# rtsp url format for playlists
**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-url-format-for-playlists/37893
**Category:** Wowza Developer Dojo
**Tags:** wowza-streaming-server-java-api
**Created:** [December 3, 2013, 10:23am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-url-format-for-playlists/37893 "2013-12-03T10:23:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@asim\_khan](https://community.wowza.com/u/asim_khan)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2013, 10:23am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-url-format-for-playlists/37893/1 "2013-12-03T10:23:23Z")
we have created smil file dynamically for each user on wowza server and have the videos in the same folder
how would i call that smil file from rtsp ? what would be url format ?
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### Author:  [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2013, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-url-format-for-playlists/37893/2 "2013-12-03T12:38:56Z")
Can you please explain what you are trying to do in a little more detail?
If you are asking about adaptive bitrate switching, then this is not supported over rtsp.
Salvadore
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### Author:  [@asim\_khan](https://community.wowza.com/u/asim_khan)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2013, 10:49am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-url-format-for-playlists/37893/3 "2013-12-03T10:49:04Z")
this is my smil file
all these videos are streamed as live after the user has been authenticated
i am just getting one video and playing it to the client and then next one
the module i did works for http and rtmp
i cannot make it work for rtsp
rtsp connects then describe and then destroy
the url i am using for rtsp is
rtsp://localhost:1935/papp/play?3215116122
these work for http
[http://localhost:1935/papp/play/playlist.m3u8?3215116122](http://localhost:1935/papp/play/playlist.m3u8?3215116122)
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### Author:  [@asim\_khan](https://community.wowza.com/u/asim_khan)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2013, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-url-format-for-playlists/37893/4 "2013-12-03T12:26:08Z")
Yes that does not work
And yes I am using vlc
Are there any document that’s shows how play a playlist for rtsp
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### Author:  [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2013, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-url-format-for-playlists/37893/5 "2013-12-03T13:08:07Z")
The stream name is “play”, have you tried:
```auto
rtsp://localhost:1935/papp/play
```
Salvadore
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### Author:  [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-url-format-for-playlists/37893/6 "2013-12-03T13:22:16Z")
What player are you testing in? Have you tried VLC?
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### Author:  [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-url-format-for-playlists/37893/7 "2013-12-03T14:41:08Z")
If the playlist.m3u8 works then it should work in VLC. Are you testing VLC on the same machine as Wowza is running?
Do you see any evidence of an issue in the logs?
You can post the logs here in the forum or you can open a ticket.
Delete [install-dir]/logs/wowzamediaserver\_access.log, then re-start Wowza in stand-alone (/bin/startup.bat) mode and try to play back the stream in VLC. Then post the logs here or email support@wowza.com to open a ticket. When opening a ticket please zip /log and /conf folders and send them along in the email, also please include a link to this thread as reference.
Salvadore