The Wowza IDE is a great way to start coding Wowza projects. It’s based on Eclipse 3.3 but unfortunately it’s also missing a few core components that most people would be used to or require, an important one being the CVS Repository Exploring perspective that allows you to connect and synchronise projects with a CVS repository. However it’s fairly simple to get it back (once you know how). Here’s a quick guide to getting the CVS Explorer back into your Wowza IDE. These instructions are for OSX but it’s pretty much the same process on Windows:

1. Download the CVS client package from the eclipse.org site and unzip it somewhere
2. Start the Wowza IDE and select Help > Software updates > Find and install
3. Select the option that says ‘Search for new features to install’ and click ‘Next’
4. On the next screen select ‘New local site’ from the right hand side
5. Navigate to the folder you just unzipped above and select it

Eclipse will then proceed to install the CVS Repository client. Restart Eclipse after the installation and once restarted, go to the Add Perspective button and the CVS option should be there in the list. And that’s it!