# Live: Can Wowza pull a HLS stream and re-stream

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/live-can-wowza-pull-a-hls-stream-and-re-stream/35108>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [October 12, 2013, 6:10am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-can-wowza-pull-a-hls-stream-and-re-stream/35108 "2013-10-12T06:10:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![A\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f475e1/32.png) [@A\_R](https://community.wowza.com/u/A_R)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 6:10am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-can-wowza-pull-a-hls-stream-and-re-stream/35108/1 "2013-10-12T06:10:32Z")

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Live streaming

HLS segments — Wowza Origin ---- Wowza Edge ---- User

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**Author:** ![sal\_jefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 9:04am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-can-wowza-pull-a-hls-stream-and-re-stream/35108/2 "2013-10-12T09:04:18Z")

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This is not supported.

you might be able to make it work using VLC in between:

[How to use VLC as a live stream encoder with Wowza Media Server (MPEG-TS)](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-vlc-as-a-live-stream-encoder-with-wowza-media-server-mpeg-ts%28MPEG-TS%29)

Salvadore