# Using a server side SMIL for JW Player

**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/using-a-server-side-smil-for-jw-player/52807
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine
**Created:** [February 7, 2019, 4:32am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-a-server-side-smil-for-jw-player/52807 "2019-02-07T04:32:20Z")
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### Author: ![Justin\_Yang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Justin\_Yang](https://community.wowza.com/u/Justin_Yang)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2019, 4:32am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-a-server-side-smil-for-jw-player/52807/1 "2019-02-07T04:32:20Z")

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According to this page,

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-jw-player-with-adaptive-bitrate-streaming-from-wowza-streaming-engine](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-jw-player-with-adaptive-bitrate-streaming-from-wowza-streaming-engine)

“JW Player supports loading dynamic streams from a server-side SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language) file.”

Does this mean I can use server side SMIL files for JW player and not just client side SMIL files?

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### Author: ![Karel\_Boek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/karel_boek/32/454_2.png) [@Karel\_Boek](https://community.wowza.com/u/Karel_Boek)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-a-server-side-smil-for-jw-player/52807/2 "2019-02-07T21:08:06Z")

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Hi @Justin Yang; I would indeed recommend to have your SMIL files on the server, and let Wowza generate a valid HLS playlist - or a valid MPEG-DASH manifest for that matter, based on the stream request; which can look as follows:

```auto
http://[wowza-ip-address]:1935/live/smil:mySmilFile.smil/playlist.m3u8
http://[wowza-ip-address]:1935/live/smil:mySmilFile.smil/manifest.mpd

```