# Questions about StreamFile non-English naming

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/questions-about-streamfile-non-english-naming/54870>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [March 26, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/questions-about-streamfile-non-english-naming/54870 "2020-03-26T01:27:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![11176](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/73ab20/32.png) [@11176](https://community.wowza.com/u/11176)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/questions-about-streamfile-non-english-naming/54870/1 "2020-03-26T01:27:40Z")

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When we create a StreamFile through the REST API, this StreamFile is named in Chinese, and then I restart the Wowza engine, there will be a problem that cannot be started, how can I solve it? I have tried to modify the VMOption “-Dfile.encoding = UTF-8” in the “Tune.xml” file but still cannot solve this problem. Is the StreamFile name in Wowza not allowed to use a character set other than English? thank you very much!

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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:** [March 26, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/questions-about-streamfile-non-english-naming/54870/2 "2020-03-26T16:30:48Z")

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That would be considered special characters and would not meet the REST API header requirements. I am looking for a doc to share with you that will explain the character rules.