The ModuleLimitStreamViewers module for Wowza Streaming Engine™ media server software lets you limit the number of concurrent viewer connections to a stream. You can set a viewer limit for an entire application or set specific limits for each stream in an application.
Note: Wowza Streaming Engine™ 4.0.0 or later is required.
Contents
Installation
Configuration
Properties
Usage
For developers
Installation
- Download wse-plugin-limitstreamviewers.zip.
- Extract the contents from the downloaded (zipped) package, and then copy the lib/wse-plugin-limitstreamviewers.jar file from the package to the lib folder in your Wowza Streaming Engine installation ([install-dir]/lib).
- Restart Wowza Streaming Engine.
Configuration
To enable this module, add the following module definition to your application configuration. See Configure modules for details.
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Name
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Description
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Fully Qualified Class Name
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| ModuleLimitStreamViewers | Limits viewers per stream. | com.wowza.wms.plugin.ModuleLimitStreamViewers |
Properties
After enabling the module, you can adjust the default settings by adding the following properties to your application. See Configure properties for details.
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Path
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Name
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Type
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Value
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Notes
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| /Root/Application | limitStreamViewersMaxViewers | Integer | 200 | Total connections for any stream. (default: 200) |
| /Root/Application | limitStreamViewersByList | String | myStream=10, myOtherStream=20 | Total connections per stream. (default: not set) |
| /Root/Application | limitStreamViewersLogConnectionCounts | Boolean | true | Log connections to stream. (default: true) |
| /Root/Application | limitStreamViewersLogRejections | Boolean | true | Log rejected connections to stream. (default: true) |
Usage
The stream won't play for any viewers above the concurrent users limit. What these viewers see varies depending on the behavior of their player.
For developers
- Get the source code on GitHub
