Wowza Media Server versions

This is a streaming media server that supports a variety of formats
3.6
Oct 20, 2020
Review
3.5
Nov 21, 2012
Review
3.1
Apr 16, 2012
Review
3.0
May 30, 2011
Review
2.2
Nov 30, 2010
2.1
Jun 2, 2010
2.0
Dec 29, 2009

What's new

v3.6 [Jun 3, 2013]
Added IDvrStreamManagerActionNotify2 to overcome problem where streamName was not available to the create callback
Added transcoder log warning when overlay image is too small (less than 4 pixels in either width or height)
Fixed DVR UTC to time mapping when requested UTC is in a gap between valid UTC times
Added transcoder log warning when overlay image is too small (less than 4 pixels in either width or height)
Fixed DVR PT to time mapping to do a better job ensuring requested time doesn't exist in a gap between recorded segments
Changed PT to DVR time conversion to start at most recent recorded segment instead of oldest segment. This covers case where packet times repest themselves in the DVR recording
Added call to processSendDirectMessages in Stream class implementation
Added support for avcprofile and avclevel in transcoder onMetaData event
Prevent DVR recorder from creating stream manager twice and starting recording when one has already started
Fixed problem with Apple HLS SAMPLE-AES encryption with VOD streams introduced in version 3.6.x
Fixed problem with multicast send not breaking if sending out
Improved target duration calculation for Apple HLS vod streams
Fixed RTPUtils.startRTPPull so that if MPEG-TS out non-RTP wrapped that the RTCP port is not allocated
Fixed RTPUtils.stopRTPPull(RTPPushPublishSession rtpPushPublishSession) to properly remove RTP sessions
Added application property to allow disabling of the more accurate audio timecode calculations
Fixed null pointer exception in LiveStreamRecordMP4 when segmenting audio only files
Improved HTTP streaming handling of query parameters so that original order is maintained
Added HTTPStreamer/Property string properties to add EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE header Apple HLS chunklists
cupertinoDVRPlaylistType: EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE for nDVR playlists
cupertinoLivePlaylistType: EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE for live playlists
cupertinoVODPlaylistType: EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE for VOD playlists
Added system to kill unidentified sessions for which we have not received enough data to determine protocol
Fixed issue with Wirecast and Digital Rapids encoders intermittently failing RTMP authentication
Fixed NetConnection so that IOPerformance counter properly accounts for outgoing media streams
Updated transcoder NVENC to version 3.0 of the NVidia SDK
Modified live stream packetizer for Apple HLS to reset the target duration reported in playlist if it is 3x the true target duration
Fixed RTP RR packets to include correct timestamp (shifted right 16 bits)
Suppressed transcoder frame rate missing warning so only shown once
Improved RTMP received bytes mechanism to honor max pending bytes per-client value
Fixed UDP port sharing problem that was leading to "Address already in use" error
Fixed FLV recording issue that lead to video pauses when the stream was played back (buffering code was not properly trimming the packet lists, now tracking abs timecodes)
Fixed Closed Caption HTTP Provider to explicit StorageDir
Added range responses for HLS availability requests.
Changed the HTTP response code to 206 for range requests that exactly match the entity size.
Added boolean RTP/Properties property g711DebugIncomingPacketTimes to turn on/off G.711 packet timecode debugging
Fixed problem with G.711 decoding in the transcoder that led to incorrect sample rate to be reported for the decoder (hard coded to 16000)
Added string Streams/Properties property debugIncomingPacketTimesStream to filter the debugIncomingPacketTimes to a single stream name
Fixed a problem with transcoder onMetaData translation that lead to the error "java.lang.ClassCastException: com.wowza.wms.amf.AMFDataMixedArray"
Updated versionFile to true for all startRecordingSegmentBy API's, so that first segment uses the fileTemplate for file name instead of just the stream name.
Improved handling of malformed MPEG descriptors.
Added code to LiveStreamRecordMP4 to use a more accurate packet timecode calculated from the audio sample rate and number of samples
Added code to LiveStreamRecordMP4 to correctly set the last STTS entry

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