# webcam video recording and playback issue
**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/webcam-video-recording-and-playback-issue/40902
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine
**Created:** [February 27, 2014, 6:29am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/webcam-video-recording-and-playback-issue/40902 "2014-02-27T06:29:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@Rajdep\_Rath](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rajdep_Rath)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2014, 6:29am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/webcam-video-recording-and-playback-issue/40902/1 "2014-02-27T06:29:13Z")
I am working with a video recorder on wowza media server 3.5. I use flash based encoder for recording. The encoder is set to use h264 & speex/nellymoser. The recorder logic is basic with a buffer for safety. It uses h264 baseline @ 25 fps and nellymoser along with it.
The issue that occurs is when I record and attempt to playback in jwplayer or flowplayer, the playback is not normal. It stops somewhere in between. Then if I refresh and play it plays OK. If I download the file and play in vlc or any other player it plays OK. Ffmpeg shows video info correctly. I didn’t have any issues with adobe strobe player. Note that I have tried both http and rtmp playbacks with wowza + recorded file + jwplayer/flowplayer without luck.
Can someone please point out any thing in this ?
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### Author:  [@Stream\_4life](https://community.wowza.com/u/Stream_4life)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/webcam-video-recording-and-playback-issue/40902/2 "2014-03-03T15:47:50Z")
are you saving the file as FLV or MP4 ? MP4 wont work with flash based encoder i guess.