# MPEG-DASH - "manifest.mpd" configuration

**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/mpeg-dash-manifest-mpd-configuration/43669
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine
**Created:** [August 14, 2014, 7:53am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/mpeg-dash-manifest-mpd-configuration/43669 "2014-08-14T07:53:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Ilya\_Bychkov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/73ab20/32.png) [@Ilya\_Bychkov](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ilya_Bychkov)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2014, 7:53am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/mpeg-dash-manifest-mpd-configuration/43669/1 "2014-08-14T07:53:36Z")

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Hello All,

I have a question about DASH. I wanted to play a VOD over MPEG-DASH and have noticed that Wowza is creating a manifest.mpd file. Can you tell me how this file will be created and if I have the possibility to configure this file, so I can tell Wowza in how many Periods,Sets and Segments my videofile should be splitted.

Thank You,

Ilya

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### Author: ![Jason\_Hilton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/jason_hilton/32/437_2.png) [@Jason\_Hilton](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jason_Hilton)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/mpeg-dash-manifest-mpd-configuration/43669/2 "2014-08-14T16:30:19Z")

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Hi,

If you’re looking to set the duration of the chunks for MPEG-DASH, please see the article below for adjusting the packetization.

[How to configure MPEG-DASH packetization (mpegdashstreaming)](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-configure-mpeg-dash-packetization-mpegdashstreaming%28mpegdashstreaming%29)

Regards,

Jason

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### Author: ![Ilya\_Bychkov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/73ab20/32.png) [@Ilya\_Bychkov](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ilya_Bychkov)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2014, 2:11am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/mpeg-dash-manifest-mpd-configuration/43669/3 "2014-08-15T02:11:24Z")

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Hi,

ok, now I can set the duration of my chunks. But this is not why I’m interested in mpeg-dash. I would like to know, which file and how can I configure it the way my video will get more than 1 Period or at least more than 1 Adaptation Set and Representation ID, so the player can switch between the “quality level”. Thank You!

Best regards,

Ilya

_PS_

Ok, I’ve found out that it’s maybe possible to use .smil file to tell Wowza, at which bitrate the Videoqualities should be played. Is this also possible for VOD and it is, how can I do this.

I just want to have the possibility of dynamic quality change (RepresentationIDs). How can I do this? 🙂

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### Author: ![Mr\_DAx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mr\_DAx](https://community.wowza.com/u/Mr_DAx)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/mpeg-dash-manifest-mpd-configuration/43669/4 "2019-06-22T20:25:56Z")

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[https://medium.com/@sourabhmodi20051/encrypting-videos-for-streaming-aes-and-drm-systems-1249bdb2a5b5](https://medium.com/@sourabhmodi20051/encrypting-videos-for-streaming-aes-and-drm-systems-1249bdb2a5b5)

Guys check this out…

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### Author: ![Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/rose_power-wowza_com/32/431_2.png) [@Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rose_Power-Wowza_Com)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/mpeg-dash-manifest-mpd-configuration/43669/5 "2019-06-24T15:56:30Z")

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Excellent article- thanks for sharing!