# Unknown action: convert

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/unknown-action-convert/50382>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Tags:** recording\
**Created:** [December 18, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/unknown-action-convert/50382 "2017-12-18T17:13:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Kenneth\_LAU](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9fc29f/32.png) [@Kenneth\_LAU](https://community.wowza.com/u/Kenneth_LAU)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/unknown-action-convert/50382/1 "2017-12-18T17:13:18Z")

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- Please advice how to use “ndvr convert” function to download an individual and partial mp4 file during live stream broadcasting.
- Tried wowza converter function in the paid license wowza and still failed.
- E.g. [http://192.168.x.x:8087/v2/servers/](http://192.168.x.x:8087/v2/servers/)_defaultServer_/vhosts/_defaultVHost_/applications/AppEng/instances/_definst_/dvrstores/production.0/actions/convert

Ref. [https://www.wowza.com/docs/ndvr-query-examples](https://www.wowza.com/docs/ndvr-query-examples)

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**Author:** ![Gal\_Zakay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@Gal\_Zakay](https://community.wowza.com/u/Gal_Zakay)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 10:19am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/unknown-action-convert/50382/2 "2018-06-11T10:19:16Z")

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I am facing same problem… When I try this url

[http://127.0.0.1:8087/v2/servers/](http://127.0.0.1:8087/v2/servers/)_defaultServer_/vhosts/_defaultVHost_/applications/dvr/instances/_definst_/dvrstores/mytest.0/actions/convert I get following reponse

false

Unknown action: convert