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Dynamic loadbalanced RTMP streaming with Wowza - how to change the HD toggle labels


Hi

I am trying to setup dynamic rtmp vod streaming using Wowza loadbalancer. Following instructions on Wowza Dynamic Load Balancing Add On, I have created a loadbalancer.smil using:

<switch>
<video src="[stream-name]" />
</switch>

to pass the parameters of the URL to the src element.

The URL to this file takes the form:

http://[load-balancer-ip-address]:1935/redirect/[application-name]/loadbalancer.smil?assets=file1.mp4,file2.mp4&bitrates=2000000,800000.

The videos play fine and you can toggle between the 2 versions, however the HD toggle popup has the labels:

Auto
1953kbps
781kbps

Is there anyway I can pass further parameter arguments to the smil file to dynamically add titles to the assets, such as "HD" and "SD", replacing the current 1953kbps and 781kbps labels? I have tried label, title and name as arguments but they do not change what is currently displayed.

Thanks in advance

1 Community Answers

Todd

JW Player Support Agent  
-1 rated :

title="" in your SMIL should do the trick:

<switch> <video src="high.mp4" title="HD" system-bitrate="1200000" /> <video src="low.mp4" title="SD" system-bitrate="500000" /> </switch>

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