# Can I use multi-audio for live stream encoding?

**URL:** https://community.bitmovin.com/t/can-i-use-multi-audio-for-live-stream-encoding/808
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 31, 2022, 9:10am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/can-i-use-multi-audio-for-live-stream-encoding/808 "2022-05-31T09:10:43Z")
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### Author: ![matheus.cardoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@matheus.cardoso](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/matheus.cardoso)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2022, 9:10am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/can-i-use-multi-audio-for-live-stream-encoding/808/1 "2022-05-31T09:10:43Z")

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Can I use multi-audio for live stream encoding?

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### Author: ![anon23459950](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/977dab/32.png) [@anon23459950](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/anon23459950)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2022, 9:12am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/can-i-use-multi-audio-for-live-stream-encoding/808/2 "2022-05-31T09:12:11Z")

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Multi-audio live streaming is working as long as the audio streams are mixed into the input stream (so no “sidecar”/external audio streams) and `StreamSelectionMode.POSITION_ABSOLUTE` is used when setting up/configuring the encodings for audio streams.