Wowza Media Server Pro
Comparison to
Adobe Flash Media Server
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Pricing and Licensing
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Wowza Media
Server Pro
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Adobe
FMIS
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Adobe
FMSS
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Connections
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Bandwidth
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10
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Unlimited
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FREE
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FREE
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FREE
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Unlimited
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Unlimited
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$995
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$4,500
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$995
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with MPEG-TS
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Unlimited
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$1995
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Not Available
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Not Available
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Software Subscription edition
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$65/server/mo or less
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Not Available
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Not Available
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Live Encoder Support
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RTMP ingest
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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RTP/RTSP/MPEG-TS H.264/AAC ingest
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Yes
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No
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No
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Live Streaming Across Multiple Servers
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Live Stream Repeater Origin Functionality
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Included
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Included
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No
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Live Stream Edge Functionality
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Included
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Included
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No
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Computing Scalability
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Maximum number of CPU cores
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8
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8
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4
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Supported Platforms
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Windows
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Mac OS X
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Yes
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No
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No
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Linux
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Yes
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Limited
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Limited
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Solaris
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Yes
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No
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No
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Unix
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Yes
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No
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No
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64-bit Support
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Yes - all platforms
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No
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No
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Real Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) Support
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RTMP
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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RTMPT
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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RTMPS
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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RTMPE
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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RTMPTE
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Real Time Protocol (RTP) Support
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RTP/RTSP/MPEG-TS H.264/AAC live encoder ingest
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Yes
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No
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No
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Programming Options
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Client Side
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ActionScript
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ActionScript
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ActionScript
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Server Side
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Java¹
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ActionScript
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No
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¹ Free Wowza IDE tool is avalable for simplified server-side programming
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Applications Capabilities
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Video Streaming (live and on-demand)
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FLV
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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H.264
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Audio Streaming (live and on-demand)
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FLV
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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MP3
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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HE-AAC
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Chat (text, audio, video)
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One-to-One
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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One-to-Many
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Many-to-Many
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Recording
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Remote, b/w dependent
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Remote, b/w independent
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Yes
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No
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No
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Simultaneous,
during live stream
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Simultaneous,
segmented recording
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Yes
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No
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No
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Action Method Format 3 (AMF3) Support
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Uni-directional
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Bi-Directional
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Yes
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No
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No
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SHOUTcast/Icecast2 Re-streaming
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MP3
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Yes
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No
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No
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AAC
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Yes
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No
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No
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Remote Shared Objects (RSOs)
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Extensibility
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Plug-in architecture (custom modules)
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Application-specific stream types
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Yes
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No
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No
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Customizable media writers
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Yes
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No
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No
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Customizable media readers
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Yes
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No
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No
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Content Management Systems Access
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File-based storage systems
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Protocol-based storage systems
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Yes
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No
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No
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Other Features
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Playlist and ad insertion support
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Dynamic bandwidth detection
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Virtual hosting
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Fast seek
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Fast forward/rewind trick play
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Yes
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No
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No
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Slow play
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Yes
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No
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No
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Security & Content Protection Options
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SecureToken anti-ripping protection
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Yes
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No
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No
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swf Domain/IP address validation
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Encrypted delivery (RTMPS/E/TE)
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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User access controls
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Management
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WC3 compliant logging
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Interface to standards-based management tools
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Yes
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No
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No
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Management console
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Yes
(via JMX)
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Yes
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Yes
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Centralized configuration management
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Yes
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No
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No
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Scalability
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Live Stream Repeater
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Demand-based load balancing
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Yes
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No
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No
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Round-robin load balancing
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Local content caching
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Leverages OS Caching
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Yes
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No
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Wowza Media Server Pro
