# Wrong prefix string in incoming streams name

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/wrong-prefix-string-in-incoming-streams-name/46907>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [April 14, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wrong-prefix-string-in-incoming-streams-name/46907 "2016-04-14T18:19:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Jing\_Tian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ebca7d/32.png) [@Jing\_Tian](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jing_Tian)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wrong-prefix-string-in-incoming-streams-name/46907/1 "2016-04-14T18:19:58Z")

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Hi,

We have purchased a wowza streaming engine license and run our streaming server in a Windows server. The live video feed is from a streaming APP that is running at Android phone. However, I notice that there is very funny prefix string in incoming streams name, such as “xV�\_xV�\_stream”. Also please note that the prefix string is changed when I restart my streaming APP every time. I have attached a screenshot, where the wrong prefix string is highlighted in red circle.

Could anyone advise how to solve this issue? Thank you very much.

![](http://i66.tinypic.com/2cnb42w.jpg)

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**Author:** ![SiggDev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SiggDev](https://community.wowza.com/u/SiggDev)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wrong-prefix-string-in-incoming-streams-name/46907/2 "2016-04-15T13:19:05Z")

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That is the name of the stream published to wowza. Check the app configuration/code to find out what stream name it is sending, which encoding, etc.