Z3 Technology ZCube-21 - Stream RTMP

ZCube-21 User Guide
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5.4 Stream RTMP
When in H.264 mode, the ZCube-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.
5.4.1 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 are available in the user interface. See Section
7.2, “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
fields above will appear in dark grey. The status LED on the unit will blink green when streaming.