# Live Stream File name with a time stamp is not working

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-file-name-with-a-time-stamp-is-not-working/50786>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Tags:** recording\
**Created:** [February 17, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-file-name-with-a-time-stamp-is-not-working/50786 "2018-02-17T17:58:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nancy\_Coryell1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Nancy\_Coryell1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Nancy_Coryell1)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-file-name-with-a-time-stamp-is-not-working/50786/1 "2018-02-17T17:58:33Z")

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I want my recorded files from a LIVE stream to be a unique name, stream file name and a time stamp, something like this:

MyStreamName \_20180712050670

All the articles tell me to set the

streamRecorderUseSimpleFileVersionNaming parameter to FALSE.  
This is not working!