# Live stream backup/alternative source
**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-backup-alternative-source/33760
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine
**Created:** [August 30, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-backup-alternative-source/33760 "2012-08-30T02:23:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Tomas\_Alkyras](https://community.wowza.com/u/Tomas_Alkyras)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-backup-alternative-source/33760/1 "2012-08-30T02:23:09Z")
I guess this should be covered many times but it is not working for me.
I have Wowza 2 server and 2 origin servers: origin1 and origin2, is it possible to enable a backup/alternative source origin2 ? If origin1 fails, servers starts streaming from from origin2 source.
I’ve seen this is possible with live repeater via content file live.stream , simply piping (origin1.stream|origin1.stream) but this is not work for me if origin 2 is direct source, but not live repeater (it failed for me even if it has setup as live repeater).
- Is any way to this simply through piping with no live repeaters?
- Maybe this is possible via modules/addons?
- I also need, that if origin1 recovers, that streaming starts back from origin1 aftter some time
- If seen that via piping it takes 12 seconds, is it possible to lower that time span?
- Maybe I should do that simply in Flash player via playlist?
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2012, 10:39am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-backup-alternative-source/33760/2 "2012-08-30T10:39:40Z")
Yes, you can add pipe separated URLs in the Application.xml /originURL. And you can use pipe separated URLs in a .stream file, in which case each includes rtmp url + stream name
Richard
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2012, 10:42am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-backup-alternative-source/33760/3 "2012-08-30T10:42:20Z")
Also, #3 is not going to happen.
You can reduce time to failover by adding this Property to the Application.xml /MediaCaster Properties list:
```auto
streamTimeout
12000
Integer
```
The above is set to default 12 seconds (12000 milliseconds)
Richard
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### Author:  [@Tomas\_Alkyras](https://community.wowza.com/u/Tomas_Alkyras)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2012, 11:22am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-backup-alternative-source/33760/4 "2012-08-30T11:22:56Z")
Thank you for quick response. I will try once more.
Maybe piping failed because of version 2.x ?