# Listener for IDvrConverter?

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/listener-for-idvrconverter/54815>\
**Category:** Wowza Developer Dojo\
**Tags:** java, dvr, vod\
**Created:** [March 17, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/listener-for-idvrconverter/54815 "2020-03-17T14:18:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![mikhail\_Kartashov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@mikhail\_Kartashov](https://community.wowza.com/u/mikhail_Kartashov)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/listener-for-idvrconverter/54815/1 "2020-03-17T14:18:58Z")

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Hello!

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-extract-mp4-formatted-files-from-dvr-streams-using-wowza-streaming-engine-java-api](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-extract-mp4-formatted-files-from-dvr-streams-using-wowza-streaming-engine-java-api)

Is there a way to do some action after dvrConverter has finished converting VOD from DVR?

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**Author:** ![mikhail\_Kartashov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@mikhail\_Kartashov](https://community.wowza.com/u/mikhail_Kartashov)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/listener-for-idvrconverter/54815/2 "2020-03-18T12:21:46Z")

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I have an external management tool that can run dvrConverter.

I’d like for dvrConverting to send a signal for this external control upon completion.

Then that external tool will send the result mp4 file to our transcoding system for creating multibitrate vod.

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**Author:** ![mikhail\_Kartashov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@mikhail\_Kartashov](https://community.wowza.com/u/mikhail_Kartashov)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/listener-for-idvrconverter/54815/3 "2020-03-18T12:23:43Z")

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I know, I can check status periodically, but it isn’t so convenient

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**Author:** ![Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/rose_power-wowza_com/32/431_2.png) [@Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rose_Power-Wowza_Com)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/listener-for-idvrconverter/54815/4 "2020-03-17T21:08:43Z")

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What is it you are looking to do?

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**Author:** ![Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/rose_power-wowza_com/32/431_2.png) [@Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rose_Power-Wowza_Com)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/listener-for-idvrconverter/54815/5 "2020-03-18T17:47:00Z")

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Unfortunately there is a setup that prevents a hook being called when the conversion is complete, so you would need to poll the rest api to get the status. I am sorry for that inconvenience and will add this as feature request.

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**Author:** ![Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/rose_power-wowza_com/32/431_2.png) [@Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rose_Power-Wowza_Com)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/listener-for-idvrconverter/54815/6 "2020-03-18T15:33:46Z")

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Ok, let me see if I can find a method for you…