# m3u8 file issue

**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/m3u8-file-issue/33911
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine
**Created:** [June 5, 2010, 9:33am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/m3u8-file-issue/33911 "2010-06-05T09:33:38Z")
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### Author: ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/m3u8-file-issue/33911/3 "2010-06-05T17:54:26Z")

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The [streamName] part has to be smil file.

```auto
http://[wowza-address]:1935/[appName]/smil:yourPlaylist.sml/playlist.m3u8

```

Look at the multi-bitrate section of the tutorials:

Live

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-set-up-live-streaming-using-an-rtmp-based-encoder](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-set-up-live-streaming-using-an-rtmp-based-encoder)

Video on Demand

[http://community.wowza.com/t/-/64](http://community.wowza.com/t/-/64)

Richard

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