Any streaming player worth its salt can play video well, but only a good one possesses straightforward navigation, robust search features and a wide variety of content to suit all tastes. If you want to reinstall Windows Media Player, try the following: Click the Start button, type features, and select Turn Windows features on or off. Scroll down and expand Media Features, clear the Windows Media Player check box, and click OK. Restart your device. Windows Media Player should be uninstalled. Normally the playlist points to a stream on the Internet. This player downloads the video specified in the M3U8 file and plays within your browser.
Highly Customizable · Plays All Formats On Any Device · Fast & Secure
The player is one of the most critical elements when it comes to streaming your videos on your website, blog or social media. Our player is highly customizable and allows you to change its skin, color, size, behavior, add your brand logo etc., thanks to the powerful video player builder and API.
Live Demos
Showcasing Different Publishing & Feature OptionsEmbedded Player
This is the universal way of embedding videos on the web, especially when the video is the main content on that particular page. Your viewers can play the video directly.
You can customise the style of the video player so it matches your website, functionality, behaviour, add your logo and secure it so your content is safe.
Pop-In Video Player
A video player that pops on your page and plays the video. This player is activated by a viewer clicking on a link or an image.
The Pop-In Player doesn't take up as much space on your web page as the Embedded Video Player.
Direct Link Video Player
The Direct Link is a hyperlink that opens the player in a full screen browser window. It's ideal when you'd like to send the video via email or post a link on Twitter or Facebook.
When the hyperlink is clicked, a new browser window is opened with the video player in it.
Live and VoD Webcasts with Presentation Slides
You can link your presentation slides by uploading them from your computer into your account and then specifying the order and the timeline when they should change, so when viewers are watching the video, the slides are changing based on the video timing.
Live Webcast Slides are also possible for your live streaming service. You can easily 'push' them live by clicking on them from the Broadcast Panel. Viewers can watch the live broadcast and see the pushed slides, all in real time.
Features
Smart, Powerful, Fast, Secure & CustomizableSmart Fallback HTML5 & Flash
Automatically Changes Based On BrowserStream any video format to any device such as iPhone, iPad and Android could not be easier, thanks to our smart streaming video players and the embed code we provide you with. We remove all the complications that come between browsers, codecs and different file formats and give you more time to focus on your business.
White-Label (Private) Branding
Insert Your Logo & LinkAdd your own branding (overlay logo or text) on top of the actual video and make StreamingVideoProvider completely invisible. Why? This enables you to resell the service under your own brand to your clients without any investment in infrastructure or development. Ideal solution for web designers, developers, live event organisers ect. The embed code is also white-label meaning our domain is not shown.
Video Player Customization
Choose Colors, Opacity, Skin & BehaviourOur streaming video players are highly customizable! You will be able to choose from a palette of primary colors and most popular website colors as well as custom colors. You can also change the opacity of the player so it effectively blends into your site's design.
Check out the interactive demo on the side.
Social Media Sharing
Social Sharing and Publishing Made EasyReach new audiences by distributing your content on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Wordpress etc. or encourage viewers to spread the word to their friends with sharing buttons directly in your players. Embed your videos on Facebook or post them on Twitter - one click is all it takes.
Subtitle Support
Multi Language Closed Captions SupportAdding subtitles to your pre-recorded (VoD) videos is easy. You can import the most common subtitle formats (src or sub) or create your own subtitles by specifying each line and the timing when to appear.
Stream Player Ios
Can I use a single StreamingVideoProvider account for multiple websites?
Wowza Player, Wowza GoCoder SDK, & the technology powering the Ultra Low Latency service in Wowza Streaming Cloud will no longer be available January 5, 2021.
Wowza Player will no longer be available January 5, 2021.
Deliver Professional-Grade Playback Quickly and Easily
An adaptive bitrate HTML5 player for delivering optimized HD-quality video and audio experiences.
Configure
Quick setup for consistent experiences on any device (mobile, desktop, Android, iOS, Windows, Mac).
Embed
Stream Players Club
Automated embed-code generation for fast, easy integration.
Analyze
View stream-playback data to understand and track viewing trends and statistics.
High-Quality Experiences
Adaptive Bitrate Streaming
Artificial intelligence optimizes streaming bitrates based upon changing network conditions.
Rapid Startup
Player pre-fetches assets for faster playback startup.
Any Device
HTML5 player delivers consistent experiences to any device and any browser.
Flexible and Programmable
JavaScript API
Programmatic control of functionality, through a JavaScript API, for custom applications and automated workflow integration.
Customizable Replay Window
Application and web developers can designate a DVR range to establish the number of seconds that a viewer can rewind, replay, or skip ahead for live broadcasts.
Configuration UI
Fast, simple Wowza player setup, customization and configuration through the web-based Player Builder; quickly and easily generate embed code.
DVR
Wowza Player allows viewers to pause and rewind live streams.
VOD
Play, pause, and jump to any point during on-demand video or audio playback.
Audio Streaming
Stream live and on-demand audio, with support for ID3 tags.
Stream Analytics
View stream-playback session statistics and trends.
Autoplay
Wowza Player plays content automatically in supported browsers.
- Q: What is Wowza Player?
- A: Wowza Player is an HTML5 embeddable streaming-media player for HLS video and audio streaming via Wowza Streaming Engine™ and Wowza Streaming Cloud™.
- Q: How do I sign up for Wowza Player?
- A: Wowza Streaming Engine and Wowza Streaming Cloud Customers with a valid (commercial or trial) license can sign up for Player at: https://player.wowza.com.
- Q: Is a separate license required for Player?
- A: Yes. If you have a valid (commercial or trial) Wowza Streaming Engine or Wowza Streaming Cloud license, you can request a Wowza Player key by clicking the Get Wowza Player button at the top of this page.
- Q: I have signed up for Wowza Player. Now how do I access the Player Builder?
- A: Using your Wowza account login credentials, you can access the Player Builder at: https://player.wowza.com/.
- Q: Where can I find documentation on getting started and the general operation of Wowza Player ?
- A: The most current documentation for Wowza Player is available in the Wowza Support docs: https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-player.
- Q: What is the pricing for Wowza Player?
- A: Wowza Player is free to Wowza Streaming Engine and Wowza Streaming Cloud customers with a valid (commercial or trial) license.
- Q: How do I file an issue regarding Wowza Player?
- A: Issues with Wowza Player can be filed by opening a support ticket at: https://www.wowza.com/support/open-ticket. File the ticket under the Wowza product with which you are using Player (either Wowza Streaming Engine or Wowza Streaming Cloud).
- Q: What operating systems are supported for Wowza Player?
- A: Wowza Player runs on Windows 7 or later and Mac OSX 10.8 and later.
- Q: What browsers are supported for Wowza Player?
- A: Internet Explorer 8.0 or greater, Firefox 5.0 or greater, Chrome 36 or greater and Safari 7.0 or greater.
- Q: What codecs does Wowza Player support?
- A: Wowza Player supports H.264 video codecs and IHE-AAC (v1/2) and LC-AAC (v1/2) audio codecs.
- Q: What protocols are supported by Wowza Player?
- A: Wowza Player supports Apple HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) streams and—for customers with Wowza Streaming Cloud premium Ultra Low Latency Service—the WOWZ ultra low latency protocol.
- Q: Does Wowza Player support AES-128 encryption?
- A: Wowza Player doesn’t support AES-128 encryption, however, it does support SecureToken playback protection from Wowza Streaming Engine. For more information, see Protect streaming using SecureToken in Wowza Streaming Engine.
- Q: Where can I find the Wowza Player release notes?
- A: View the release notes here.
- For additional information, contact sales@wowza.com.
A: The Wowza Player release supports the following:
- HLS streaming
- Live and video-on-demand (VOD) streaming
- Adaptive bitrate streaming
- Click-and-drag resizing
- VOD playback
- Customizable DVR rewind/skip-ahead window configuration
- Web-based Wowza Player Builder UI for player customization
- Audio-only player interface
- ID3 metadata tag support
- JavaScript API for basic player control and automated workflow integration
- Stream playback analytics
A: For a detailed description of operation and controls, please see the Wowza Player support articles.
- The Wowza Player includes on-screen controls for the following:
- Play/pause
- Quick rewind
- Volume/mute
- Full screen
- Bitrate selector
A: Yes. For a detailed description of operation and controls, please see the Wowza Player support articles.
Wowza Player includes keyboard control functionality, including:
- Play/pause
- Increase/decrease volume
- Rewind/fast-forward
- Mute on/off
- Full screen on/off
- Seek—percentage skip-ahead
- Volume is adjusted by means of the device hardware controls, rather than through the on-screen UI.
- iPhones and iPods will always render Wowza Player full-screen (iPads will play in-line).
For additional information, contact sales@wowza.com.
Things to check:
- Check the links to assets:
- Is the link to wowzaplayer.min.js correct?
- Container DIV:
- Is it in the page? Is it visible?
- Is it big enough?
- Configuration JSON:
- Is the JSON well-formed? Is there a missing/trailing comma?
- Are parts of it accidentally commented out?
Things to check:
- Check the errors in Console: Security errors (ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR).
- Cause:
- On Web pages served from “https”, the Javascript player can only stream from “https” media streams.
- Trying to load a playlist that redirects to a new URL. This is not a supported feature.
- Trying to load a non-HLS Stream (Wowza Player only plays HLS URLs, which are coming from WSE or WSC).
- Flash Player is sandboxed and does not report the browser security errors.
- Solutions:
- Enable SSL on the Wowza source and stream from an “https” URL.
- Serve the web page from “http.”
- Force the Flash Player (useFlash: true).
- Cause:
Things to check:
- Check the Console log: CORS errors when loading a stream.
- Cause:
- Older Wowza instances (< 4.5v) did not enable Cross-Origin headers by default for HLS streams.
- Solutions:
- Upgrade to Wowza Streaming Engine (WSE) >= 4.5v
- Enable CORS headers for HLS streams.
- Cause:
- Cause:
- If the Media decode error happens in the beginning of playback, then the browser doesn't support a particular encoding. Check the video and audio formats supported by your browser.
- Solutions:
- Use the encoding format supported by your browser.
- Force the Flash Player.
- Cause:
- If the Media decode error happens during the playback, then it may be a known bug.
- Solutions:
- Make sure you are using the latest version of the Wowza Player.
- Check the list of known issues on Wowza Player and file a support ticket.
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For additional information, contact sales@wowza.com.