# How to do VOD Streaming using transcoder

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-do-vod-streaming-using-transcoder/54955>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Tags:** vod\
**Created:** [April 9, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-do-vod-streaming-using-transcoder/54955 "2020-04-09T14:27:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![ekrem\_ekrem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ekrem\_ekrem](https://community.wowza.com/u/ekrem_ekrem)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-do-vod-streaming-using-transcoder/54955/1 "2020-04-09T14:27:45Z")

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Hi,

How to stream the static video files( VOD ) with Wowza Transcoder now?

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**Author:** ![ekrem\_ekrem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ekrem\_ekrem](https://community.wowza.com/u/ekrem_ekrem)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-do-vod-streaming-using-transcoder/54955/2 "2020-04-09T20:42:42Z")

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Hi,

Thank you very much for your reply and help.

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**Author:** ![Karel\_Boek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/karel_boek/32/454_2.png) [@Karel\_Boek](https://community.wowza.com/u/Karel_Boek)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-do-vod-streaming-using-transcoder/54955/3 "2020-04-09T16:34:56Z")

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Wowza does not support transcoding for VOD. You must transcode your files first; then create a SMIL file where you define the ABR; then you can play the SMIL file.

Some useful articles:

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-do-adaptive-bitrate-streaming#configure-a-smil-file-for-vod-adaptive-bitrate-streams](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-do-adaptive-bitrate-streaming#configure-a-smil-file-for-vod-adaptive-bitrate-streams)

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-encode-vod-using-ffmpeg-with-wowza-streaming-engine](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-encode-vod-using-ffmpeg-with-wowza-streaming-engine)