# playlist.m3u8 and chunklist\_wxxxxxxx.m3u8

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/playlist-m3u8-and-chunklist-wxxxxxxx-m3u8/37198>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [April 16, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/playlist-m3u8-and-chunklist-wxxxxxxx-m3u8/37198 "2015-04-16T14:04:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alexsey\_Kasianenko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Alexsey\_Kasianenko](https://community.wowza.com/u/Alexsey_Kasianenko)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/playlist-m3u8-and-chunklist-wxxxxxxx-m3u8/37198/1 "2015-04-16T14:04:50Z")

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Hi

I am using HLS on WowzaSE

And when i request hls stream as

[http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:1935/live/1.stream/playlist.m3u8](http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:1935/live/1.stream/playlist.m3u8)

i get playlist.m3u8 with next content

#EXTM3U

#EXT-X-VERSION:3

#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=1527312,CODECS=“avc1.66.30,mp4a.40.2”,RESOLUTION=1024x576

chunklist\_w391094457.m3u8

and in

[http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:1935/live/1.stream/chunklist\_w391094457.m3u8](http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:1935/live/1.stream/chunklist_w391094457.m3u8)

is usial playlist with chunks

How to setup WowzaSE to get usial playlist with chunks by request

[http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:1935/live/1.stream/playlist.m3u8](http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:1935/live/1.stream/playlist.m3u8)

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**Author:** ![Paul\_Shields](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/paul_shields/32/390_2.png) [@Paul\_Shields](https://community.wowza.com/u/Paul_Shields)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/playlist-m3u8-and-chunklist-wxxxxxxx-m3u8/37198/2 "2015-04-16T13:46:15Z")

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Hi,

Wowza provides the chunklist after a playlist.m3u8 call as there may be multiple renditions due to ABR etc, so each would have a different chunklist that the player can use depending on resolution and so on.

However, if the stream is simple then you can replace playlist.m3u8 with chunklist.m3u8 and it should return with the list of chunks.

Paul