# Live stream ABR renditions not working when I Enable transcoder with size over 1280x720
**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-abr-renditions-not-working-when-i-enable-transcoder-with-size-over-1280x720/94822
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine
**Created:** [April 13, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-abr-renditions-not-working-when-i-enable-transcoder-with-size-over-1280x720/94822 "2022-04-13T00:10:01Z")
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### Author:  [@Dan\_Farrow](https://community.wowza.com/u/Dan_Farrow)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-abr-renditions-not-working-when-i-enable-transcoder-with-size-over-1280x720/94822/1 "2022-04-13T00:10:01Z")
I am using Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.14+9. I have set up a Transrate ABR group with various streaming renditions (480p, 720p, 1080p etc.) according to this doc: [https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-set-up-and-run-wowza-transcoder-for-live-streaming](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-set-up-and-run-wowza-transcoder-for-live-streaming). I am using adaptive groups, not SMIL files.
When I enable the transcoder, I properly see the list of renditions in the “Incoming Streams” page in Wowza Engine Manager Console. However, **I have renditions sizes above 1280x720 enabled it does not work.** if I try to view these renditions in VLC, they do not work. I see the **playlist.m3u8** and **chunklist.m3u8** files seem to look ok. For example, here is a chunklist from one of my transcoded renditions:
```
#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-VERSION:3
#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:17
#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:280
#EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY-SEQUENCE:0
#EXTINF:8.333,
media_w1052203783_280.ts
#EXTINF:16.667,
media_w1052203783_281.ts
#EXTINF:8.333,
media_w1052203783_282.ts
```
However, when the player loads this, instead of trying to get the **media\_w1052203783\_282.ts** file, I see the player trying to get this URL:
[http://192.168.1.33:1935/live\_test/bunny\_720p/-9.223372036854776E15](http://192.168.1.33:1935/live_test/bunny_720p/-9.223372036854776E15),
which obviously causes an error. Something is being parsed incorrectly. The “source” stream link works. What am I doing wrong?
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### Author:  [@Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rose_Power-Wowza_Com)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-abr-renditions-not-working-when-i-enable-transcoder-with-size-over-1280x720/94822/2 "2022-04-13T17:14:24Z")
Can you please send a ticket? There are some known issues with the transcoder in this version of Engine and I want to have the engineers investigate this to see if it’s a new issue or a problem with the configuration you have for adaptive groups. We can’t tell unfortunately without a full review of your files and logs in a ticket. Thanks!
[https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-streaming-engine-4-8-14-release-notes#knownissues](https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-streaming-engine-4-8-14-release-notes#knownissues)
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### Author:  [@Dan\_Farrow](https://community.wowza.com/u/Dan_Farrow)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-abr-renditions-not-working-when-i-enable-transcoder-with-size-over-1280x720/94822/3 "2022-04-19T17:17:34Z")
I figured it out, the issue seemed to be trying too many renditions for my laptop (I am testing/developing). When I go down to only 1 transcoded rendition, it works.
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### Author:  [@Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rose_Power-Wowza_Com)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-abr-renditions-not-working-when-i-enable-transcoder-with-size-over-1280x720/94822/4 "2022-04-19T17:27:25Z")
Oh that’s interesting, thanks for the update Dan! Transcoding does use a lot of resources.