Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.5 and later installs a custom packaged version of OpenJDK Java SE JRE 9.0.4 that includes the java.scripting module.
Installation and update considerations for Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.13 We recommend updating existing Transcoder templates that use the MainConcept (default) software encoder or decoder to use Beamr and take advantage of Beamr's improved video quality.Īdditionally, we optimized the Beamr encoding and decoding implementation configurations. If you update to Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.13 from an earlier version, existing Transcoder templates are unchanged. With new installations of Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.13, the default Transcoder templates (transcode.xml, transrate.xml, and transcode-h265.xml) include updates such as using Beamr as the encoding implementation for all H.264 and H.265 video encoding presets and for the decoding implementation. Compared to the built-in MainConcept software encoder and decoder (deprecated), using the built-in Beamr software encoder or decoder offers improved video quality with similar CPU usage.
With Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.13, Beamr can be enabled from Wowza Streaming Engine Manager and is enabled for H.264 and H.265 video when creating new Transcoder templates or new encoding presets in Wowza Streaming Engine Manager. Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.13 contains several enhancements and fixes that help to improve the functionality of the media server software.īeamr enhancements and default Transcoder template updates Wowza Streaming Engine is a robust, customizable, and scalable media server software that powers reliable streaming of high-quality video and audio to any device, anywhere. New features and functionality in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.13 Java support: Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.12 is built on Java 9 (OpenJDK Java SE JRE 9.0.4), but can be used with Java versions 9-12.