HLS on IOS always stops. (works fine in flash)

Wowza Streaming Engine
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http://media.ppcnseo.com:1935/live/ngrp:ppmg_all/playlist.m3u8

The stream above I am trying to get working on IOS.

Currently available at http://ppcnseo.com/Media/ but subject to change.

This page is streaming fine in chrome on linux.

However the same page is not working well on IOS (testing on ipad mini).

It will start to play, then after a second or 2 is stops - doing this everytime without fail.

This is not just pausing like a buffering issue, the stream fully stops, needing to click play again to restart.

jwplayer is not the issue, since using the stream link directly in the browser does the same (works but stops).

I have also tried alternative version links with the same issue.

http://media.ppcnseo.com:1935/live/ppmg_160p/playlist.m3u8

http://media.ppcnseo.com:1935/live/ppmg/playlist.m3u8

Both work in chrome desktop, not on ipad.

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Are you receiving any errors in the logs after playback (from iOS)? You may want to take a look at the following as well:

Cupertino-Streaming-segmenter-parameters-(iOS)

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Restart Wowza and try playing back from your iOS device again. Then zip up your [install-dir]/conf and [install-dir]/logs and send it to support@wowza.com

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I will give a quick overview of the various settings here.

FMLE - H264 Baseline Level 3 (was 4). Keyframe 1s (was 5s)

720x567 1000kbps source at 25fps

Mp3 stereo 22050Hz 48Kbps

Mostly unaltered default transrate settings

360p 640x360 850Kb

240p 360x240 350Kb

160p 284x260 200Kb

cupertinoChunkDurationTarget 6000

cupertinoMaxChunkCount 10

cupertinoPlaylistChunkCount 4

cupertinoRepeaterChunkCount 4

Server load is at low levels.

Tried lowering the primary stream to 100Kbps to see if it was bandwidth related and still the same.

Lowered it to 50Kbps and said no stream.

Don’t seem to receiving any errors related to IOS. Nothing new when I try streaming.

Had some " Fragment duration greater than suggested range of 1-4 seconds. Adjust keyframe interval accordingly: Fragment durations: [5.0,5.0,5.0]" before

But I have already lowered the keyframes on FMLE to 1 second now.

Had this error a few days ago

Strange since this stream is working in chrome desktop (http://media.ppcnseo.com:1935/live/ppmg_160p/playlist.m3u8)

WARN server comment 2013-07-10 07:46:44 - - - - - 0.249 - - - - - - - - HTTPStreamerAdapterCupertinoStreamer.getAppInstance: Stream not found [live/ppmg_160p/media_6961.ts?wowzasessionid=904704971]: ppmg_160p

And same strange situation on this (stream works fine in chrome http://media.ppcnseo.com:1935/live/ngrp:ppmg_all/playlist.m3u8)

WARN server comment 2013-07-12 11:14:19 - - - - - 185255.218 - - - - - - - - HTTPStreamerAdapterCupertinoStreamer.getAppInstance: Stream not found [live/ngrp:ppmg_all/chunklist-b249152.m3u8?wowzasessionid=100808118]: ppmg_160p