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Appendix B – Configure 3rd Party Media Servers

Application Directory	<Wowza directory>\applications\live	<Wowza directory>\applications\vod
Configuration File	<Wowza	<Wowza
Location	directory>\conf\live\Application.xml	directory>\conf\vod\Application.xml

2To enable Wowza authentication, modify the configuration file as follows:

For live streaming: Open <Wowza directory>\conf\live\Application.xml, set digest as the value for the tag PublishMethod. That is,

<PublishMethod>digest</PublishMethod>.

For VoD: Open <Wowza directory>\conf\vod\Application.xml, Polycom recommends you not to set authentication, make sure playmethod is none,

<PlayMethod>none</PlayMethod>

Open <Wowza directory>\conf\publish.password, type the your user name and password.

3Install and configure a FTP server. The FTP server shares the <Wowza directory>\content directory. You need to grant you at least the Read, Write, and Create Directories authorities.

The following example shows the configuration for a FileZilla FTP server.

4Start the Wowza server. When you see the message Wowza media server is started!, the server is started successfully.

To configure the RealPresence Capture Server system for working with the Wowza server:

1Go to Server > WOWZA.

2Click Add.

3Configure the following basic settings

Wowza Server Parameter

Parameter	Description
Server Name	Specify the name of your Wowza Media Server.
Server Address	Specify the Wowza server IP address.
Server Port	Specify the port the Wowza Media Server used to receive live streaming. The
	value is 1935 by default.
	Note: Valid port values range from 1-65536. The port number must be the
	same as set in the corresponding external media server.
	If a firewall sits between the RealPresence Capture Server system and the
	external server, make sure that rules are set to allow the two-way
	communication between the RealPresence Capture Server system and the
	external server.

4Specify whether to select Enable Live. If enabled, also configure the following settings:

Enable Live Streaming

Parameter	Description
Streaming Protocol	Choose between RTSP streaming and RTMP streaming.
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