Wowza Streaming Engine

README

Version: Wowza Streaming Engine 4.9.1+2

Wowza Streaming Engine™ is robust, customizable, and scalable media server software that powers reliable streaming of high-quality video and audio to any device, anywhere.

New Features and Functionality

Wowza Streaming Engine 4.9.1+2 doesn't contain any new features and functionality. However, this is an important service release that includes various security patches and bug fixes to make Wowza Streaming Engine more robust and reliable. For more, see Detailed list of changes in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.9.1.

System Requirements

Operating systems

The supported operating systems varies by workflow. For non-transcoded streaming, Wowza Streaming Engine media server software can be used on the following 64-bit operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows
• macOS (installer and updater not available with Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.28 and later)
• Linux (CentOS, RedHat, Ubuntu, and SuSe)

Note: You can install Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.28 and later on macOS by setting up a Docker environment and running the Wowza Streaming Engine image in a local Linux Docker container. For more, see Set up Wowza Streaming Engine on the Docker container platform.

If you use the Transcoder feature, Wowza Streaming Engine media server software supports the following 64-bit operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows 11
• Microsoft Windows 10
• Microsoft Windows Server 2022
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019
• Linux (CentOS, RedHat, Ubuntu, and SuSe)

Note: Linux versions must compile with the GNU C library (glibc) version 2.17 or greater. Other Linux distributions that meet this requirement may work, but haven't been tested.

Install Wowza Streaming Engine on a clean operating system. If you want to update your earlier version of Wowza Streaming Engine to Wowza Streaming Engine 4.9.1+2, see Update your Wowza Streaming Engine installation for instructions.

Java version

Wowza Streaming Engine 4.9.1+2 is compiled using Java 17 (OpenJDK Java SE JRE 17.0.12) and supports Java versions 17 or 21. Earlier versions of Java aren't supported. For more details, see:

• Wowza Streaming Engine support for Java
• Update your Wowza Streaming Engine installation
• Manually install and troubleshoot Java on Wowza Streaming Engine

Browser support for Streaming Engine Manager

You can use Wowza Streaming Engine Manager with the latest versions of most modern web browsers that support HTML5 and Cascading Style Sheets level 3 (CSS 3). We recommend that you use the latest version of the Chrome browser for best results.

Note: Wowza Streaming Engine Manager was tested extensively using the Google Chrome web browser. Manager functionality and performance may vary on other web browsers. Browser updates that occur after this release of Wowza Streaming Engine may also impact functionality and performance. Wowza will work to address any new issues as quickly as possible.