# Configration of live streaming from MP4 files

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/configration-of-live-streaming-from-mp4-files/93692>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [August 12, 2021, 2:33am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/configration-of-live-streaming-from-mp4-files/93692 "2021-08-12T02:33:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Koichi\_Ryu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a183cd/32.png) [@Koichi\_Ryu](https://community.wowza.com/u/Koichi_Ryu)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 2:33am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/configration-of-live-streaming-from-mp4-files/93692/1 "2021-08-12T02:33:00Z")

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I am currently trying to configure the Wowza Streaming Engine to stream MP4 files according to the following document.

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-publish-a-video-file-as-a-live-stream](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-publish-a-video-file-as-a-live-stream)

Step 4 of this document says “your VOD asset to play as a live stream”, what exactly do I need to configure and how?  
I would appreciate it if you could teach me.

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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:** [August 12, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/configration-of-live-streaming-from-mp4-files/93692/2 "2021-08-12T14:54:39Z")

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I’d be happy to teach you. The article you reference is how to do that in the xml and Step 4 is actually referring to all the steps above it that set up the mp4 as live, but I have a different way for you to do this and I made a tutorial on it with full step-by-step demo here:

> **[How to Publish a Pre-Recorded Video as Live](https://www.wowza.com/blog/publish-pre-recorded-video-as-live)**
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> This video tutorial demonstrates the process of publishing a pre-recorded MP4 file as a live stream. We also describe the many perks of doing so!

  

Know that you can also do this in Streaming Cloud if you are in the process of researching both Streaming Engine and Streaming Cloud:

> **[How to Publish a Pre-Recorded Video as Live](https://www.wowza.com/blog/publish-pre-recorded-video-as-live)**
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> This video tutorial demonstrates the process of publishing a pre-recorded MP4 file as a live stream. We also describe the many perks of doing so!

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**Author:** ![Koichi\_Ryu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a183cd/32.png) [@Koichi\_Ryu](https://community.wowza.com/u/Koichi_Ryu)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 8:57am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/configration-of-live-streaming-from-mp4-files/93692/3 "2021-08-17T08:57:51Z")

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Dear Ms. Rose Power,

Thank you for your reply.  
The method you suggested in the video has achieved my goal.

Thank you again.

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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:** [August 17, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/configration-of-live-streaming-from-mp4-files/93692/4 "2021-08-17T15:40:32Z")

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That makes me so happy and I really appreciate you letting me know it worked for you. 🙂