Connect a Teradek Cube encoder to Wowza Video Legacy

The Teradek Cube, a wireless solution for encoding live video, can deliver live steams to the Wowza Video™ service. When you choose Teradek as your video source, Wowza Video generates a connection code as well as a configuration URL, either of which you can use to easily connect the Cube encoder to Wowza Video.

To learn about other live stream settings you might see in the user interface, see Live Stream Setup page in Wowza Video.

Note: Teradek Cube firmware 7.3.4 or later is required. After updating your Cube firmware, perform a hard reboot of the device to ensure compatibility with Wowza Video.

1. Create a live stream that uses Teradek as the video source

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If you haven't already done so, create a live stream in Wowza Video that uses the Teradek Cube encoder as the video source.

1. Sign in to Wowza Video.
    
2. Click Add Live Stream.
3. On the Live Stream Setup page, enter a Live Stream Name, choose a Broadcast Location, and then click Next.
4. On the Video Source and Transcoder Settings page, select Teradek as the encoder you want to use to connect to Wowza Video.
5. Specify other video source settings, click Next, and complete the steps to finish creating the live stream.

Wowza Video creates the live stream and displays the Overview tab of the live stream detail page.

2. Connect the Teradek Cube to Wowza Video

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After you've added a live stream in Wowza Video, configure the Cube to connect to it. You can connect by using the connection code or the configuration URL that Wowza Video generated for the live stream.

Connect using the Configuration URL

1. On the Live Streams page of Wowza Video, select the live stream that uses Teradek as its video source.
    
2. Click the Video Source and Transcoder tab of the live stream detail page.
    
3. Select the Configuration URL and copy it to the Clipboard.

Note: Alternatively, you can enter an email address and click Send Email to send the shortened configuration to a Cube user at a different location.

4. Log in to the Cube web interface, and click Video Stream Output.
5. On the Primary tab, click the Mode menu and choose Internet Streaming.
6. In the Provider menu, choose Wowza.
7. Under Mode, choose Server.
8. Click Load Configuration.
9. Paste the shortened configuration URL that you copied to the Clipboard into the Config URL field, and then click Load.
10. Click Apply at the top of the Video Stream Output page.
     
11. Configure any other required settings for your broadcast in the Cube web interface.

Connect using the Connection Code

1. On the Live Streams page of Wowza Video, select the live stream that uses Teradek as its video source.
    
2. On the Overview tab of the live stream detail page, make note of the six-digit Connection Code.

3. Log in to the Cube web interface, and click Video Stream Output.
4. On the Primary tab, click the Mode menu and choose Internet Streaming.
5. In the Provider menu, choose Wowza.
6. Under Mode choose Cloud.
7. Enter the six-digit Connection Code from Wowza Video and then click Connect.
    
8. Click Apply at the top of the Video Stream Output page.
    
9. Configure any other required settings for your broadcast in the Cube web interface.
    

3. Test the connection

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1. In Wowza Video, select the live stream that uses Teradek as its video source.
    
2. Click Start Live Stream at the top of the live stream detail page.
    
3. Click Start to confirm that you want to start the stream.

Wowza Video opens the stream and connects with the Cube encoder.

4. In the Cube web interface, start your video source.
    
5. In the Wowza Video web manager, confirm that the live stream is playing by looking at the Video Preview in the Overview tab of the Live Stream Details page.
   
   The video preview displays a frame from the live stream every 5 seconds. The started date and time appear under the preview. Source stream, transcoder, and delivery metrics begin to update.
   
   
    

6. Click Stop Live Stream at the top of the live stream detail page to end your test stream, and then stop the stream in the Cube.
   
   

   Note: If you configure a camera or encoder to push video to the Wowza Video service, it may take up to 10 seconds once the live stream or transcoder has started for the encoder to connect. This is due to DNS lookup of the host server's IP address. For a more immediate connection, in the encoder settings, use the IP address that's visible in Wowza Video after the live stream or transcoder has started. See Speed up the connection to a transcoder in Wowza Video for more information.

More resources

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• Get started with Wowza Video
• Encoding best practices for Wowza Video