# Generate MBR Smil for Live Transcoder dynamically for Dash / HLS ?

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/generate-mbr-smil-for-live-transcoder-dynamically-for-dash-hls/126>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [October 31, 2016, 7:37am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/generate-mbr-smil-for-live-transcoder-dynamically-for-dash-hls/126 "2016-10-31T07:37:34Z")\
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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:** [October 31, 2016, 7:37am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/generate-mbr-smil-for-live-transcoder-dynamically-for-dash-hls/126/1 "2016-10-31T07:37:34Z")

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Hi there we would like to try MBR Live streams possibly via the trancoder. Is it possible to generate the smil dynamically for Dash / HLS ?

There is this but it’s not ideal it’s just generated the smil output.

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-generate-a-smil-file-with-an-http-provider](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-generate-a-smil-file-with-an-http-provider)

In this documentation it requires some manual process to configure the smil files and the MBR streams. It kind of should be all dynamic, no files required ?

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-create-and-play-smil-files-with-streams-created-by-wowza-transcoder](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-create-and-play-smil-files-with-streams-created-by-wowza-transcoder)

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**Author:** ![dan\_electro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@dan\_electro](https://community.wowza.com/u/dan_electro)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/generate-mbr-smil-for-live-transcoder-dynamically-for-dash-hls/126/2 "2016-10-31T15:55:14Z")

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I just discovered this

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-java-api-calls-to-resolve-smil-file-requests](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-java-api-calls-to-resolve-smil-file-requests)

The smil needs to be requested like “amlst:myStream” but how can it generate a list from the live transcoder information ? like stream name, bitrate, dimensions etc ?

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**Author:** ![Alex\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Alex\_C](https://community.wowza.com/u/Alex_C)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2016, 2:00am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/generate-mbr-smil-for-live-transcoder-dynamically-for-dash-hls/126/3 "2016-12-17T02:00:49Z")

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Hi electroteque,

You could also use Stream Name Groups. These are automatically generated smil “like” file that are part of the Transcoder profile.

You can find more information [here](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-set-up-and-run-wowza-transcoder-for-live-streaming#ABR).

This is probably easier that setting up additional modules.

Regards,

Alex