# streaming a remote mp4 file

**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/streaming-a-remote-mp4-file/43873
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine
**Created:** [September 15, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/streaming-a-remote-mp4-file/43873 "2014-09-15T21:45:55Z")
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### Author: ![Allen\_Li](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df788c/32.png) [@Allen\_Li](https://community.wowza.com/u/Allen_Li)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/streaming-a-remote-mp4-file/43873/1 "2014-09-15T21:45:55Z")

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Hello,

I have a lot of mp4 file need streaming by wowza,So I build a wowza streaming engine in Google compute engine.

Follow [https://www.wowza.com/docs/set-up-wowza-streaming-engine-on-google-cloud-platform](https://www.wowza.com/docs/set-up-wowza-streaming-engine-on-google-cloud-platform) done and it look fine.

And I got a trouble about to get remote video file.

Below to description the problem.

1.I have a web server to provide a lot of mp4 file to download. I assume the web server address is 10.16.123.123.

So~~If you type _[http://10.16.123.123/videoFileName.mp4](http://10.16.123.123/videoFileName.mp4)_ on any web browser, you can get videoFileName.mp4.

2.I assume the wowza streaming engine in 10.10.10.10.

3.Now I hope use wowza streaming engine to streaming videoFileName.mp4 but I don’t want copy videoFileName from 10.16.123.123

to 10.10.10.10.

4.I set the validate Configuration to [http://10.16.123.123/videoFileName.mp4](http://10.16.123.123/videoFileName.mp4) then press save

button. I try use application to display the cache source but it is fail. When I check media cache source configure the validate configuration

auto reset to default “http/mycompany.com/media/sample.mp4” and I use Trial license key.

5.Any way to complete I want???

Thank you.

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### Author: ![Jason\_Hilton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/jason_hilton/32/437_2.png) [@Jason\_Hilton](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jason_Hilton)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2014, 8:28am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/streaming-a-remote-mp4-file/43873/2 "2014-09-16T08:28:58Z")

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Hi,

It sounds like you have already looked through our guide for [MediaCache](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-scale-video-on-demand-streaming-with-media-cache) which is used to scale video on demand setups but if not, please take a look as this describes the steps that can be taken.

If you have read through the guide but still require assistance, I recommend opening a ticket which is done be sending an email to support@wowza.com.

Please include a ZIP file containing the following directories:

[Wowza-Install]/conf/

[Wowza-Install]/logs/

[Wowza-Install]/transcoder/

[Wowza-Install]/manager/logs/

Please make sure you provide logs which show Wowza server starting.

If you are not sure how to get this information please see the following tutorial.

[How to create a compressed zip file in Windows, OS X, and Linux](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-create-a-compressed-zip-file-in-windows-os-x-and-linux)

Jason