# Is it possible to stream video from sql-server filestream with wowza?

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/is-it-possible-to-stream-video-from-sql-server-filestream-with-wowza/34664>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [April 24, 2010, 9:36am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/is-it-possible-to-stream-video-from-sql-server-filestream-with-wowza/34664 "2010-04-24T09:36:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lieven\_Cardoen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/22d042/32.png) [@Lieven\_Cardoen](https://community.wowza.com/u/Lieven_Cardoen)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 9:36am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/is-it-possible-to-stream-video-from-sql-server-filestream-with-wowza/34664/1 "2010-04-24T09:36:11Z")

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We currently have all of our video and audio stored in a sql server database as FileStream. Would it be possible to let Wowza use this Sql Filestream to Stream video and audio?

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**Author:** ![Charlie\_Good](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/charlie_good/32/383_2.png) [@Charlie\_Good](https://community.wowza.com/u/Charlie_Good)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/is-it-possible-to-stream-video-from-sql-server-filestream-with-wowza/34664/2 "2010-04-24T03:49:07Z")

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Wowza has an abstraction for the file system. The interface is IRandomAccess reader. You can write your own IRandomAccessReader implementation that reads from a database. Here are two sample IRandomAccessReader implementations:

[FileRandomAccessReader.zip](https://www.wowza.com/downloads/forums/randomaccessreader/FileRandomAccessReader.zip)

[HTTPRandomAccessReader.zip](https://www.wowza.com/downloads/forums/randomaccessreader/HTTPRandomAccessReader.zip)

They both include source code.

Charlie