# HLS livestream and seek

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/hls-livestream-and-seek/36691>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [August 9, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hls-livestream-and-seek/36691 "2011-08-09T16:22:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![David\_Karlsson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@David\_Karlsson](https://community.wowza.com/u/David_Karlsson)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hls-livestream-and-seek/36691/1 "2011-08-09T16:22:34Z")

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Hi,

I was curious to know if the wowza supports the feature within the HLS spec, to allow a user to jump back in a livestream and catchup from the beginning.

If so, how do you set the “sliding window” allowed?

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**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:** [August 9, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hls-livestream-and-seek/36691/2 "2011-08-09T20:15:00Z")

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Wowza 3, due for release in q3 (sept or oct) will have DVR features:

[https://www.wowza.com/wowza-server-3.php](https://www.wowza.com/wowza-server-3.php)

Preview release is here:

[https://www.wowza.com/wowza-server-3-preview.php](https://www.wowza.com/wowza-server-3-preview.php)

Richard