Setting Up A Live Stream in Wowza Streaming Engine (Developer Guide & Walkthrough)

Learn how to quickly set up and play your first live stream using Wowza Streaming Engine in this developer walkthrough. Get started with the free trial and integrate the Wowza Flowplayer OVP for a custom user experience in a sample React web application. In this walkthrough, Steven covers essential steps for developers, including: * Getting Started: Signing up for the Wowza Streaming Engine free trial license key and obtaining your Flowplayer online video player trial token from the Wowza Portal. * Deployment: Cloning the dev guides GitHub repo and deploying Wowza Streaming Engine locally using Docker and a docker-compose file. * Live Stream Creation: Using OBS Studio (free and open-source) to create and start a live stream from your local machine, configuring the custom stream settings, and verifying the stream status in the Streaming Engine Manager. * Web App Integration: Embedding the live stream in a React web application using the Wowza Flowplayer components. * Configuration: Configuring the front-end application with your Flowplayer token and the local live stream URL via environment files. Wowza Streaming Engine can run in the cloud, on-prem, and in secured or air-gapped environments. This specific setup utilizes Docker for easy deployment and OBS Studio for stream sourcing. The Flowplayer OVP requires the video URL and the Flowplayer token for embedding. For more detailed walkthroughs and guides for developers, visit https://www.wowza.com/developer#steps To get started, download a free trial of Wowza Streaming Engine at https://www.wowza.com/free-trial #Wowza #WowzaStreamingEngine #livestreaming #Flowplayer #OVP #onlinevideoplatform #mediaworkflows ---------- Follow us online: ►Website - https://www.wowza.com/ ►Join Our Community - https://community.wowza.com/ ►Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/wowza/ ►Twitter - https://twitter.com/wowzamedia ►LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/wowza-media-systems/ ►Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wowzamedia/