# Aac to mp3 live stream

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/aac-to-mp3-live-stream/53018>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [March 15, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/aac-to-mp3-live-stream/53018 "2019-03-15T17:32:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tariq\_inam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@tariq\_inam](https://community.wowza.com/u/tariq_inam)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/aac-to-mp3-live-stream/53018/1 "2019-03-15T17:32:03Z")

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I have a live stream coming into wowza server as aac. Is it possible to stream it as mp3 out

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**Author:** ![Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/rose_power-wowza_com/32/431_2.png) [@Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rose_Power-Wowza_Com)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/aac-to-mp3-live-stream/53018/2 "2019-03-15T21:25:43Z")

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Hello @tariq inam, Wowza Streaming Engine can only output aac and not mp3. It can ingest mp3 or aac, but no you cannot transcode it to mp3 for playback. Sorry for any inconvenience.

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**Author:** ![Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/rose_power-wowza_com/32/431_2.png) [@Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rose_Power-Wowza_Com)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/aac-to-mp3-live-stream/53018/3 "2019-03-15T21:27:16Z")

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These are the audio codecs Engine can prepare for playback:

Audio: AAC, AAC-LC, HE-AAC+v1 & v2, Opus, G.711