# About Live stream direct\_playback\_urls types

**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/about-live-stream-direct-playback-urls-types/51612
**Category:** Wowza Developer Dojo
**Tags:** transcoder
**Created:** [July 13, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/about-live-stream-direct-playback-urls-types/51612 "2018-07-13T17:08:33Z")
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### Author: ![YUUA\_ONCHI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/65b543/32.png) [@YUUA\_ONCHI](https://community.wowza.com/u/YUUA_ONCHI)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/about-live-stream-direct-playback-urls-types/51612/1 "2018-07-13T17:08:33Z")

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Hi, I don’t understand the difference of direct\_playback\_urls types.

I’m using GET /live\_streams API, and `direct_playback_urls` has `source`, `passthrough`, `854x480`…

I found that such `854x480` are transcoded as the resolutions.

But, I don’t know how `source` & `passthrough` are different. Please tell me that if you could.