As part of the new Wowza Video user experience, you have access to the Wowza Video Legacy user interface (UI) through our UI switcher available in both interfaces. Toggling the switcher takes you from the new UI to the Wowza Video Legacy UI and vice versa. We've added this feature so you can gradually migrate to the new experience during a transition period.
Use the UI switcher
Any user on the account can use a toggle to switch between the Wowza Video Legacy and new Wowza Video UIs.
To switch between UIs:
- Click your user profile in the top, left of any screen from the new UI.
- Click User & org info.
- Under Legacy Experience, click Switch to legacy experience. You'll be taken to Wowza Video Legacy.
- Click Return to new experience at the top of any screen from Wowza Video Legacy to return to the new Wowza Video UI.
How the UIs function together
You'll mainly use Wowza Video Legacy for live streaming features not available in the new UI. You'll use the new UI for videos (VOD), analytics, CMS, ads, and player features. Keep the following in mind when working with both UIs:
- A live stream created in Wowza Video Legacy displays in the Legacy UI and in the new UI.
- With a stream created in the legacy version of the UI:
- If you open that stream with the new UI, you won’t be able to change the player configuration (styling).
- With a stream created in the new version of the UI:
- If you open that stream in the legacy UI, you won’t be able to change the player configuration (styling).
- If you check the box to Save to asset management in Wowza Video Legacy when you create a live stream, the created asset (video) displays in the new Wowza Video UI only.
- You won't have access to the following features in Wowza Video Legacy (you must use the new UI instead):
- Asset Management
- VOD Streams
- Recordings
- Recordings under Transcoders
- Recordings under Available Streams
- Live and Historic Analytics
Wowza Video REST API differences
While you can use the Wowza Video 1.x REST API with the new Wowza Video experience, you won’t be able to reach the following endpoints because their functionality isn’t supported in the new experience:
- /recordings – Use /videos in the 2.0 REST API instead.
- /vod_streams – Use /videos in the 2.0 REST API instead.
- /assets – Use /videos in the 2.0 REST API instead.
- /players – There is no replacement in the 2.0 REST API.
See the Migration Guide for more information about replacements for deprecated endpoints.
The user interface and version of the REST API used to create a live stream (or real-time stream) make a difference with how you can interact with that stream in each UI.
- A stream created with v1.x of the REST API
- If you open that stream with the new UI, you won’t be able to change the player configuration (styling).
- A stream created with v2.0 of the REST API
- If you open that stream in the legacy UI, you won’t be able to change the player configuration (styling).
