# how to play live streaming(rtsp) when background

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-play-live-streaming-rtsp-when-background/52361>\
**Category:** Wowza GoCoder SDK\
**Created:** [November 23, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-play-live-streaming-rtsp-when-background/52361 "2018-11-23T15:33:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![semikim\_kim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@semikim\_kim](https://community.wowza.com/u/semikim_kim)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-play-live-streaming-rtsp-when-background/52361/1 "2018-11-23T15:33:21Z")

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I want to turn off my phone or run live streams in the background. I use wowza cloud. Is there a way?

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**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:** [November 28, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-play-live-streaming-rtsp-when-background/52361/2 "2018-11-28T20:12:49Z")

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Hello @semikim kim, at this time there is no way to continue playing a stream when an app is in the background. It will stop and you will have to restart the stream.