# gzip m3u8 files

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/gzip-m3u8-files/34704>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [September 20, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/gzip-m3u8-files/34704 "2012-09-20T04:59:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Shay\_Cohen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Shay\_Cohen](https://community.wowza.com/u/Shay_Cohen)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/gzip-m3u8-files/34704/1 "2012-09-20T04:59:54Z")

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Hi, can i tell Wowza to gzip m3u8 files?

BR,

Shay

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/gzip-m3u8-files/34704/2 "2012-09-20T14:04:52Z")

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There is nothing built-in to Wowza to do that. You could write a custom module. I don’t have any examples to use as a starting place.

Richard

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**Author:** ![Shay\_Cohen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Shay\_Cohen](https://community.wowza.com/u/Shay_Cohen)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/gzip-m3u8-files/34704/3 "2012-09-23T01:49:32Z")

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Ok, thank you Richard.