# Which video format does wowza support?

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/which-video-format-does-wowza-support/327>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [January 22, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/which-video-format-does-wowza-support/327 "2010-01-22T17:09:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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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:** [January 22, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/which-video-format-does-wowza-support/327/1 "2010-01-22T17:09:54Z")

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Hello there,

i know it is a simple question but i dont find informations about it. Which video formats does Wowza support for on demand streaming? I know from the example that the format .m4v is supported.

deZerver

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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:** [January 22, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/which-video-format-does-wowza-support/327/2 "2010-01-22T17:36:01Z")

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Take a look at this section of the Quickstart guide:

[https://www.wowza.com/quickstart.html#intro-supportedmedia](https://www.wowza.com/quickstart.html#intro-supportedmedia)

Richard

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**Author:** ![Heiko\_Milker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bbce88/32.png) [@Heiko\_Milker](https://community.wowza.com/u/Heiko_Milker)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/which-video-format-does-wowza-support/327/3 "2010-01-22T18:53:52Z")

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Thank you rrlanham!

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Glaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Richard\_Glaser](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Glaser)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 7:40am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/which-video-format-does-wowza-support/327/4 "2012-06-21T07:40:10Z")

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That page lists…

The following table lists the more common file type prefixes (for a complete list consult the User’s Guide):

flv: FLV (Flash Video - this is the default media type so the qualifier and the file extension can be omitted)

Example: “flv:mycoolvideo.flv”

mp4: MP4 (QuickTime container - .mp4, .f4v, .mov, .m4v, .mp4a, .3gp, and .3g2)

Example: “mp4:mycoolvideo.mov”

mp3: MP3 (.mp3)

Example: “mp3:mycoolsong.mp3”

smil: SMIL (XML files used to configure multi-bitrate streams - .smil)

Is .ts supported as source media type with Wowza Media Server? How about for live broadcast?

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**Author:** ![Lisa\_Wong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/34f0e0/32.png) [@Lisa\_Wong](https://community.wowza.com/u/Lisa_Wong)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/which-video-format-does-wowza-support/327/5 "2012-06-21T19:40:47Z")

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Wowza Server supports MPEG-TS. Take a look at this [How to publish and play a live stream (MPEG-TS based encoder) tutorial.](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-publish-and-play-a-live-stream-mpeg-ts-based-encoder)

-Lisa