# Do i need to use "SMIL file", if I already has "Adaptive Bitrate Stream Name Groups" in a "Transcoder Templates"

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/do-i-need-to-use-smil-file-if-i-already-has-adaptive-bitrate-stream-name-groups-in-a-transcoder-templates/53434>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [June 3, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/do-i-need-to-use-smil-file-if-i-already-has-adaptive-bitrate-stream-name-groups-in-a-transcoder-templates/53434 "2019-06-03T14:21:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Oscar\_WONG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b2d939/32.png) [@Oscar\_WONG](https://community.wowza.com/u/Oscar_WONG)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/do-i-need-to-use-smil-file-if-i-already-has-adaptive-bitrate-stream-name-groups-in-a-transcoder-templates/53434/1 "2019-06-03T14:21:51Z")

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Do i need to use “SMIL file”, if I already has “Adaptive Bitrate Stream Name Groups” in a “Transcoder Templates”? Thank you for your advising!

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**Author:** ![Karel\_Boek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/karel_boek/32/454_2.png) [@Karel\_Boek](https://community.wowza.com/u/Karel_Boek)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/do-i-need-to-use-smil-file-if-i-already-has-adaptive-bitrate-stream-name-groups-in-a-transcoder-templates/53434/2 "2019-06-03T14:41:55Z")

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No need to create SMIL files if you have Stream Name Groups; you can use the following url to get an ABR playlist:

```auto
http://[server-ip]:1935/[application]/ngrp:[streamname_group_name]/playlist.m3u8

```