# Source stream or file could not be found or access was denied

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/source-stream-or-file-could-not-be-found-or-access-was-denied/42358>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [March 7, 2014, 8:36am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/source-stream-or-file-could-not-be-found-or-access-was-denied/42358 "2014-03-07T08:36:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Artem\_Moltchanov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Artem\_Moltchanov](https://community.wowza.com/u/Artem_Moltchanov)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 8:36am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/source-stream-or-file-could-not-be-found-or-access-was-denied/42358/1 "2014-03-07T08:36:48Z")

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Hello! I try to test locally live streaming using Wirecast like in [https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-telestream-wirecast-live-encoder-with-wowza-streaming-engine](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-telestream-wirecast-live-encoder-with-wowza-streaming-engine), but when I open Flash RTMP Player and click to start, in status under player i recive: Source stream or file could not be found or access was denied. Like in tutorial I choose in Wirecast RTMP Flash Server and as a address: rtmp://localhost:1935/live. In Flash RTMP Player html page I put rtmp://localhost/live and MyStream, but nothing happend. Also method with Flash media playback [https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-play-your-first-live-stream-video-tutorial](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-play-your-first-live-stream-video-tutorial) also dosen’t work.

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**Author:** ![sal\_jefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 8:24am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/source-stream-or-file-could-not-be-found-or-access-was-denied/42358/2 "2014-03-12T08:24:14Z")

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Hi there, are you trying to stream the sample.mp4 file, or other file as live or a live stream from a webcam? If you are trying to stream a file other then sample.mp4 make sure the file is located in [install-dir]/content

One other possible issue I see (maybe just a typo), is you are using a stream name of MyStream, stream names are case sensitive, so if you have myStream set in Wirecast, you need to use myStream in the player.

Salvadore