Live Streaming with Wowza CDN

The following guide explains how to do a live stream in MEDIAL using the Wowza CDN.

Version 8.5.016 and above is required in order to stream to the Wowza CDN. Please contact Support to arrange your upgrade if necessary.

1. Sign into your Wowza Video account at https://auth.wowza.com/client/token-management.

2. Click on Add New Personal Token.

3. Give it a new name and click Create Personal Token

4. Copy the access token.

5. On the MEDIAL database server, log into SQL Management Studio and expand the VLS database. Right-click on the table called 'tbl_LiveSettings' and then click Edit Top 200 Rows.

6. Locate the column called 'CloudAccessToken' near the end of the table row and enter in the access token copied from the Wowza video account. Hit return to save the change.

7. Log into MEDIAL as an administrator and navigate to the admin page. Click on Live Streaming.

8. Click on Edit for the channel which is going to be live streamed via the CDN.

9. Check the box to push the stream to the Wowza CDN, and set your broadcast location.

Set the source resolution to match what the broadcast source resolution will be. Click on Start live stream to enable it straight away, or Schedule live stream to schedule it to start at a later date.

10. Open OBS (or preferred streaming software. This guide documents use with OBS). Create a new custom stream and go into the settings for it.

Enter in the RTMP server shown in the live channel in MEDIAL for the server. Use the stream name from the live channel in MEDIAL as the stream key. Check the box to use authentication, and then enter in the username and password from the live channel. Click on OK.

These bits of information are shown in the screenshot above, and can be seen in the Settings/Live Source area for your channel in MEDIAL.

11. Click on Start Streaming.

12. If the live stream has been started and isn't set to start on a schedule in the future, it can be checked to ensure that it is running. In the live channel settings area, click on the URL to view the stream in MEDIAL.