# Live HLS broadcast - stops playback after 40 seconds **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Created:** [August 12, 2013, 4:10am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-hls-broadcast-stops-playback-after-40-seconds/41013 "2013-08-12T04:10:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nick\_Tandavanitj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nick\_Tandavanitj](https://community.wowza.com/u/Nick_Tandavanitj)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 4:10am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-hls-broadcast-stops-playback-after-40-seconds/41013/1 "2013-08-12T04:10:30Z")
We’re experimenting with using JW Player for streaming a live broadcast to iOS devices. We’re running a Wowza Streaming Server and have an H.264 stream. Using the JWPlayer wizard, the following format RTMP stream works: rtmp://xxx.com/live/mp4:stream But the HLS stream address below, stops playing after 40s: [http://xxx.com/live/_definst_/mp4:stream/playlist.m3u8](http://xxx.com/live/_definst_/mp4:stream/playlist.m3u8) We’ve been testing with Safari 6.0, OS 10.7.5 I’m guessing the JWPlayer is not updating the playlist after the first play event? Is there something else we should be doing to get a continuous live broadcast to playback? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Nick\_Tandavanitj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nick\_Tandavanitj](https://community.wowza.com/u/Nick_Tandavanitj)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-hls-broadcast-stops-playback-after-40-seconds/41013/2 "2013-08-12T04:12:09Z")
We’re testing with Wowza Media Server 3 Monthly Edition 3.1.2 build1624 and the current version of JWPlayer6 wizard btw. ---
**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 12, 2013, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-hls-broadcast-stops-playback-after-40-seconds/41013/3 "2013-08-12T12:41:48Z")
You probably have to add “cupertinostreamingpacketizer” to /conf/live/Application.xml /Streams /LiveStreamPacketizers Richard ---
**Author:** ![Gustavo\_Villegas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/57b2e6/32.png) [@Gustavo\_Villegas](https://community.wowza.com/u/Gustavo_Villegas)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 11:05am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-hls-broadcast-stops-playback-after-40-seconds/41013/4 "2013-08-12T11:05:39Z")
I use JWplayer and have no problem streaming live … To check if the playlist is coming fine from Wowza, you can debug easily opening the link with a browser, and tell browser to download the playlist (the chunklist playlist ideally) and open it up with a text editor. there you can see if playlist is for a live stream or not ---
**Author:** ![Gustavo\_Villegas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/57b2e6/32.png) [@Gustavo\_Villegas](https://community.wowza.com/u/Gustavo_Villegas)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 11:27am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-hls-broadcast-stops-playback-after-40-seconds/41013/5 "2013-08-12T11:27:23Z")
they look fine for being live streams. That means Wowza seems to be properly set up as per what I can see Is you stream available over the Internet? If so, I could help you troubleshooting. If you don’t want to publish it openly here, I’m available at Gustavo@glidertek.com Cheers ---
**Author:** ![Nick\_Tandavanitj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nick\_Tandavanitj](https://community.wowza.com/u/Nick_Tandavanitj)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 5:25am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-hls-broadcast-stops-playback-after-40-seconds/41013/6 "2013-08-12T05:25:32Z")
> You probably have to add “cupertinostreamingpacketizer” to /conf/live/Application.xml /Streams /LiveStreamPacketizers > > Richard Thanks. LiveStreamPacketizers was empty, so I’ve added cupertinostreamingpacketizer and re-started Wowza but I get the same behaviour. The stream ends after 40s. Any other thoughts? could this be JWplayer related? Cheers, Nick ---
**Author:** ![Nick\_Tandavanitj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nick\_Tandavanitj](https://community.wowza.com/u/Nick_Tandavanitj)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 6:08am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-hls-broadcast-stops-playback-after-40-seconds/41013/7 "2013-08-12T06:08:34Z")
I’ve also tried this just the HTML5 video tag: And get the same behaviour, on OSX Safari, and on iPad. ---
**Author:** ![Nick\_Tandavanitj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nick\_Tandavanitj](https://community.wowza.com/u/Nick_Tandavanitj)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 8:21am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-hls-broadcast-stops-playback-after-40-seconds/41013/8 "2013-08-12T08:21:32Z")
> I use JWplayer and have no problem streaming live … > > To check if the playlist is coming fine from Wowza, you can debug easily opening the link with a browser, and tell browser to download the playlist (the chunklist playlist ideally) and open it up with a text editor. > > there you can see if playlist is for a live stream or not Thanks tavius. I’m not an expert at reading playlist files. Can you say if this looks correct? Cheers Here’s the contents of the playlist.m3u8 file: #EXTM3U #EXT-X-VERSION:3 #EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=85202,CODECS=“avc1.77.21, mp4a.40.34”,RESOLUTION=160x120 chunklist.m3u8?wowzasessionid=468249668 And the contents of the corresponding chunklist.m3u8?wowzasessionid=468249668 #EXTM3U #EXT-X-VERSION:3 #EXT-X-ALLOW-CACHE:NO #EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:14 #EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:97 #EXTINF:10, media\_97.ts?wowzasessionid=468249668 #EXTINF:10, media\_98.ts?wowzasessionid=468249668 #EXTINF:8, media\_99.ts?wowzasessionid=468249668 And the corresponding chunklist some time later… #EXTM3U #EXT-X-VERSION:3 #EXT-X-ALLOW-CACHE:NO #EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:15 #EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:686 #EXTINF:9, media\_686.ts?wowzasessionid=468249668 #EXTINF:10, media\_687.ts?wowzasessionid=468249668 #EXTINF:10, media\_688.ts?wowzasessionid=468249668 ---
**Author:** ![Nick\_Tandavanitj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nick\_Tandavanitj](https://community.wowza.com/u/Nick_Tandavanitj)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-hls-broadcast-stops-playback-after-40-seconds/41013/9 "2013-08-13T01:11:55Z")
Hi Tavius, Thanks for the offer of help - I can PM you a link to a test stream when you’re next online. Cheers