# Streaming WAV Files?

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/streaming-wav-files/36073>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [June 1, 2011, 12:14pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/streaming-wav-files/36073 "2011-06-01T12:14:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![David\_Reade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@David\_Reade](https://community.wowza.com/u/David_Reade)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 12:14pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/streaming-wav-files/36073/1 "2011-06-01T12:14:56Z")

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Can Wowza stream WAV PCM files? If not, how can I get around this?

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**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:** [June 1, 2011, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/streaming-wav-files/36073/2 "2011-06-01T12:21:24Z")

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You would have to transcode to AAC in a quicktime container (.mp4,.mov, etc) or MP3 in a mp3 or quicktime container.

Richard

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**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:** [June 1, 2011, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/streaming-wav-files/36073/3 "2011-06-01T12:24:03Z")

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Because wav files are not supported in Flash or other clients that Wowza streams to.

Richard

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**Author:** ![David\_Reade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@David\_Reade](https://community.wowza.com/u/David_Reade)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/streaming-wav-files/36073/4 "2011-06-01T12:22:36Z")

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Ok, I’ve been trying this now in FFMPEG and it’s working fine. But out of interest why can’t Wowza stream WAV files?

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**Author:** ![David\_Reade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@David\_Reade](https://community.wowza.com/u/David_Reade)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/streaming-wav-files/36073/5 "2011-06-01T12:25:05Z")

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Fair play, thanks for the clarification.