# Engine Manager Create Smil/Stream in HTTP Origin mode

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/engine-manager-create-smil-stream-in-http-origin-mode/47980>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Tags:** server-administration\
**Created:** [February 22, 2017, 12:37pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/engine-manager-create-smil-stream-in-http-origin-mode/47980 "2017-02-22T12:37:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![David\_Martinez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/77aa72/32.png) [@David\_Martinez](https://community.wowza.com/u/David_Martinez)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 12:37pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/engine-manager-create-smil-stream-in-http-origin-mode/47980/1 "2017-02-22T12:37:22Z")

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Hello,

If The Application if Vod HTTP Origin or Live HTTP Origin, we can’t create smil’s on the Manager inside the application.

If the application has a content directory different from [install-dir]/content, for instance: [install-dir]/content/application-name, there’s no way to create or start the streams in the Manager. The only way is using com.wowza.wms.serverlistener.ServerListenerStartupStreamsMonitor.

The creation of SMIL’s in the Applcations without HTTP Origin works, for instance Live or Vod.

In your documentation [https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-find-your-way-around-wowza-streaming-engine-manager](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-find-your-way-around-wowza-streaming-engine-manager) I’ve checked that this behaviour is the expected.

Why is this related with the type of Application? Can you make it available to all types of Application in future releases?

Regards