# How to configure recorded video play as live stream

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-configure-recorded-video-play-as-live-stream/53747>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [August 5, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-configure-recorded-video-play-as-live-stream/53747 "2019-08-05T15:08:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![amritpal\_singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@amritpal\_singh1](https://community.wowza.com/u/amritpal_singh1)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-configure-recorded-video-play-as-live-stream/53747/1 "2019-08-05T15:08:40Z")

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Hi

I am new to wowza. I want to play and shedule an recorded mp4 videos as live stream. how to configure it using wowza stream engine on local system.

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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:** [August 5, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-configure-recorded-video-play-as-live-stream/53747/2 "2019-08-05T21:24:55Z")

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Thanks for posting this question @amritpal singh. This is a popular streaming workflow so I am happy to provide you with some assistance:

A quick way to publish an MP4 file as a live stream on your Wowza Streaming Engine is to use the built-in ServerListenerStreamDemoPublisher extension on your Wowza Streaming Engine instance.

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-publish-a-video-file-as-a-live-stream](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-publish-a-video-file-as-a-live-stream)

You do not need to develop your own module and requires a fairly quick setup.

However, if you are looking for more customizations (such as using multiple mp4 files in a playlist, or creating multiple live streams), then do look into the StreamPublisher class.

[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)

It is a pre-compiled module that you can add to your Wowza installation. It does require some configuration setup and installation of the jar file.

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**Author:** ![Yutaka\_Terashima1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a587f6/32.png) [@Yutaka\_Terashima1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Yutaka_Terashima1)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 7:58am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-configure-recorded-video-play-as-live-stream/53747/3 "2019-08-27T07:58:00Z")

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@Rose Power-Wowza Community Manager

First of all I am sorry for the sudden reply.

I made the changes(except playlist, filelist.m3u8) that mentioned in the article, but could not find any incoming streams from live \> incoming streams \> myStream. Is there any way to confirm the incoming streams in this situation? I also would like to test the playback, how is the playback URL looks like?

It would be great if you could give us any advice.

Thanks in advance,

Ying