# WebRTC publish/play is not enabled for application: videochat

**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/webrtc-publish-play-is-not-enabled-for-application-videochat/211
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine
**Created:** [December 21, 2016, 5:15am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/webrtc-publish-play-is-not-enabled-for-application-videochat/211 "2016-12-21T05:15:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/system/32/447_2.png) [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2016, 5:15am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/webrtc-publish-play-is-not-enabled-for-application-videochat/211/1 "2016-12-21T05:15:19Z")

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Hello

i’m trying to setup the webrtc features, but so far no success. i can access my server infos with streamlock url, but when trying to play a stream (from rtmp transcoded in vp8),i have the following error:

WebRTC play is not enabled for application: videochat

same message if trying to publish (WebRTC publish is not enabled for application: videochat)

also,i notice this line in the logs when restarting the server after doing the webrtc conf: WebRTCVHostListener.onVHostInit: Not needed anymore, can be removed from Server.xml

any help appreciated

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### Author: ![Jason\_Tuchler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/jason_tuchler/32/462_2.png) [@Jason\_Tuchler](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jason_Tuchler)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2016, 9:26am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/webrtc-publish-play-is-not-enabled-for-application-videochat/211/2 "2016-12-21T09:26:49Z")

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Hello,

This is probably a setup issue within the webrtc Application xml. I would recommend going over the WebRTC readme again and if that does not help, please open a [support case](https://www.wowza.com/support/open-ticket) and send the below folders for further review by Wowza Support.

[install-dir]/conf

[install-dir]/logs (only latest logs showing connection attempts)

[install-dir]/htdocs

If you are not sure how to get this information please see the following tutorial.

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-create-a-compressed-zip-file-in-windows-os-x-and-linux](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-create-a-compressed-zip-file-in-windows-os-x-and-linux)

If files are too big for email transport, please send a link to the files.

For your “webrtc conf: WebRTCVHostListener.onVHostInit: Not needed anymore, can be removed from Server.xml” warning; the WebRTC VHost Listener in the Server.xml is not needed for Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 or later. This can be commented out or removed.

Regards,

JasonT

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### Author: ![tr\_ng\_khoan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@tr\_ng\_khoan](https://community.wowza.com/u/tr_ng_khoan)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2021, 8:24am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/webrtc-publish-play-is-not-enabled-for-application-videochat/211/3 "2021-03-23T08:24:28Z")

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Hi. I know how to set up WebRTC streaming with Wowza Streaming Engine using guid follow this tutorial:  
[Set up WebRTC streaming with Wowza Streaming Engine](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-webrtc-with-wowza-streaming-engine)  
.I need setup using Rest API. But I can’t find any document about it. Do you know to do it?