# Do I need 3rd party player to provide VOD?
**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/do-i-need-3rd-party-player-to-provide-vod/41357
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine
**Created:** [March 26, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/do-i-need-3rd-party-player-to-provide-vod/41357 "2014-03-26T00:52:15Z")
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### Author:  [@Lucio\_Godoy](https://community.wowza.com/u/Lucio_Godoy)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/do-i-need-3rd-party-player-to-provide-vod/41357/1 "2014-03-26T00:52:15Z")
Hi All;
Warning: very simple question ahead.
I’m setting a VOD server, and I would like to provide support to many devices (iPhones, iPads, Android phones & tablets) and computers (Windows) as possible.
Do I need to have a player like JW Player or can just stream using the html5 video tag and assume that the default player is going to work?
However i would like to have security to prevent leeching, downloading, copying etc.
So does it means that i need a 3rd party player pls?
Many thanks
Lucio
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2014, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/do-i-need-3rd-party-player-to-provide-vod/41357/2 "2014-03-26T13:08:45Z")
Hi, Lucio,
Welcome. Take a look at [JW Player 6](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-jw-player-with-wowza-streaming-engine), which will provide playback support for desktop and iOS devices.
And take a look at the Wowza [Security Overview](https://www.wowza.com/docs/media-security-overview).
Richard