# Trying to verify MPEG TS stream target with VLC **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Created:** [December 18, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/trying-to-verify-mpeg-ts-stream-target-with-vlc/54353 "2019-12-18T16:28:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Aaron\_Varnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@Aaron\_Varnam](https://community.wowza.com/u/Aaron_Varnam)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/trying-to-verify-mpeg-ts-stream-target-with-vlc/54353/1 "2019-12-18T16:28:49Z")
Hi We are testing wowza stream engine 30 day trial right now. Our main goal is to send a live MP4 live stream and retransmit stream out as MPEG TS using MPEG 2 format. I was able to setup the the incoming steam with no issues. I setup the generic MPEG TS transport stream and says active. I wanted to test the output stream using VLC on my laptop. I told VLC to open network stream Udp://@:55125. I get the stream but VLC codec says its still in MP4 format and not MPEG 2. I attached a screen shot of the wowza target stream setup and VLC codec. How can retransmit an MPEG TS transport stream as MPEG 2 inside Wowza Stream Engine and not MP4? thanks ---
**Author:** ![Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/rose_power-wowza_com/32/431_2.png) [@Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rose_Power-Wowza_Com)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/trying-to-verify-mpeg-ts-stream-target-with-vlc/54353/2 "2019-12-18T16:37:22Z")
Checking if this is possible… ---
**Author:** ![Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/rose_power-wowza_com/32/431_2.png) [@Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rose_Power-Wowza_Com)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/trying-to-verify-mpeg-ts-stream-target-with-vlc/54353/3 "2019-12-18T16:44:37Z")
Did you try to play this any of the Wowza test players and if so what were the results? Is this just happening with VLC player? ---
**Author:** ![Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/rose_power-wowza_com/32/431_2.png) [@Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rose_Power-Wowza_Com)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/trying-to-verify-mpeg-ts-stream-target-with-vlc/54353/4 "2019-12-18T17:39:36Z")
Also, I am getting a little confused on the “live MP4” in your post [@Aaron Varnam](http://community.wowza.com/community/answers/54017/post.html#) vs the screenshot of a live application. Are you trying to send recorded video through a mp4 container and send it out as Mpeg-TS chunks? Can you please confirm your workflow? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/rose_power-wowza_com/32/431_2.png) [@Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rose_Power-Wowza_Com)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/trying-to-verify-mpeg-ts-stream-target-with-vlc/54353/5 "2019-12-18T17:53:40Z")
Confirmed with our engineers that you can publish the mp4 as a live stream using the Stream Publisher module and then use an MPEG-TS Stream Target to output the MPEG-TS. If you’re trying to re-stream a video on demand (VOD) asset as a live stream for use with an MPEG-TS stream target, see [Schedule streaming with a Wowza Streaming Engine Java module](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-schedule-streaming-with-wowza-streaming-engine-streampublisher). Here is some sample code on [GitHub](https://github.com/WowzaMediaSystems/wse-plugin-streampublisher) for you as well. As far as it not playing as MPEG-2 on VLC Player, you’ll need to submit a support ticket so we can fully view your config and logs. Thanks @Aaron Varnam [https://www.wowza.com/support/open-ticket](https://www.wowza.com/support/open-ticket)