# Why when I make a recording for exampe I call it RP21317 does it record to my content folder with the following name RP21317\_2017-03-21-06.55.00.016-EDT\_0.mp4 instead of simply just RP21317.mp4 like it used to do? how can I revert back?

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**Created:** [March 21, 2017, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/why-when-i-make-a-recording-for-exampe-i-call-it-rp21317-does-it-record-to-my-content-folder-with-the-following-name-rp21317-2017-03-21-06-55-00-016-edt-0-mp4-instead-of-simply-just-rp21317-mp4-like-it-used-to-do-how-can-i-revert-back/48364 "2017-03-21T14:13:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![philip\_mcnicholl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@philip\_mcnicholl](https://community.wowza.com/u/philip_mcnicholl)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/why-when-i-make-a-recording-for-exampe-i-call-it-rp21317-does-it-record-to-my-content-folder-with-the-following-name-rp21317-2017-03-21-06-55-00-016-edt-0-mp4-instead-of-simply-just-rp21317-mp4-like-it-used-to-do-how-can-i-revert-back/48364/1 "2017-03-21T14:13:15Z")

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**Author:** ![Andy\_Engberson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/andy_engberson/32/392_2.png) [@Andy\_Engberson](https://community.wowza.com/u/Andy_Engberson)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 10:04am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/why-when-i-make-a-recording-for-exampe-i-call-it-rp21317-does-it-record-to-my-content-folder-with-the-following-name-rp21317-2017-03-21-06-55-00-016-edt-0-mp4-instead-of-simply-just-rp21317-mp4-like-it-used-to-do-how-can-i-revert-back/48364/2 "2017-07-06T10:04:53Z")

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Hello,

Here is a link to [the article](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-specify-the-legacy-file-version-naming-convention-for-recorded-files-wowza-streaming-engine) describing how to specify the legacy file version naming convention for recorded files

Regards,

Andy E.