# Configuring Wowza media server to use external HLS encoder... **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Created:** [February 10, 2017, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/configuring-wowza-media-server-to-use-external-hls-encoder/48136 "2017-02-10T13:19:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Russ\_Barker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@Russ\_Barker](https://community.wowza.com/u/Russ_Barker)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/configuring-wowza-media-server-to-use-external-hls-encoder/48136/1 "2017-02-10T13:19:15Z")
My company is working on setting up Wowza media servers to be used for HLS streaming of “live” audio and video streams. I am trying to find out if it’s possible to configure the Wowza media server to use “external” HLS encoder (HLS segment file creation software)… and if so, how to configure it? Anyone know if this can be done, and (if so) where I can find documentation on how to do this? ---
**Author:** ![Jermaine\_Hemby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@Jermaine\_Hemby](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jermaine_Hemby)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 8:46am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/configuring-wowza-media-server-to-use-external-hls-encoder/48136/2 "2017-02-12T08:46:46Z")
Hello Thanks for contacting Wowza Forums If you are talking about HLS ingest, here is an article on this: HLS Ingest Hope this helps. If any further questions, feel free to contact us. regards, Jermaine ---
**Author:** ![U\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8baadc/32.png) [@U\_D](https://community.wowza.com/u/U_D)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/configuring-wowza-media-server-to-use-external-hls-encoder/48136/3 "2020-12-16T17:57:06Z")
Is the HLS ingest discontinued?