# Stream Mp3 from CDN **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Created:** [July 28, 2011, 10:28am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/stream-mp3-from-cdn/36966 "2011-07-28T10:28:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ben\_Davenport](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8edcca/32.png) [@Ben\_Davenport](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ben_Davenport)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 10:28am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/stream-mp3-from-cdn/36966/1 "2011-07-28T10:28:54Z")
Hey guys, Wowza n00b alert… How would I construct the stream url to stream an mp3 from a CDN and not a static content directory? ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/stream-mp3-from-cdn/36966/2 "2011-07-28T15:41:08Z")
First, use mp3: prefix with .mp3 file: mp3:mySong.mp3 But otherwise I don’t know, you will have to consult with the CDN support. Richard ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/stream-mp3-from-cdn/36966/3 "2011-07-28T16:41:10Z")
You will to explain what the issue is. Maybe MediaCache is what you are looking for: [https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-scale-video-on-demand-streaming-with-media-cache](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-scale-video-on-demand-streaming-with-media-cache) This allows you to store content on a web server. Richard ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/stream-mp3-from-cdn/36966/4 "2011-07-28T16:54:55Z")
MediaCache is not actually 3rd party, it is an Addon provided by Wowza, and is configurable, i.e., does not require coding. If by somewhere else you mean at some other location on the machine, if it is Linux or Mac you can use symbolic links as subfolders of the content folder, and there is a way to do it in Windows too. For other server, you can use unc path or mapped drive, but should be on your lan with very fast transfer, otherwise use MediaCache. Richard ---
**Author:** ![Ben\_Davenport](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8edcca/32.png) [@Ben\_Davenport](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ben_Davenport)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 10:57am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/stream-mp3-from-cdn/36966/5 "2011-07-28T10:57:06Z")
sweetm thanks dude. I’ll give it a whirly ---
**Author:** ![Ben\_Davenport](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8edcca/32.png) [@Ben\_Davenport](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ben_Davenport)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 11:34am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/stream-mp3-from-cdn/36966/6 "2011-07-28T11:34:37Z")
No dice, but it’s not really a CDN issue. Is it possible to stream an mp3 that’s not in the content directory? ---
**Author:** ![Ben\_Davenport](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8edcca/32.png) [@Ben\_Davenport](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ben_Davenport)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 11:47am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/stream-mp3-from-cdn/36966/7 "2011-07-28T11:47:43Z")
Hey Richard, I guess what I’m trying to find out is… You know how all the examples say to place content you want to stream inside the /content directory? Well, we would need to stream from URLs pointing to files somewhere else. Just wondering if it’s possible without using 3rd party add-ons (ie: MediaCache) Thanks!