# Facebook live stream won't end **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Created:** [May 27, 2019, 8:01am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/facebook-live-stream-wont-end/53399 "2019-05-27T08:01:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kevin\_Stanton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e68b1a/32.png) [@Kevin\_Stanton](https://community.wowza.com/u/Kevin_Stanton)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 8:01am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/facebook-live-stream-wont-end/53399/1 "2019-05-27T08:01:29Z")
I’m using Wowza Streaming Engine to simulcast to my website and Facebook. OBS Encoder. Latest version for all software. Everything works great, except when I stop streaming in OBS, the Facebook Live video won’t end - it says it’s paused. I found a post in this forum that says you can end it manually through Facebook Publishing Tools, but it would be nice if the Facebook stream would just end automatically when I stop broadcasting: [http://community.wowza.com/community/questions/43078/trouble-stopping-facebook-live-stream.html](http://community.wowza.com/community/questions/43078/trouble-stopping-facebook-live-stream.html) Is there a setting in Streaming Engine Manager or Stream Targets I’m missing? ---
**Author:** ![Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/rose_power-wowza_com/32/431_2.png) [@Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rose_Power-Wowza_Com)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/facebook-live-stream-wont-end/53399/2 "2019-05-28T20:56:14Z")
Hey @Kevin Stanton, that’s odd. How long does it continue to show that it’s paused? Per our documentation: After the Facebook stream target initiates a live video post, the video post in Facebook is labeled LIVE. If the live source stream is disconnected, Facebook puts the video post into a “waiting” state. If the live stream is reconnected quickly, the video post resumes after a short recovery period. However, if it takes more than a few minutes for the live source stream to reconnect, Facebook will automatically “close” the live video post and start converting it to an on-demand video file. ---
**Author:** ![Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/rose_power-wowza_com/32/431_2.png) [@Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rose_Power-Wowza_Com)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/facebook-live-stream-wont-end/53399/3 "2019-05-28T21:00:54Z")
Do you have anything from the logs that may be helpful for debugging? Thank you. [https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-debug-push-publishing#debugLog](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-debug-push-publishing#debugLog) ---
**Author:** ![Kevin\_Stanton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e68b1a/32.png) [@Kevin\_Stanton](https://community.wowza.com/u/Kevin_Stanton)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/facebook-live-stream-wont-end/53399/4 "2019-05-28T22:59:57Z")
Thanks for this. It may have said “waiting”. I wasn’t aware that it waits a few minutes before ending the stream so it’s possible that I did not wait long enough. I will try again and check my logs and get back to you. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/rose_power-wowza_com/32/431_2.png) [@Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rose_Power-Wowza_Com)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/facebook-live-stream-wont-end/53399/5 "2019-05-29T14:10:50Z")
Ok no problem. Let us know if it stays in “waiting” stage. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin\_Stanton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e68b1a/32.png) [@Kevin\_Stanton](https://community.wowza.com/u/Kevin_Stanton)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/facebook-live-stream-wont-end/53399/6 "2019-05-29T15:12:13Z")
Okay, it looks like the stream does end after a few minutes and does not stay in Waiting mode. Thank you for your help 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/rose_power-wowza_com/32/431_2.png) [@Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rose_Power-Wowza_Com)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/facebook-live-stream-wont-end/53399/7 "2019-05-29T15:19:06Z")
Oh great, you are welcome @Kevin Stanton! A Wowza engineer let me know of a setting you may want to take a peek at. If you have it checked, it could result in behavior such as FB expecting the stream to continue and it will not result in a VOD when stream ends. So, you should be aware of it and know it is mostly meant for 24/7 IP camera streams. It’s best to have this unchecked for your scenario. You can find it here: