# How do I use smil playlist to play ABR content by refering to the .m3u8 or .mpd files

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**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [April 29, 2017, 8:48am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-do-i-use-smil-playlist-to-play-abr-content-by-refering-to-the-m3u8-or-mpd-files/48632 "2017-04-29T08:48:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![reginald\_williams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba8739/32.png) [@reginald\_williams](https://community.wowza.com/u/reginald_williams)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2017, 8:48am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-do-i-use-smil-playlist-to-play-abr-content-by-refering-to-the-m3u8-or-mpd-files/48632/1 "2017-04-29T08:48:02Z")

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I have transcoded files stored in an Amazon S3. Each video has a .m3u8 and a .mpd file. I need to server the content thru WMS in the form of a playlist that also takes advantage of the ABR. I have read and followed :-

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-schedule-streaming-with-wowza-streaming-engine-streampublisher](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-schedule-streaming-with-wowza-streaming-engine-streampublisher)

But in the SMIL file shown, the content referred to is .mp4 . My raw .mp4 is too large and I want to use the transcoded files instead. So how is the .m3u8 or the .mpd used in a SMIL playlist. Thanks

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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:** [May 13, 2017, 7:03am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-do-i-use-smil-playlist-to-play-abr-content-by-refering-to-the-m3u8-or-mpd-files/48632/2 "2017-05-13T07:03:27Z")

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Hello,

Wowza Engine supports the following file types for VOD ingest:

Video and audioFLV (Flash Video—.flv)  
MP4 (QuickTime container—.mp4, .f4v, .mov, .m4v, .mp4a, .3gp, & .3g2)  
.ismv, .isma  
MP3 (.mp3)

Regards,

Alex

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**Author:** ![reginald\_williams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba8739/32.png) [@reginald\_williams](https://community.wowza.com/u/reginald_williams)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2017, 7:59am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-do-i-use-smil-playlist-to-play-abr-content-by-refering-to-the-m3u8-or-mpd-files/48632/3 "2017-05-13T07:59:27Z")

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But this does not address my question