Wowza Streaming Engine

Mission-criticalvideo server

The video engine for teams that need to deploy anywhere — and can’t afford for it to fail. Ingest any source, process in real time, and deliver to every screen, on infrastructure you control.

Trusted where video can’t fail

  • Swift
  • SpaceX
  • NASA
  • Google
  • Formula 1
  • RTX
  • Northrop Grumman
  • NYPD
  • New York Yankees
  • Pittsburgh Steelers
  • Detroit Lions
  • Carnival
  • Viking
  • Caltrans
  • FDOT
  • City of Seattle

Wowza Streaming Engine

Flexible, reliable video infrastructure for mission-critical operations.

Select a stage to explore

RTSP, SRT, RTMP, RTMPS, WebRTC, UDP and MPEG-TS from IP cameras, drones, mobile, broadcast encoders, IoT and file-based VOD.

01 / 05 · CONNECT & INGEST

IP camerasRTSPDronesSRTMobileWebRTCEncodersRTMPSIoTUDPVOD filesMPEG-TSWowzaSTREAMING ENGINE

Any source in: IP cameras, drones, encoders, mobile and IoT

02 / 05 · PROCESS & CUSTOMIZE

H.264H.265 / HEVCVP9AACOpusLive streamTranscodeTransmuxIN REAL TIMERECORDCLIP00:00LIVE

Low-latency transcoding and transmuxing in real time

03 / 05 · VIDEO INTELLIGENCE

City intersection from above with detection boxes around cars and busesbusbuscarcarcarcarcarcarcarcam-042 · LIVE
  • Bus detectedobject detection
  • Car detectedobject detection
  • Custom eventyour own model

Object detection and event logging, or bring your own model

04 / 05 · SECURE

Live streamTLS / HTTPSIN TRANSITSource authenticationWHO PUBLISHESAES-128 HLS encryptionTHE STREAMToken-based accessDENIEDMulti-DRM & watermarkingTHE CONTENTAuthorized screens only

TLS, AES-128 HLS encryption, token access and multi-DRM

05 / 05 · DELIVER EVERYWHERE

HLS / LL-HLSWebRTCMPEG-DASHControl centersNOCsAnalytics enginesDirect IP streamsYour CDNWowzaSTREAMING ENGINE

HLS, LL-HLS, WebRTC and MPEG-DASH to every screen

200,000+Wowza instances running right now, across 140 countries, backed by 24/7 support.
G2 Spring 2026 badges: Leader Enterprise, Leader Mid-Market, Leader Small Business, Momentum Leader, Best Software Top 50 Design Products, Regional Leader EMEA and Asia Pacific

Solutions

Purpose-built for the industries that depend on live video.

Select an industry to explore

Low-latency video from every camera, drone and sensor to the control rooms, NOCs and AI engines that act on it.

Also: Election monitoring · Environmental & wildlife · Campus & corporate security

01 / 07 · GOVERNMENT & DEFENSE

Radar dome on a ridge
Base securityTactical communicationsSecure mission controlFederal monitoring systemsAerospaceWowzaSTREAMING ENGINE

Supporting mission-critical operations

02 / 07 · LAW ENFORCEMENT & PUBLIC SAFETY

Police cars with lights on at night
BodycamsDashcamsInterview roomsEvidence intakeIncident command operationsWowzaSTREAMING ENGINE

Evidence and accountability that holds up

03 / 07 · SECURITY & SURVEILLANCE

Security camera on a stone building
Retail loss preventionPerimeter securityWarehouse monitoringMulti-site facility protectionWowzaSTREAMING ENGINE

Catching bad actors in real time

04 / 07 · SMART CITIES & TRAFFIC

City interchange from above at night
Intersection camerasTransit routesParking systemsMunicipal monitoring networksWowzaSTREAMING ENGINE

Powering urban intelligence

05 / 07 · INDUSTRIAL & REMOTE OPERATIONS

Refinery from above
Oil & gas facilitiesMining sitesUtilities infrastructureAgricultural monitoringRemote pipelinesWowzaSTREAMING ENGINE

Eyes on assets, anywhere

06 / 07 · HEALTHCARE & MEDICAL

Operating table in a hospital room
NICU monitoringSurgical streamingPatient observationTelemedicineRegulated facilitiesWowzaSTREAMING ENGINE

Advancing care and compliance

07 / 07 · SPORTS, EVENTS & MEDIA

Stadium from above at night
Sports & live eventsNews & mediaCorporate communicationsConferences & performancesFaith-based & nonprofitWowzaSTREAMING ENGINE

Broadcast-grade live streams to every screen

New · Video Intelligence Framework

Real-time AI on the streams
you already run

Wowza samples frames from the live stream, runs your model on your GPUs and sends every detection to your systems as structured data.

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One detection, one event
{ "camera": "camera-01", "type": "truck", "confidence": 0.97, "bbox": [1328, 646, 1593, 1045], "timestamp": "14:02:18" }
Sent to your systems
  • Webhook alerts
  • JSON logs
  • Video overlay
  • ID3 metadata
01Sample the live stream

Frames are taken out-of-band, so the video is never interrupted.

02Detect on your GPUs

People, vehicles, equipment, or the classes of your own trained model.

03Get a structured event

Camera, detection type, confidence, bounding box and timestamp.

04Trigger your workflows

Feed alerting, search, compliance and dashboards.

Illustrative detection view on a stock photo; boxes from RF-DETR, scores and event are examples.

Explore the Video Intelligence Framework
Reliability

How your video stays live.

A node goes down; the feed doesn’t. Wowza keeps video flowing from every camera to every screen, from control rooms and NOCs to live sports and government feeds.

  1. 1
    High availability & failoverNode 2 fails; nodes 1 and 3 keep every feed live.
  2. 2
    CDN load balancingViewer spikes are absorbed at the edge of the network.
  3. 3
    Edge hardware & multi-cloudRuns next to the cameras, on any cloud or none.
  4. 4
    TLS, AES-128 & token accessOnly authorized screens and systems receive the stream.
  5. 5
    Multi-DRM & watermarkingWidevine, FairPlay and PlayReady; leaks are traceable.
Deploy anywhere

Support any deployment environment,
from the edge to the cloud

Environments

Where it runs

From a rack in a control room to a box at the edge with no internet at all. Keep your video on infrastructure you control.

  • On-premises
  • Air-gapped
  • Offline
  • Hybrid
  • Edge
  • Private cloud
  • Public cloud
  • Docker & Kubernetes

Platforms & codecs

What it runs on

One engine across operating systems and architectures, with GPU acceleration when you need the headroom.

  • Linux
  • Windows
  • x86_64
  • ARM64
  • GPU acceleration
  • REST API & SDK
  • Java modules
  • MCP
H.264H.265/HEVCVP8VP9OpusAACMP3
Security & compliance

Enterprise-grade security, on infrastructure you control.

Your video never has to leave your network. Wowza runs on-premises and fully air-gapped, with the controls your security team will ask for.

Guide

Public Sector Solution Brief

Wowza for government, defense and public safety video.

SOC 2

Independently audited against AICPA SOC 2 standards.

GDPR

GDPR compliant, with your video kept on infrastructure you choose.

Multi-DRM & watermarking

Widevine, FairPlay and PlayReady from a single engine.

TLS & AES-128 encryption

TLS/HTTPS on every connection and AES-128 HLS encryption.

Source auth & token access

Authenticate every publisher and token-protect every viewer.

Air-gapped & on-premises

Run fully offline, with no cloud dependency at all.

Resources & support

Deep technical support when it matters

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24/7 support

Round-the-clock help from Wowza engineers.

Professional services

Architecture, deployment and custom workflows.

Documentation

Developer guides, API reference and test players.

Community

Forums, webinars and demos with the Wowza team.

Go live this afternoon.Run it for decades.

Linux, Windows, x86_64, ARM64 · on-prem, edge or cloud

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