# Ingest from File **URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/ingest-from-file/43681 **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine **Created:** [August 16, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ingest-from-file/43681 "2014-08-16T17:36:15Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 3
### Author: ![Zoran](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/zoran/32/385_2.png) [@Zoran](https://community.wowza.com/u/Zoran) #### Post date: [August 20, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ingest-from-file/43681/3 "2014-08-20T19:16:30Z")
Hello, The Wowza Transcoder addon is supported only for Live streaming. if you want to implement adaptive bitrate streaming, you will need to generate the different bitrate VOD renditions of the same media file using an encoder tool. You can follow the instructions from the “[How to do adaptive bitrate streaming](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-do-adaptive-bitrate-streaming)” forum article describing how to do [VOD adaptive bitrate streaming](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-do-adaptive-bitrate-streaming#abr_vod). You need to make sure the different bitrate renditions are properly key-frame aligned in order for adaptive bitrate delivery to work properly. You can also check out these FFMPEG instructions on creating the key-frame aligned VOD files: > [@Frequently requested FFMPEG command examples for Wowza](http://community.wowza.com/t/-/36326): > > Example commands and information for using FFmpeg as a live video/audio encoder with Wowza Media Server. Updated for FFmpeg Build git-a85b4a5 64-bit Static (2012-07-30) Note: Wowza Media Systems provides these instructions on as “AS-IS” basis. FFmpeg is not a Wowza Media Systems product. If you have problems getting FFmpeg to work properly it is best to contact FFmpeg support through their forums or wiki. The information collected here is a brief overview of common FFmpeg solutions. It is int… Zoran --- _[View the full topic](https://community.wowza.com/t/ingest-from-file/43681)._