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Turn off data event processing for HLS streams in Wowza Streaming Engine

Wowza Streaming Engine™ media server software can convert AMF timed metadata events to ID3 tags. This feature is supported by all Apple-based playback devices. These data events can cause problems with some non-Apple based players that support Apple HLS streams. To turn off the processing of data events do the following:

For live streaming, add the following property to the LiveStreamPacketizer/Properties container in [install-dir]/conf/[application-name]/Application.xml:

<Property>
    <Name>cupertinoEnableDataEvents</Name>
    <Value>false</Value>
    <Type>Boolean</Type>
</Property>

For on-demand streaming, add the following property to the HTTPStreamer/Properties container in [install-dir]/conf/[application-name]/Application.xml:

<Property>
    <Name>cupertinoEnableDataEvents</Name>
    <Value>false</Value>
    <Type>Boolean</Type>
</Property>