# How to start automate recording.

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-start-automate-recording/43718>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [March 9, 2016, 5:19am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-start-automate-recording/43718 "2016-03-09T05:19:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![kazim\_abbas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6bbea6/32.png) [@kazim\_abbas](https://community.wowza.com/u/kazim_abbas)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 5:19am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-start-automate-recording/43718/1 "2016-03-09T05:19:12Z")

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Hi,

i need help to start automate recording on all incoming stream but also need to force few parameter because, i just need stream name date and time but because of this parameter “${BaseFileName}_${RecordingStartTime}_${SegmentNumber}” its show the same time on all files but when i change this to “${BaseFileName}\_${SegmentTime}” the its show the different time for all files but i want to force this parameter which i am not able to due please help me regarding this . Thanks

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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:** [March 9, 2016, 9:40am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-start-automate-recording/43718/2 "2016-03-09T09:40:06Z")

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Hello,

You can configure your application to automatically record all incoming streams. You will need to edit your application’s Application.xml file and use the following STreamType in the /Root/Application/Streams/ block.

```auto
<StreamType>live-record</StreamType>

```

There is not a configurable way to change naming conventions of recordings using StreamType live-record, but you can alter the file name of the recording programmatically when it is done recording using IMediaWriterActionNotify

You may want to look into using the [HTTP Live stream record](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-record-live-streams-httplivestreamrecord%28HTTPLiveStreamRecord%29) feature. This has more recording and file naming options.

Best regards,

Andrew