# How to attempt to change a waiting file in incoming streams to an active file every 30 seconds

**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-attempt-to-change-a-waiting-file-in-incoming-streams-to-an-active-file-every-30-seconds/96951
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine
**Tags:** wowza-streaming-server-java-api
**Created:** [March 8, 2024, 8:55am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-attempt-to-change-a-waiting-file-in-incoming-streams-to-an-active-file-every-30-seconds/96951 "2024-03-08T08:55:24Z")
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### Author: ![heeyeon\_jang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@heeyeon\_jang](https://community.wowza.com/u/heeyeon_jang)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2024, 8:55am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-attempt-to-change-a-waiting-file-in-incoming-streams-to-an-active-file-every-30-seconds/96951/1 "2024-03-08T08:55:24Z")

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Hi.

IncomingStreams, I know it takes 10 seconds to change the time to change the status to active. But I want to change this to 30 seconds. I’m trying to develop it using Java, does anyone know any documents or methods?

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### Author: ![Scott\_Kellicker2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/scott_kellicker2/32/1337_2.png) [@Scott\_Kellicker2](https://community.wowza.com/u/Scott_Kellicker2)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-attempt-to-change-a-waiting-file-in-incoming-streams-to-an-active-file-every-30-seconds/96951/2 "2024-03-08T15:09:52Z")

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Are you talking about when it changes in the UI? Can you elaborate?

ScottK