# Kafka Consumers for non node-red Producers

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/kafka-consumers-for-non-node-red-producers/70079>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [4 November 2022 09:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/kafka-consumers-for-non-node-red-producers/70079 "2022-11-04T09:28:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [4 November 2022 10:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/kafka-consumers-for-non-node-red-producers/70079/2 "2022-11-04T10:28:24Z")

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This looks to be very much a duplicate of [Snappy Compression Issues with Kafka Consumer - #2 by Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/snappy-compression-issues-with-kafka-consumer/70078/2)

Why are there two threads? It only leads to confusion.

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