# What if live stream is not available.

**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/what-if-live-stream-is-not-available/39533
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine
**Created:** [February 26, 2013, 12:06pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/what-if-live-stream-is-not-available/39533 "2013-02-26T12:06:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![luca\_santini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/df788c/32.png) [@luca\_santini](https://community.wowza.com/u/luca_santini)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2013, 12:06pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/what-if-live-stream-is-not-available/39533/1 "2013-02-26T12:06:48Z")

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Hi,

Is there a way to play a video (VOD) or show a static image if a live stream is not available, directly from wowza?

cheers

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### Author: ![Jason\_Hilton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/jason_hilton/32/437_2.png) [@Jason\_Hilton](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jason_Hilton)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2013, 11:18am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/what-if-live-stream-is-not-available/39533/2 "2013-02-26T11:18:56Z")

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Hi

You can do this but some coding is involved. The guide can be found here,

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-switch-streams-using-stream-class-streams](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-switch-streams-using-stream-class-streams)

Jason

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### Author: ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/what-if-live-stream-is-not-available/39533/3 "2013-02-26T22:17:14Z")

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Take a look at this example for a vod pre-roll:

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-loop-a-pre-roll-until-a-live-stream-starts-loopuntillive](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-loop-a-pre-roll-until-a-live-stream-starts-loopuntillive)

Richard