# Live transcoder stream names

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/live-transcoder-stream-names/34075>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [September 28, 2016, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-transcoder-stream-names/34075 "2016-09-28T13:43:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_Vitale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Michael\_Vitale](https://community.wowza.com/u/Michael_Vitale)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-transcoder-stream-names/34075/1 "2016-09-28T13:43:15Z")

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I have a situation where an incoming stream named “streamX\_uniqueID” is coming into my Wowza transcoder module. I need the lowest transcoded stream to be named “streamX”. Wowza is not allowing me to do this and throws the error “Stream Name cannot be mp4:${SourceStreamName}”

Is there a way to accomplish this?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Paul\_Shields](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/paul_shields/32/390_2.png) [@Paul\_Shields](https://community.wowza.com/u/Paul_Shields)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-transcoder-stream-names/34075/2 "2016-10-31T16:39:48Z")

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Hi,

You can’t set the output stream name to be the same as the source. It is possible to create a preset that is just called streamX though. Assuming the source is streamX\_xxxx then you’d create a new preset with the “Output Stream Name” of mp4:streamX. That would create a transcoded/transrated output stream of that name. Is that not what you’re trying to achieve?

Regards,

Paul

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Vitale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Michael\_Vitale](https://community.wowza.com/u/Michael_Vitale)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-transcoder-stream-names/34075/3 "2016-11-28T13:02:43Z")

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Paul,

I ended up getting around this using a push publishing setup per [https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-push-streams-to-cdns-and-other-services-push-publishing](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-push-streams-to-cdns-and-other-services-push-publishing)

Thanks,

Mike