# SMIL file wildcard in SRC?

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/smil-file-wildcard-in-src/53319>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [May 9, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/smil-file-wildcard-in-src/53319 "2019-05-09T15:48:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![DFN\_VC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3d9bf3/32.png) [@DFN\_VC](https://community.wowza.com/u/DFN_VC)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/smil-file-wildcard-in-src/53319/1 "2019-05-09T15:48:27Z")

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Need to write a SMIL file for an application to provides adhoc live streaming with differen names, for example stream[1-1000]. Is there a way to insert a wildcard, lets say stream\*

The SMIL file should be valid for all files name “stream1” or “stream1234”?

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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:** [May 9, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/smil-file-wildcard-in-src/53319/2 "2019-05-09T20:54:25Z")

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Hello @DFN VC, our engineers said you can do this. You can use the Wowza Streaming Engine Java API to intercept requests for multi-bitrate streams and provide the stream grouping.

If you need assistance setting it up, please feel free to submit a support ticket.

Here is the tutorial for you:

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-java-api-calls-to-resolve-smil-file-requests](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-java-api-calls-to-resolve-smil-file-requests)

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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:** [May 9, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/smil-file-wildcard-in-src/53319/3 "2019-05-09T20:55:14Z")

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Hello @DFN VC, our engineers said you can do this. You can use the Wowza Streaming Engine Java API to intercept requests for multi-bitrate streams and provide the stream grouping.

If you need assistance setting it up, please feel free to submit a support ticket.

Here is the tutorial for you:

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-java-api-calls-to-resolve-smil-file-requests](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-java-api-calls-to-resolve-smil-file-requests)