# Live stream mp3 from perl script without SHOUTCast

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-mp3-from-perl-script-without-shoutcast/33502>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [July 15, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-mp3-from-perl-script-without-shoutcast/33502 "2009-07-15T18:25:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mayer\_Gabor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mayer\_Gabor](https://community.wowza.com/u/Mayer_Gabor)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-mp3-from-perl-script-without-shoutcast/33502/1 "2009-07-15T18:25:48Z")

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Hi everybody,

Currently we have an application where a Perl script sends MP3 files to SHOUTCast. JW Player is connecting to this and playing the stream. Problem was the missing of meta informations.

I tried Wowza and re-streamed our SHOUTCast server and JW Player was able to see metadata!

Now I would like to bybass SHOUTCast and connect our Perl script to Wowza. This is the point I need some advice.

I found 2 threads with almost the same issue:

[https://www.wowza.com/forums/showthread.php?t=776](https://www.wowza.com/forums/showthread.php?t=776)

[https://www.wowza.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5319](https://www.wowza.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5319)

Is it correct that my idea of eliminating SHOUTCast is not as easy as I think? Do I need a Flash application which can read static MP3 files and send data to Wowza?

Data flow path in my solution would be:

static mp3 on disk -\> read by a perl script -\> send to Wowza -\> streamed to client using JW Player

Thanks for any advice!