# How to push stream from one trancoder to another transcoder?

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-push-stream-from-one-trancoder-to-another-transcoder/53293>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Tags:** transcoder, recording\
**Created:** [May 6, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-push-stream-from-one-trancoder-to-another-transcoder/53293 "2019-05-06T15:16:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kon\_Rad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@Kon\_Rad](https://community.wowza.com/u/Kon_Rad)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-push-stream-from-one-trancoder-to-another-transcoder/53293/1 "2019-05-06T15:16:55Z")

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Hi! I would like to be able to download recorded video file WITHOUT stopping transcoder. I believe it is possible by creating two trancoders - first one ingests stream and pushes it to second one which records it. In that case I can stop second transcoder whenever I want and download recorder file without stopping first transcoder. Does anyone know to configure such system?

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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:** [May 6, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-push-stream-from-one-trancoder-to-another-transcoder/53293/2 "2019-05-06T17:07:00Z")

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Why not use either recording with segments or use the Split Recording method? See [https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-record-live-streams-wowza-streaming-engine](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-record-live-streams-wowza-streaming-engine) or [https://www.wowza.com/docs/stream-recording-query-examples#splitrecord](https://www.wowza.com/docs/stream-recording-query-examples#splitrecord)

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**Author:** ![Andrew\_Ramberg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Andrew\_Ramberg](https://community.wowza.com/u/Andrew_Ramberg)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-push-stream-from-one-trancoder-to-another-transcoder/53293/3 "2019-05-07T16:23:15Z")

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HI Kon,

Another option might be to use the nDVR recording API. With this you can use the nDVR files to create recordings that match your start/end times requested and it shouldn’t affect the transcoder as it’s running:

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-wowza-ndvr-recording-api](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-wowza-ndvr-recording-api)

Best regards,

Andrew