# VOD - Redirect a user from a url to a new path **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Created:** [May 29, 2012, 10:21am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/vod-redirect-a-user-from-a-url-to-a-new-path/38725 "2012-05-29T10:21:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![Albert\_St\_Aubin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Albert\_St\_Aubin](https://community.wowza.com/u/Albert_St_Aubin)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 9:31am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/vod-redirect-a-user-from-a-url-to-a-new-path/38725/12 "2012-05-30T09:31:53Z")
I was reading through [this forum thread](http://community.wowza.com/t/-/116) and the last post points to what I need to do. I need to resolve a file location from a DB for VOD and I need to take a custom URL that is sent to a client from elsewhere and then resolve it to the correct URL for live. I have started with live and I would like take a url from a client and point to a video coming over a udp connection like I was able to do with the .stream file. After looking at the thread I mentioned above I am coming to the understanding that the .stream files cannot be used with IMediaStreamNameAliasProvider2. If this is the case how would I take a stream name and point it to a udp URL without using the .stream file? Thank you for your help so far Richard. After I have live working I will move on to VOD. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.wowza.com/t/vod-redirect-a-user-from-a-url-to-a-new-path/38725)._