# Live -\> VoD

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/live-vod/43682>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [August 27, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-vod/43682 "2014-08-27T22:04:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![George\_Bray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@George\_Bray](https://community.wowza.com/u/George_Bray)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-vod/43682/1 "2014-08-27T22:04:57Z")

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I’m learning the capabilities of Wowza with the aim of recommending it for a parliamentary live/VoD application. I think it’s a typical application whereby a live stream is recorded and made available for VoD soon after. After a bit of looking through the forums, I still have a question:

Is it possible with just the Wowza Streaming Engine to automatically capture a live ABR stream, and have it made available for ABR VoD without any intervention?

I understand that the live transcoding to the ABR files requires the Transcoder addon, and that a SMIL file is required before players can access it.

Can I confirm that Wowza doesn’t (yet) do this creation of the SMIL file?

I notice that EnsembleVideo and Kaltura have Wowza integration, and this automatic Live -\> VoD process is a feature there. If I need this feature do I have to invest in one of these CMSs? Are there other solutions/addons I should look at?

thanks - George

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**Author:** ![sal\_jefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 8:27am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-vod/43682/2 "2014-08-27T08:27:10Z")

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Hi George,

Take a look at this guide:

[How to use Java API calls to resolve SMIL file requests (AMLST)](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-java-api-calls-to-resolve-smil-file-requests)

Salvadore

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**Author:** ![sal\_jefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 8:47am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-vod/43682/3 "2014-08-27T08:47:23Z")

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The VOD files will not be available until the live stream has stopped.

You could record segments of the live stream, might be a work around.

Salvadore

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**Author:** ![George\_Bray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@George\_Bray](https://community.wowza.com/u/George_Bray)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-vod/43682/4 "2014-08-27T22:38:41Z")

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cheers Salvadore, thanks for the fast reply.

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**Author:** ![George\_Bray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@George\_Bray](https://community.wowza.com/u/George_Bray)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-vod/43682/5 "2014-08-27T22:43:16Z")

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So would a live recording have to be stopped/completed before an AMLST call to a VOD app would succeed?