I have the same problem…
I tried to open on ipad
http://ip:1935/nDvr/ts1.stream_360p/playlist.m3u8?DVR&wowzadvrplayliststart=60000
as of https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-wowza-ndvr-playlist-request-api
but always starts at “live”
with bellow Application.xml
<Root>
<Application>
<!-- Uncomment to set application level timeout values
<ApplicationTimeout>60000</ApplicationTimeout>
<PingTimeout>12000</PingTimeout>
<ValidationFrequency>8000</ValidationFrequency>
<MaximumPendingWriteBytes>0</MaximumPendingWriteBytes>
<MaximumSetBufferTime>60000</MaximumSetBufferTime>
<MaximumStorageDirDepth>25</MaximumStorageDirDepth>
-->
<Connections>
<AutoAccept>true</AutoAccept>
<AllowDomains></AllowDomains>
</Connections>
<!--
StorageDir path variables
${com.wowza.wms.AppHome} - Application home directory
${com.wowza.wms.ConfigHome} - Configuration home directory
${com.wowza.wms.context.VHost} - Virtual host name
${com.wowza.wms.context.VHostConfigHome} - Virtual host config directory
${com.wowza.wms.context.Application} - Application name
${com.wowza.wms.context.ApplicationInstance} - Application instance name
-->
<Streams>
<StreamType>live</StreamType>
<StorageDir>${com.wowza.wms.context.VHostConfigHome}/content</StorageDir>
<KeyDir>${com.wowza.wms.context.VHostConfigHome}/keys</KeyDir>
<!-- LiveStreamPacketizers (separate with commas): cupertinostreamingpacketizer, smoothstreamingpacketizer, sanjosestreamingpacketizer, cupertinostreamingrepeater, smoothstreamingrepeater, sanjosestreamingrepeater, dvrstreamingpacketizer, dvrstreamingrepeater -->
<LiveStreamPacketizers>cupertinostreamingpacketizer, smoothstreamingpacketizer, sanjosestreamingpacketizer, dvrstreamingpacketizer</LiveStreamPacketizers>
<!-- Properties defined here will override any properties defined in conf/Streams.xml for any streams types loaded by this application -->
<Properties>
</Properties>
</Streams>
<Transcoder>
<!-- To turn on transcoder set to: transcoder -->
<LiveStreamTranscoder>transcoder</LiveStreamTranscoder>
<!-- [templatename].xml or ${SourceStreamName}.xml -->
<Templates>${SourceStreamName}.xml,transcode.xml</Templates>
<ProfileDir>${com.wowza.wms.context.VHostConfigHome}/transcoder/profiles</ProfileDir>
<TemplateDir>${com.wowza.wms.context.VHostConfigHome}/transcoder/templates</TemplateDir>
<Properties>
</Properties>
</Transcoder>
<DVR>
<!-- As a single server or as an origin, use dvrstreamingpacketizer in LiveStreamPacketizers above -->
<!-- Or, in an origin-edge configuration, edges use dvrstreamingrepeater in LiveStreamPacketizers above -->
<!-- As an origin, also add dvrchunkstreaming to HTTPStreamers below -->
<!-- To turn on DVR recording set Recorders to dvrrecorder. This works with dvrstreamingpacketizer -->
<Recorders>dvrrecorder</Recorders>
<!-- As a single server or as an origin, set the Store to dvrfilestorage-->
<!-- edges should have this empty --> -->
<Store>dvrfilestorage</Store>
<!-- Window Duration is length of live DVR window in seconds. 0 means the window is never trimmed. -->
<WindowDuration>0</WindowDuration>
<!-- Storage Directory is top level location where dvr is stored. e.g. c:/temp/dvr -->
<StorageDir>${com.wowza.wms.context.VHostConfigHome}/dvr</StorageDir>
<!-- valid ArchiveStrategy values are append, version, delete -->
<ArchiveStrategy>append</ArchiveStrategy>
<!-- If this is a dvrstreamingrepeater, define ChunkOriginURL to point back to origin -->
<!-- And define Application/Repeater/OriginURL to point back to the origin -->
<Repeater>
<ChunkOriginURL></ChunkOriginURL>
</Repeater>
<!-- Properties for DVR -->
<Properties>
<Property>
<Name>dvrPlaylistRequestDelegate</Name>
<Value>com.wowza.wms.dvr.impl.DvrStartDurationPlaylistRequestDelegate</Value>
</Property>
<Property>
<Name>dvrPlaylistDurationQueryParameter</Name>
<Value>wowzadvrplaylistduration</Value>
</Property>
<Property>
<Name>dvrPlaylistStartQueryParameter</Name>
<Value>wowzadvrplayliststart</Value>
</Property>
</Properties>
</DVR>
<!-- HTTPStreamers (separate with commas): cupertinostreaming, smoothstreaming, sanjosestreaming, dvrchunkstreaming -->
<HTTPStreamers>cupertinostreaming,smoothstreaming,sanjosestreaming</HTTPStreamers>
<SharedObjects>
<StorageDir></StorageDir>
</SharedObjects>
<Client>
<IdleFrequency>-1</IdleFrequency>
<Access>
<StreamReadAccess>*</StreamReadAccess>
<StreamWriteAccess>*</StreamWriteAccess>
<StreamAudioSampleAccess></StreamAudioSampleAccess>
<StreamVideoSampleAccess></StreamVideoSampleAccess>
<SharedObjectReadAccess>*</SharedObjectReadAccess>
<SharedObjectWriteAccess>*</SharedObjectWriteAccess>
</Access>
</Client>
<RTP>
<!-- RTP/Authentication/[type]Methods defined in Authentication.xml. Default setup includes; none, basic, digest -->
<Authentication>
<PublishMethod>digest</PublishMethod>
<PlayMethod>none</PlayMethod>
</Authentication>
<!-- RTP/AVSyncMethod. Valid values are: senderreport, systemclock, rtptimecode -->
<AVSyncMethod>senderreport</AVSyncMethod>
<MaxRTCPWaitTime>12000</MaxRTCPWaitTime>
<IdleFrequency>75</IdleFrequency>
<RTSPSessionTimeout>90000</RTSPSessionTimeout>
<RTSPMaximumPendingWriteBytes>0</RTSPMaximumPendingWriteBytes>
<RTSPBindIpAddress></RTSPBindIpAddress>
<RTSPConnectionIpAddress>0.0.0.0</RTSPConnectionIpAddress>
<RTSPOriginIpAddress>127.0.0.1</RTSPOriginIpAddress>
<IncomingDatagramPortRanges>*</IncomingDatagramPortRanges>
<!-- Properties defined here will override any properties defined in conf/RTP.xml for any depacketizers loaded by this application -->
<Properties>
</Properties>
</RTP>
<MediaCaster>
<!-- Properties defined here will override any properties defined in conf/MediaCasters.xml for any MediaCasters loaded by this applications -->
<Properties>
</Properties>
</MediaCaster>
<MediaReader>
<!-- Properties defined here will override any properties defined in conf/MediaReaders.xml for any MediaReaders loaded by this applications -->
<Properties>
</Properties>
</MediaReader>
<MediaWriter>
<!-- Properties defined here will override any properties defined in conf/MediaWriter.xml for any MediaWriter loaded by this applications -->
<Properties>
</Properties>
</MediaWriter>
<LiveStreamPacketizer>
<!-- Properties defined here will override any properties defined in conf/LiveStreamPacketizers.xml for any LiveStreamPacketizers loaded by this applications -->
<Properties>
</Properties>
</LiveStreamPacketizer>
<HTTPStreamer>
<!-- Properties defined here will override any properties defined in conf/HTTPStreamers.xml for any HTTPStreamer loaded by this applications -->
<Properties>
</Properties>
</HTTPStreamer>
<Repeater>
<OriginURL></OriginURL>
<QueryString><![CDATA[]]></QueryString>
</Repeater>
<Modules>
<Module>
<Name>base</Name>
<Description>Base</Description>
<Class>com.wowza.wms.module.ModuleCore</Class>
</Module>
<Module>
<Name>properties</Name>
<Description>Properties</Description>
<Class>com.wowza.wms.module.ModuleProperties</Class>
</Module>
<Module>
<Name>logging</Name>
<Description>Client Logging</Description>
<Class>com.wowza.wms.module.ModuleClientLogging</Class>
</Module>
<Module>
<Name>flvplayback</Name>
<Description>FLVPlayback</Description>
<Class>com.wowza.wms.module.ModuleFLVPlayback</Class>
</Module>
</Modules>
<!-- Properties defined here will be added to the IApplication.getProperties() and IApplicationInstance.getProperties() collections -->
<Properties>
</Properties>
</Application>
</Root>
I am using
3.0.3 build882
INFO server comment - OS Name: Windows 7
INFO server comment - OS Version: 6.1
INFO server comment - OS Architecture: amd64
INFO server comment - OS CPU: amd64
INFO server comment - Java Name: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM
Another question, can the same queries apply to rtsp streams ? I think I haven’t seen any dvr examples apart from http.
) that one can create a player that plays the stream with a specific time offset from the current live point. It’s exactly what I need.