HETM-DCK-21 User Instructions
DOC-USR-0202-01
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6.4
Stream RTMP
When in H.264 mode, the HETM-DCK-21 supports RTMP streaming accepted by a variety of CDN’s
(Content Delivery Networks) and social media platforms for wide content distribution and live
streaming.
6.4.1
RTMP Camera Streaming to the Wowza Streaming Engine™
Z3 Technology is a member of the Wowza Media Systems™ Technology Alliance partner program, and the
Wowza Streaming Engine™ is used here as an example.
Note:
Settings in the user interface cannot be changed if the unit is currently encoding.
(1)
If necessary, click on the
Stop
button in the
Channel Controls
section of the user interface CH1 tab
or the
Stop All
button in the lower right corner of the screen of any tab.
(2)
Verify the
Output Resolution
is set to
Follow Input
to output a 4K stream. If a lower resolution
output is desired, select this in the dropdown menu and resizing will occur.
(3)
Set the
Video Codec
to
H264(AVC)
for RTMP streaming. Newer versions of the Wowza Streaming
Engine support HEVC to use HEVC check the
Use H.265 for RTMP
checkbox.
(4)
Under Output Setup, select
RTMP
in the
Output Format
dropdown menu. In the case that an
encrypted stream is required select
RTMPS
. Encryption requires a certificate to be set up on the
Wowza Streaming Engine. See Wowza documentation for details.
(5)
Set Dest Address to “IP_Address: port#/application/Stream_Name”.
a.
IP_Address
will be the IP address of the PC with the Wowza server. In this example,
192.168.0.6 is used.
b.
port#
will be the port number of the PC with the Wowza server. In this example, 1935 is
used.
c.
application
will need to match the application selected in Wowza. In this example the live
application is used.
d.
Stream_Name
will need to match the stream information you provide to the Wowza server.
In this example, hevc4k is used.
e.
In this example, the full destination address would be “192.168.0.6:1935/live/hevc4k”.
(6)
If necessary, set
Authentication
to
Enable
and enter your valid Wowza log in credentials.
Note:
By default, a limited selection of video encoding settings is available in the user interface. See Section
8.2, “Advanced Settings Mode”, for more information on accessing additional settings.
(7)
Click on the
Start
button. After a moment, the encoder status will change to
RUNNING
and the
