# can we display "no stream" message when the live stream is down.

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/can-we-display-no-stream-message-when-the-live-stream-is-down/46242>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [December 15, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/can-we-display-no-stream-message-when-the-live-stream-is-down/46242 "2015-12-15T14:18:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Navin\_Chandran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc29f/32.png) [@Navin\_Chandran](https://community.wowza.com/u/Navin_Chandran)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/can-we-display-no-stream-message-when-the-live-stream-is-down/46242/1 "2015-12-15T14:18:03Z")

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hi,

Is there a way to display a message " No stream available" when the stream not available or the ipcam providing the stream is down.

With Regards

Navin.

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**Author:** ![Paul\_Shields](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/paul_shields/32/390_2.png) [@Paul\_Shields](https://community.wowza.com/u/Paul_Shields)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/can-we-display-no-stream-message-when-the-live-stream-is-down/46242/2 "2015-12-23T17:15:24Z")

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Hi,

You could look at [Loop Until Live](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-loop-a-pre-roll-until-a-live-stream-starts-loopuntillive), available in our Module Collection. This will loop a local video file when the live stream is not active. The video could simply be a very short file with a static message displayed. When the IP camera is active again then the stream will automatically switch to it.

Paul