# How to get a 404 not found when stream file is unavailable

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-get-a-404-not-found-when-stream-file-is-unavailable/44063>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [October 3, 2014, 7:57am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-get-a-404-not-found-when-stream-file-is-unavailable/44063 "2014-10-03T07:57:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Clement\_Botquin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8491ac/32.png) [@Clement\_Botquin](https://community.wowza.com/u/Clement_Botquin)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 7:57am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-get-a-404-not-found-when-stream-file-is-unavailable/44063/1 "2014-10-03T07:57:13Z")

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Hello,

I use WowzaMediaServer 3.5.2.

On my VOD platform, I would like to receive a 404 not found when a video doesn’t exist.

Currently when I send this kind of request:

[http://iphone.myurl.com/vod/](http://iphone.myurl.com/vod/)_definst_/nofile.m4v/playlist.m3u8, I receive a HLS playlist but this list is empty.

Is-it possible to configure Wowza to not send a playlist and reply by a 404 not found ?

One of my customer, make a test on his environment with his own Wowza server (4.0.3). According to him, he received a 404.

Is-it a new feature on the version 4 ?

Thank you for you help,

Valarko

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**Author:** ![Matt\_Young](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/matt_young/32/389_2.png) [@Matt\_Young](https://community.wowza.com/u/Matt_Young)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-get-a-404-not-found-when-stream-file-is-unavailable/44063/2 "2014-10-14T14:55:52Z")

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I’d suggest giving it a test on your end using the latest version of Wowza (use your R&D license from your account portal under the “My Downloads” section) as I believe it should return 404 in the latter versions.

Thanks,

Matt