# How to get metadata of a vod mp4 file in wowza's content directory

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-get-metadata-of-a-vod-mp4-file-in-wowzas-content-directory/43092>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [August 6, 2014, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-get-metadata-of-a-vod-mp4-file-in-wowzas-content-directory/43092 "2014-08-06T14:40:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Da\_Li](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c77e96/32.png) [@Da\_Li](https://community.wowza.com/u/Da_Li)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-get-metadata-of-a-vod-mp4-file-in-wowzas-content-directory/43092/1 "2014-08-06T14:40:14Z")

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Hi,

We need to provide metadata of mp4 vod files which is located in wowza’s content directory(for example, “/usr/local/WowzaStreamingEngine/content/sample.mp4”) by class which extends HTTProvider2Base. How can we do it?

Thanks.

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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:** [August 6, 2014, 5:12am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-get-metadata-of-a-vod-mp4-file-in-wowzas-content-directory/43092/2 "2014-08-06T05:12:24Z")

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You might have a look at the [following guide](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-calculate-the-bitrate-of-a-video-on-demand-stream) as a starting point.