# Starting custom streaming

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/starting-custom-streaming/25717>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [July 30, 2020, 11:48am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/starting-custom-streaming/25717 "2020-07-30T11:48:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![atanu.mallick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/atanu.mallick/32/12294_2.png) [@atanu.mallick](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/atanu.mallick)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 11:48am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/starting-custom-streaming/25717/1 "2020-07-30T11:48:37Z")

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Hi @tommy

We have build our custom streaming server for streaming zoom meetings.  
One of the issues that we are facing is, in order to start the live stream, the host has to start the meeting in desktop client and then start the stream from their.  
However, we are allowing host to start the meeting via the web-sdk and web-sdk doesn’t allow to start the live stream.

So do we have it planned in near to future to allow start live streaming from web-sdk. Or do you suggest any other alternate mechanism for this.