# Using absolute URLs in HLS

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/using-absolute-urls-in-hls/34145>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Tags:** media-players-and-devices\
**Created:** [June 13, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-absolute-urls-in-hls/34145 "2013-06-13T15:12:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Vijay\_J](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@Vijay\_J](https://community.wowza.com/u/Vijay_J)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-absolute-urls-in-hls/34145/1 "2013-06-13T15:12:54Z")

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Hi,

We’ve set the cupertinoRelativePlaylistPlaylists property to false as described here: [https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-switch-between-absolute-and-relative-urls-in-apple-http-live-streaming-playlists](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-switch-between-absolute-and-relative-urls-in-apple-http-live-streaming-playlists). While the child playlist uses an absolute URL, the actual chunks themselves show up as relative URLs.

HLS URL: [http://xxx.xxx:1935/vod/test.mp4/playlist.m3u8](http://xxx.xxx:1935/vod/test.mp4/playlist.m3u8)

playlist.m3u8 contents:

```auto
#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-VERSION:3
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=1174097,CODECS="avc1.66.30, mp4a.40.2",RESOLUTION=640x360
http://xxx.xxx:1935/vod/test.mp4/chunklist.m3u8?wowzasessionid=2121682419

```

chunklist.m3u8 contents:

```auto
#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-VERSION:3
#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:14
#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:0
#EXTINF:12.012,
media_0.ts?wowzasessionid=2121682419
#EXTINF:13.213,
media_1.ts?wowzasessionid=2121682419
#EXTINF:10.077,
...
...
media_87.ts?wowzasessionid=2121682419
#EXT-X-ENDLIST

```

We’re using 3.5.2 patch 8, also tried the latest 3.6.2.

Is this expected behavior?

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**Author:** ![Andrew\_Kennedy1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@Andrew\_Kennedy1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Andrew_Kennedy1)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/using-absolute-urls-in-hls/34145/2 "2013-06-13T23:25:49Z")

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Hi,

This is expected. If you would like the chunks to also be absolute you need to also use

```auto
<Property>
	<Name>cupertinoRelativePlaylistItems</Name>
	<Value>false</Value>
	<Type>Boolean</Type>
</Property>

```

Most of the time this property is not needed even when using absolute playlists.

Andrew