# How can i justget m3u8 stream from the channel?

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-justget-m3u8-stream-from-the-channel/54812>\
**Category:** Wowza Player\
**Created:** [March 18, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-justget-m3u8-stream-from-the-channel/54812 "2020-03-18T15:27:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Giorgi\_Khachidze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Giorgi\_Khachidze](https://community.wowza.com/u/Giorgi_Khachidze)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-justget-m3u8-stream-from-the-channel/54812/1 "2020-03-18T15:27:52Z")

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Hello, how can i get the m3u8 stream from existing channel? I want to create tv watching service online but i have no m3u8 streams, how can i get this?

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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:** [March 19, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-justget-m3u8-stream-from-the-channel/54812/2 "2020-03-19T01:14:30Z")

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What do you mean please by existing channel? You created a live stream or video on demand streaming channel already? You can’t just get m3u8 sources without permission - those are playback files that are created and m3u8 files are for HLS compatible devices to play videos.

If you would like to build a tv channel, you need to have access to pre-recorded videos or mp4 files and then when you send them through wowza we will create in our media server an m3u8 link for HLS playback.

Here is a tutorial to show you how:

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeR35oXkVkc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeR35oXkVkc)