transcoder
Set up transcode template renditions or use the default Transcode template

For more information about the Transcoder please review this article:
Set up and run Transcoder in Wowza Streaming Engine

Configure a Namegroup

You can configure the transcoder template namegroups to include the desired renditions for the ABR ladder
[app-name] > transcoder > templates > [template-name] > namegroups tab

Configure a SMIL File

Create a SMIL file with the desired source renditions
Server > SMIL Files > Add SMIL file

For more information on name groups or SMIL files please review this article:
Stream adaptive bitrate content with Wowza Streaming Engine

Step 3: Configure the Fastly Target

Log into Wowza Video
Go to Advanced in the top menu bar
Click Stream Targets
Click Add new target
Select the Fastly target
Give the Target a name
Select "Enable Custom Origin"
Select a Region (default is "US")
Define the Wowza Streaming Engine host IP or domain as the Custom Origin URL
You must include the protocol "http://" or "https://". No port details required.
```
HTTP Example: http://1.1.1.1
HTTPS Example: https://1234567890.streamlock.net
```
Save the target

Please confirm successful ABR playback before you enable Fastly security features.

Step 4: Connect the source to WSE

Configure your encoder or live source to send a stream to Wowza Streaming Engine

For more information on how to connect a live source to Wowza Streaming Engine, please review this article: Connect a live source to Wowza Streaming Engine.

Step 5: Test Local Playback

Test the local playback to confirm the ABR stream is working on Wowza Streaming Engine

For Namegroup

Format

[protocol]://[host]:[port]/[app-name]/ngrp:[stream]_[namegroup]/playlist.m3u8

SSL Example:

https://1234567890.streamlock.net/httpOriginAppExample/ngrp:myStream_all/playlist.m3u8

HTTP Example:

http://1.1.1.1:1935/httpOriginAppExample/ngrp:myStream_all/playlist.m3u8

For SMIL