# HLS Live Streaming ABR stops after 30 seconds **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Created:** [December 10, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hls-live-streaming-abr-stops-after-30-seconds/37975 "2013-12-10T22:46:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![edgardo\_rodriguez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9adbd/32.png) [@edgardo\_rodriguez](https://community.wowza.com/u/edgardo_rodriguez)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hls-live-streaming-abr-stops-after-30-seconds/37975/1 "2013-12-10T22:46:07Z")
0 down vote favorite I am testing FMLE with 3 streams for ABR, i send them to wowza and then play on jwplayer 6, to get the Adaptive Bit Rate selection, i created a manifest with the 3 streams, but when i play it stops after 30 seconds, on IOS, and desktop browsers. I tried to play on VLC and it plays for 1 minute, after that it stops. Here is the manifest i created EXTM3U EXT-X-VERSION:3 EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=850228,CODECS=“avc1.66.30, mp4a.40.2”,RESOLUTION=640x480 [http://xx.xxx.xxx.xxx/xxxx/xxxx1/chunklist.m3u8](http://xx.xxx.xxx.xxx/xxxx/xxxx1/chunklist.m3u8) EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=438990,CODECS=“avc1.66.30, mp4a.40.2”,RESOLUTION=640x480 [http://xx.xxx.xxx.xxx/xxxx/xxxx2/chunklist.m3u8](http://xx.xxx.xxx.xxx/xxxx/xxxx2/chunklist.m3u8) EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=273076,CODECS=“avc1.66.30, mp4a.40.2”,RESOLUTION=320x240 [http://xx.xxx.xxx.xxx/xxxx/xxxx3/chunklist.m3u8](http://xx.xxx.xxx.xxx/xxxx/xxxx3/chunklist.m3u8) I read about the manifest should point to the prog\_index.m3u8, but the prog\_index.m3u8 of each one of the streams shows only 1 chunklist.m3u8, what am i doing wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Zoran](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/zoran/32/385_2.png) [@Zoran](https://community.wowza.com/u/Zoran)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hls-live-streaming-abr-stops-after-30-seconds/37975/2 "2013-12-11T15:33:02Z")
Hello, Please take a look at this article to correctly configure your Wowza server for adaptive bitrate delivery to JwPlayer: [https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-jw-player-with-adaptive-bitrate-streaming-from-wowza-streaming-engine](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-jw-player-with-adaptive-bitrate-streaming-from-wowza-streaming-engine) Also, you can find more information about Apple HLS adaptive streaming in this article as well: [https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-do-adaptive-bitrate-streaming](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-do-adaptive-bitrate-streaming) Zoran ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hls-live-streaming-abr-stops-after-30-seconds/37975/3 "2013-12-12T13:08:43Z")
You have to create a .smil file as shown in the ABR guide. You point to each published stream in the .smil file. Wowza does the rest. Richard ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hls-live-streaming-abr-stops-after-30-seconds/37975/4 "2013-12-17T17:47:10Z")
Re-start Wowza and test playback again. If not working, zip up the /conf folder and the current access log showing Wowza re-starting and your test to support@wowza.com. Also send the .smil file. Include a link to this thread for reference. Richard ---
**Author:** ![edgardo\_rodriguez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9adbd/32.png) [@edgardo\_rodriguez](https://community.wowza.com/u/edgardo_rodriguez)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hls-live-streaming-abr-stops-after-30-seconds/37975/5 "2013-12-11T22:09:18Z")
Thanks for your answer, the server looks to be fine, and i follow the guide from jwplayer 6, the ABR RTMP plays fine, and the single m3u8 streams too, the problem is only when i play the manifest i created for the HLS ABR, maybe i have something wrong on the manifest? ---
**Author:** ![edgardo\_rodriguez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9adbd/32.png) [@edgardo\_rodriguez](https://community.wowza.com/u/edgardo_rodriguez)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hls-live-streaming-abr-stops-after-30-seconds/37975/6 "2013-12-16T21:42:46Z")
smil file created according to the guide, but no video now