# File transcoding for Intranet uses with JWplayer

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/file-transcoding-for-intranet-uses-with-jwplayer/348>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [September 12, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/file-transcoding-for-intranet-uses-with-jwplayer/348 "2016-09-12T21:44:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/system/32/447_2.png) [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/file-transcoding-for-intranet-uses-with-jwplayer/348/1 "2016-09-12T21:44:59Z")

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hello,

I want to know if Wowza Streaming Engine server can be used as an “OVP” or encoding platform as [Encoding.com](http://Encoding.com) or Zencoder.

To be clear I want to be able to have an Web API service available to my dev team to send video files to the engine (by REST API) to start encoding process of file.

For example, we sent a VIDEO MP4 file (H264) and we want to transcode (encode and store) this file into HLS multi-bitrate rendition to use it with JWPLAYER (it’s for intranet usage)

Is Wowza Streaming Engine available for that ?

After reading some documentations, it seems to be only “live transcoding” of video.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/system/32/447_2.png) [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/file-transcoding-for-intranet-uses-with-jwplayer/348/2 "2016-09-23T12:29:57Z")

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The Wowza Streaming Engine Transcoder supports only live transcoding. If you are familiar with a program called FFmpeg your development team may be interested in the following article.

> [@Frequently requested FFMPEG command examples for Wowza](http://community.wowza.com/t/-/36326):
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> Example commands and information for using FFmpeg as a live video/audio encoder with Wowza Media Server. Updated for FFmpeg Build git-a85b4a5 64-bit Static (2012-07-30) Note: Wowza Media Systems provides these instructions on as “AS-IS” basis. FFmpeg is not a Wowza Media Systems product. If you have problems getting FFmpeg to work properly it is best to contact FFmpeg support through their forums or wiki. The information collected here is a brief overview of common FFmpeg solutions. It is int…

For a better streaming media experience you need to ensure that your keyframes are created every two seconds using the FFmpeg “-g” option and the “-x264opts no-scenecut” option on the command line. Together they will make the keyframe distance, or Group of Pictures (GOP), the exact number of frames you specify. For example if you have a 23.976fps file your GOP should be 48.

I hope that this information helps to answer your question.