# Smooth streaming question

**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/smooth-streaming-question/36451
**Category:** Wowza Developer Dojo
**Tags:** wowza-streaming-server-java-api
**Created:** [June 15, 2014, 11:38am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/smooth-streaming-question/36451 "2014-06-15T11:38:55Z")
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### Author: ![Zoran](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/zoran/32/385_2.png) [@Zoran](https://community.wowza.com/u/Zoran)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2014, 11:13pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/smooth-streaming-question/36451/6 "2014-06-15T23:13:32Z")

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Hello,

You cannot have VOD assets delivered using a “live” stream type application.

Regarding your second remark, you are correct. It wouldn’t be efficient to record using the Wowza Manager user interface. You can develop a custom Wowza module and record your transcoded streams programatically, as described in the “[How to record live streams (HTTPLiveStreamRecord)](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-record-live-streams-httplivestreamrecord%28HTTPLiveStreamRecord%29)” forum article, in the “[Recording live streams programmatically](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-record-live-streams-httplivestreamrecord#livestreamrecordapi)” section.

Also, you can generate multiple renditions of a recording, having the VOD assets properly key frame aligned by using FFMPEG. Please take a look at the following forum thread for an example on how to use FFMPEG to generate key-frame aligned VPD files: [Frequently requested FFMPEG command examples for Wowza](http://community.wowza.com/t/-/36326)

Zoran

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