# Play live stream on windows media player **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Created:** [April 10, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/play-live-stream-on-windows-media-player/34587 "2010-04-10T20:00:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Naveed\_Anjum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/13edae/32.png) [@Naveed\_Anjum](https://community.wowza.com/u/Naveed_Anjum)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/play-live-stream-on-windows-media-player/34587/1 "2010-04-10T20:00:47Z")
How to Play a live stream on windows media player? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/play-live-stream-on-windows-media-player/34587/2 "2010-04-10T15:06:38Z")
Windows media player doesn’t work with Wowza. Richard ---
**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:** [September 29, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/play-live-stream-on-windows-media-player/34587/3 "2012-09-29T22:14:57Z")
No, sorry, Windows Media Player is not support. Richard ---
**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:** [July 13, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/play-live-stream-on-windows-media-player/34587/4 "2013-07-13T00:49:57Z")
As far as I know, it is still not supported. If you are targeting WP8, you need a Silverlight player. Take a look at the SMF framework [http://playerframework.codeplex.com/releases](http://playerframework.codeplex.com/releases) Richard ---
**Author:** ![Sathishkumar\_KPS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@Sathishkumar\_KPS](https://community.wowza.com/u/Sathishkumar_KPS)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/play-live-stream-on-windows-media-player/34587/5 "2012-09-29T14:35:09Z")
Hi Richard, Do I have any updates on this. Is there any way to play live stream in the Windows Media Player ? ---
**Author:** ![kavita\_s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/47e85d/32.png) [@kavita\_s](https://community.wowza.com/u/kavita_s)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/play-live-stream-on-windows-media-player/34587/6 "2013-07-12T15:22:16Z")
Is there any updates on this? We want to use wowza stream to play on windows iphone 8 native player. Which streams we can use ? ---
**Author:** ![Andrea\_Cummis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d07c76/32.png) [@Andrea\_Cummis](https://community.wowza.com/u/Andrea_Cummis)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/play-live-stream-on-windows-media-player/34587/7 "2018-01-12T22:48:07Z")
Is there a new update on whether Wowza works with Windows media player? Can you post a list of media players it does work with? Andrea ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/system/32/447_2.png) [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 12:54am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/play-live-stream-on-windows-media-player/34587/8 "2018-01-13T00:54:47Z")
Wowza Streaming Engine can deliver H.264 video with stereo AAC content using RTMP, RTSP, Apple HLS, MPEG-DASH, Microsoft Smooth Streaming, and Adobe HDS. Windows Media Player supports RTSP but only from a Microsoft Windows Media Services server as it is a closed streaming media ecosystem. Windows Media Player will not work with Wowza Streaming Engine or other streaming engines. Windows Media Services supports only Windows Media. JPEG, and MP3 audio. Windows Media Services: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows\_Media\_Services](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Media_Services) I have tested interoperability between Windows Media Player and Wowza Streaming Engine when connecting to an mp3 file via RTSP. Microsoft’s Windows Media Player is using a proprietary version or an “embrace and extend” version of RTSP. Windows Media Services: Microsoft streaming server previously included with Windows Server that uses RTSP modified with Windows Media extensions: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real\_Time\_Streaming\_Protocol#Server](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Time_Streaming_Protocol#Server) [MS-RTSP]: Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) Windows Media Extensions: [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc245238.aspx](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc245238.aspx) As Microsoft Windows Media Services have been replaced with IIS Media Services, Microsoft recommends that people to move from Windows Media Player to Silverlight which requires an embedded player: [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/iis/media/windows-media-services/microsoft-media-platform-encoding-and-serving-choices-and-migration-considerations](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/iis/media/windows-media-services/microsoft-media-platform-encoding-and-serving-choices-and-migration-considerations) It is recommended to use an embedded web based player for playback. Below are our recommendations. [https://www.wowza.com/docs/media-players-and-devices](https://www.wowza.com/docs/media-players-and-devices) You can use VLC for playback, however that is typically used for testing. In addition the viewer would have to download and install VLC to play back your content.