# Can I start or stop live streaming while saving video on Android.

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/can-i-start-or-stop-live-streaming-while-saving-video-on-android/49139>\
**Category:** Wowza GoCoder SDK\
**Created:** [July 6, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/can-i-start-or-stop-live-streaming-while-saving-video-on-android/49139 "2017-07-06T15:34:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Song\_Cao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@Song\_Cao](https://community.wowza.com/u/Song_Cao)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/can-i-start-or-stop-live-streaming-while-saving-video-on-android/49139/1 "2017-07-06T15:34:18Z")

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I am using GoCoder to build an android streaming app. I know I can bind a mp4 writer to the broadcast config so that I can save live stream to local files. But can I do the following?

1. Start or stop saving files while streaming to Wowza server.

2. Start or stop streaming to Wowza server while saving files.

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**Author:** ![Michelle\_B](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/michelle_b/32/394_2.png) [@Michelle\_B](https://community.wowza.com/u/Michelle_B)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 12:47am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/can-i-start-or-stop-live-streaming-while-saving-video-on-android/49139/2 "2017-07-25T00:47:13Z")

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Hi,

When the SDK encoder stops broadcasting the stream, all registered sinks are removed. In order to have separate processes for your broadcast and local recording, you will need to roll out your own separate to the SDK’s.

Michelle