Configuring Cisco Show and Share for Streaming Flash from a Wowza Media Server

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Configuring Cisco Show and Share for Streaming Flash from a Wowza Media Server

Contents

Introduction

Flash Streaming Prerequisites

Configuring Wowza Media Server for Video On-Demand

Configuring Wowza Media Server for Live Streaming

Configuring Show and Share for Video On-Demand

Configuring Show and Share for Live Streaming

Notes on Configuring Wowza 4.x on Content Server

Related Documentation

Disclaimers and Notices

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Configuring Cisco Show and Share for
Streaming Flash from a Wowza Media Server

Revised March 26, 2014

Contents

Introduction

Flash Streaming Prerequisites

Configuring Wowza Media Server for Video On-Demand

Configuring Wowza Media Server for Live Streaming

Configuring Show and Share for Video On-Demand

Configuring Show and Share for Live Streaming

Notes on Configuring Wowza 4.x on Content Server

Related Documentation

Disclaimers and Notices

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Introduction

This configuration guide provides guidelines for configuring Cisco Show and Share and an external web server running Wowza Media Server for on-demand and live Flash media streaming (Figure 1). These guidelines are for Cisco Show and Share running release 5.3 or later and Wowza Media Server Pro 1.7.2. or later.

Show and Share with Wowza supports on-demand streaming via RTMP for desktop playback of H.264 encoded video in the MP4 file format. For MP4 playback on IOS mobile devices, Show and Share with an Apache or IIS server (or other third-party web server) supports on-demand streaming via HTTP progressive download.

Figure 1 Overview of Show and Share Streaming Flash from a Wowza Media Server

Flash Streaming Prerequisites

Before you begin, confirm that your network is configured for on-demand and live media streaming.

1. Define a Media Server with the following applications installed:

a. (S)FTP Service

b. HTTP Web Service

c. Wowza Media Service

2. Define three storage locations on the Media Server:

a. [storage drive]:\content\rtmp

b. [storage drive]:\content\http

c. [storage drive]:\content\fileupload

3. Make sure that the (S)FTP server has access to the [storage drive]:\content and that the associated user permissions have read/write privileges.

4. Confirm that the HTTP server root URL is [storage drive]:\content and that it has access to the sub-folders.

5. Verify that the HTTP server has MIME type enabled for .mp4 video.

6. Confirm that the Wowza Media Server is installed and licensed as described in the http://www.wowzamedia.com installation instructions.

Configuring Wowza Media Server for Video On-Demand

Follow these steps to configure the Wowza Media Server for on-demand media streaming.

Step 1 Install the Wowza Example applications in this directory:

[install-dir]\examples\installall.bat

Step 2 Configure the Wowza VOD Application:

a. Save a copy of the original Application configuration file [install-dir]\conf\vod\Application.xml to Application_Original.xml.

b. Configure the Application.xml file to point to your RTMP storage location by modifying the <StorageDir> parameter:

Next, configure Cisco Show and Share for VOD as described in the “Configuring Show and Share for Video On-Demand” section.

Configuring Wowza Media Server for Live Streaming

Follow these steps to configure the Wowza Media Server for live media streaming.

Step 1 Confirm that you have installed the Wowza Example applications as described in the “Configuring Wowza Media Server for Video On-Demand” section.

Step 2 Create the folder: [install-dir]\applications\_defapp_

Step 3 Edit the file [install-dir]\conf\publish.password and add a username and password.

# RTP password file (format [username][space][password])
# username password
cisco changeme

Next, configure Cisco Show and Share for a live event as described in the “Configuring Show and Share for Live Streaming” section.

Configuring Show and Share for Video On-Demand

The following steps will enable Show and Share to store on-demand content on a Wowza server and direct client players to the Wowza Media Server when the video thumbnail is selected.

For more information about enabling Cisco Show and Share and Cisco Digital Media Manager with a Cisco Media Experience Engine (MXE) 3500, see the integration notes on Cisco.com:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps12130/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_list.html

Note To avoid duplicate file errors, you must specify a unique URL directory location for RTMP and HTTP, they cannot be the same directory.

Follow these steps to create three external file hosting locations.

Step 1 Log in to Cisco Show and Share with an account that has the Administrator role or as superuser.

Step 2 Choose Administration from the global navigation drop-down menu in the top right corner of the page.

Step 3 Choose Setup > Show and Share. The File Hosting Location page appears. By default, the check box labeled “Publish locally to <Show_and_Share_appliance_FQDN>” is checked.

Step 4 Uncheck the Publish locally to check box. The File Hosting Location selection window appears.

Step 5 Create an RTMP File Hosting Locations with these parameters:

a. File Hosting Location Name: RTMP MP4

b. Accepts Files with extensions: *.mp4, *.m4v, and *.mpv4

c. File Upload Protocol: FTP or SFTP

d. Host Address: The DNS-resolvable FQDN or routable IP address of the remote server where you will deploy files of the relevant file type. Using an FQDN is recommended.

e. Login Name and Login Password: A user account with sufficient privileges to use the remote server. The assigned password for the login name that you specified.

f. Directory root location: The relative directory path to files that you will deploy. Example: /content/rtmp

g. Directory root URL path: The URL where Cisco Show and Share will reference your files. For example: rtmp://media_server:1935/vod/mp4:

Step 6 Create an HTTP File Hosting Location with these parameters:

a. File Hosting Location Name: HTTP MP4

b. Accepts Files with extensions: *.mp4, *.m4v, and *.mpv4

c. File Upload Protocol: FTP or SFTP

d. Host Address: The DNS-resolvable FQDN or routable IP address of the remote server where you will deploy files of the relevant file type. Using an FQDN is recommended.

e. Login Name and Login Password: A user account with sufficient privileges to use the remote server. The assigned password for the login name that you specified.

f. Directory root location: The relative directory path to files that you will deploy. For example: /content/http

g. Directory root URL path: The URL where Cisco Show and Share will reference your files. For example: http://media_server/http

Step 7 Create a new File Hosting Location with these parameters:

a. File Hosting Location Name: Generic File Upload

b. Accepts Files with extensions: *.*

c. File Upload Protocol: FTP or SFTP

d. Host Address: The DNS-resolvable FQDN or routable IP address of the remote server where you will deploy files of the relevant file type. Using an FQDN is recommended.

e. Login Name and Login Password: A user account with sufficient privileges to use the remote server. The assigned password for the login name that you specified.

f. Directory root location: The relative directory path to files that you will deploy. For example: /content/fileupload

g. Directory root URL path: The URL where Cisco Show and Share will reference your files. For example: http://media_server/fileupload

You have now configured Show and Share for streaming MP4 videos from a Wowza Media Server to desktop and mobile devices. You should upload an MP4 video and verify that the video appears on the Wowza content directories.

Configuring Show and Share for Live Streaming

The following steps will enable Show and Share to stream live content from a Wowza server.

Step 1 Log in to Cisco Show and Share with an account that has Live Event User role privileges.

Step 2 Click My Account , and then click Create a Live Event . The Create a Live Event window opens.

Step 3 In the Choose a Live Event Type field, click non-DME Live Event if the live stream is not originating from a Cisco Digital Media Encoder. In addition to the Wowza Media Server, this includes the Cisco TCS or MXE 3500 encoders.

Step 4 Enter information about the video in the Live Event Basic Setup window.

Step 5 Enter the Video URL of the Wowza Media Server using this format: rtmp://servername/application/codecID:streamname.extension

For example:

rtmp://wowza/live/mp4:

Step 6 Click Save as Draft .

Step 7 In the Videos area on the My Account page, click the Live Events tab to view the event. Select the live event, and then do the following:

a. Click Publish to publish the listing of the live event to Show and Share.

b. Click Administer and then click Start in the Main administrative controls area when you want to start the broadcast.

Step 8 View the Live Event in Show and Share.

You can also test the live stream URL by entering it directly into an RTMP MP4 media player such as a VLC.

You have now configured Show and Share to stream live content from a Wowza Media Server. You should create and test a live event stream.

Notes on Configuring Wowza 4.x on Content Server

When you configure a Wowza 4.x media server in the Content Server Management > Recording Setup > Media server configurations > + Add Wowza server screen, you might see the following error when you click Save.

Failed to announce the RTSP to the wowza server

This is the workaround:

Step 1 Log in to the Wowza streaming manager. Navigate to the Applications page.

Step 2 Choose Add Application .

Step 3 Choose Live: Single Server or Origin .

Step 4 Name the application _defapp_ and click Save .

Step 5 Restart the Wowza server. Add the Wowza media server in the Content Server UI.

Related Documentation

For additional product integration procedures, see these resources on Cisco.com.

Cisco Show and Share

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6682/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_list.html

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6682/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

Cisco MXE 3500:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps12130/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_list.html

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps12130/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

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