Troubleshooting Wowza Video: Why Your Stream Stops After 20 Minutes

If your Wowza Video trial stream stops after 20 minutes, you are encountering one of the trial limitations.

Wowza Video Trial Limitations

If your Wowza Video trial stream stops after 20 minutes, you are encountering one of the following trial limitations:

  1. Live Stream Duration: Each live stream can run for a maximum of 20 minutes.
  2. Concurrent Streams: You can start up to three live streams simultaneously.
  3. Unavailable Features: 24x7 live streams, passthrough live streams, and Real-Time Streaming at Scale are not available during the trial.
  4. Watermark: Live streams and videos will display a Wowza Video trial watermark during playback.
  5. Video Uploads: Only the first 60 seconds of uploaded videos are encoded and stored.
  6. Storage Capacity: The maximum storage capacity for videos is 25GB.
  7. Flowplayer Limit: Wowza Flowplayer has a 10,000 play limit.

At the end of the trial period, all active streams will stop, and Wowza Video functionality will be disabled. You can sign in and upgrade to a paid account to continue using the service.


Review the complete Wowza Video free trial article.