# RTSP '.stream' suffix

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-stream-suffix/97142>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [April 2, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-stream-suffix/97142 "2024-04-02T16:09:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_Leong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8c91f0/32.png) [@Peter\_Leong](https://community.wowza.com/u/Peter_Leong)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-stream-suffix/97142/1 "2024-04-02T16:09:01Z")

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I’ve noticed that playback URLs for **RTSP-ingested streaming applications have a ‘.stream’ suffix** added automatically. This is unfortunate because one needs to know the type of ingestion to calculate the playback URL.

1. Is there a way to turn this off?
2. Is it bad if, say an RTMP-ingested stream has a ‘.stream’ suffix? (so that all playback URLs will have the suffix)

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**Author:** ![Alex\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Alex\_C](https://community.wowza.com/u/Alex_C)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 12:14pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-stream-suffix/97142/2 "2024-04-03T12:14:29Z")

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Hi Peter,

We have an example module to alias stream names:  
[https://www.wowza.com/docs/How-to-get-the-StreamNameAlias-AddOn](https://www.wowza.com/docs/How-to-get-the-StreamNameAlias-AddOn)

Regards,  
Alex  
Wowza Support

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Leong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8c91f0/32.png) [@Peter\_Leong](https://community.wowza.com/u/Peter_Leong)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-stream-suffix/97142/3 "2024-04-04T19:16:43Z")

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After installing the module and experimenting, all I’ve been able to do is break RTSP.  
My stream used to ingest but now it’s stays at “0 bytes”.

I tried each of these in my aliasmap.stream.txt file:  
`*=${Stream.Name}` (the default)  
`*=${Stream.Name}.stream`

Any advice would be appreciated.