# How can I download streaming for flv on VLC?

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-download-streaming-for-flv-on-vlc/54526>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [January 25, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-download-streaming-for-flv-on-vlc/54526 "2020-01-25T15:20:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Asawin\_Jaruwattanana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@Asawin\_Jaruwattanana](https://community.wowza.com/u/Asawin_Jaruwattanana)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-download-streaming-for-flv-on-vlc/54526/1 "2020-01-25T15:20:36Z")

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Hello All,

Can anyone teach me how to download flv streaming to VLC software?

Example: I know how to download streaming for HLS with this pattern “[http://wowza.demo.com/example/live/playlist.m3u8](http://wowza.demo.com/example/live/playlist.m3u8)” but I don’t know how to download streaming with http-flv pattern.

Thank you in advance for your help.

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**Author:** ![Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/rose_power-wowza_com/32/431_2.png) [@Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rose_Power-Wowza_Com)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-download-streaming-for-flv-on-vlc/54526/2 "2020-01-25T15:54:04Z")

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If you’re playing a file called myStream.flv the path would be something like this:

rtmp://[Wowza-IP-Address]:1935/vod/_definst_/flv:myStream.flv

In Wowza Streaming Engine, the default prefix is now “mp4:” to play a .flv file you must add the “flv:” prefix to the stream name.

If you need more help, type flv streams in the search above for forum posts as there are many discussions on this. Hope that helps

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**Author:** ![Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/rose_power-wowza_com/32/431_2.png) [@Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rose_Power-Wowza_Com)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-download-streaming-for-flv-on-vlc/54526/3 "2020-01-25T16:02:46Z")

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You could also consider converting your flv files to mp4 with something like ffmpeg and have access to more players.

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**Author:** ![Asawin\_Jaruwattanana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@Asawin\_Jaruwattanana](https://community.wowza.com/u/Asawin_Jaruwattanana)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-download-streaming-for-flv-on-vlc/54526/4 "2020-01-26T13:16:10Z")

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Thank you very much. I will try to follow your instruction and keep you updated.