# How to record live audio (mp3 / wav) ?

**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-record-live-audio-mp3-wav/34064
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine
**Created:** [December 18, 2009, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-record-live-audio-mp3-wav/34064 "2009-12-18T14:17:05Z")
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### Author: ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2009, 12:43pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-record-live-audio-mp3-wav/34064/2 "2009-12-18T12:43:37Z")

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Take a look at the LiveVideoStreaming example. You can comment out all the video lines and it becomes an audio streaming. You can then use “live-record” SteamType in Application.xml, or you can use LiveStreamRecord package:

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-record-live-streams-httplivestreamrecord](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-record-live-streams-httplivestreamrecord)

There is a method for checking size of the file being recorded to here:

[http://community.wowza.com/t/-/33816#4](http://community.wowza.com/t/-/33816#4)

Richard

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