# Load transcoder template programmatically

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/load-transcoder-template-programmatically/42573>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [November 5, 2014, 4:42am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/load-transcoder-template-programmatically/42573 "2014-11-05T04:42:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Hugo\_Mercado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f07891/32.png) [@Hugo\_Mercado](https://community.wowza.com/u/Hugo_Mercado)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 4:42am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/load-transcoder-template-programmatically/42573/1 "2014-11-05T04:42:01Z")

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Hello Guys,

I’m working with wowza for sports broadcasting. I would like to know if it’s possible to load (from server side) a transcoder template based on stram metadata (i.e size). I have not problem to read metadata sent for encoders but i’ve not found a way to load a template based on this.

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**Author:** ![Daren\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@Daren\_Johnson](https://community.wowza.com/u/Daren_Johnson)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/load-transcoder-template-programmatically/42573/2 "2014-11-09T23:16:52Z")

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Hi,

You can start with using the [Server-side API to control which streams get transcoded](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-control-which-streams-get-transcoded-using-server-side-api)

You can then provide a template for each different type of encode that you need based on certain stream criteria.

Daren