# Low-latency stream with wowza player not working

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/low-latency-stream-with-wowza-player-not-working/53309>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [May 8, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/low-latency-stream-with-wowza-player-not-working/53309 "2019-05-08T15:38:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![DFN\_VC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3d9bf3/32.png) [@DFN\_VC](https://community.wowza.com/u/DFN_VC)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/low-latency-stream-with-wowza-player-not-working/53309/1 "2019-05-08T15:38:25Z")

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I want to stream a live application via wowza-player to our users.

Stream comes in via RTMP source and a resolution at 720p.

Wowza-player connect to streaming server via Streamlock setup.

I followed you documentation to setup low-latency at:

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-improve-playback-of-lower-latency-apple-hls-streams](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-improve-playback-of-lower-latency-apple-hls-streams)

but get a delay of around 10 seconds.

How can I reduce this to 1-2 seconds?

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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:** [May 8, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/low-latency-stream-with-wowza-player-not-working/53309/2 "2019-05-08T18:24:29Z")

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With HLS, you can’t reduce latency to 1 to 2 seconds. The Wowza Player requires at least 6 seconds of chunks for playback. With HLS, you can get as low as 6 to 8 seconds.

Try the instructions in this video we just posted @DFN VC to get it down to 6 sec.

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kriAo9Ps\_Lw&feature=youtu.be](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kriAo9Ps_Lw&feature=youtu.be)

Otherwise, your next best option is our ultra low latency option for a single bitrate stream at about 2 seconds latency and it uses the WOWZ protocol with an HLS fallback option.

[https://www.wowza.com/low-latency](https://www.wowza.com/low-latency)

You also have WebRTC as an option for maybe close to 1 second latency, but a bit more complex workflow:

[https://www.wowza.com/low-latency/webrtc-streaming-software](https://www.wowza.com/low-latency/webrtc-streaming-software)

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**Author:** ![DFN\_VC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3d9bf3/32.png) [@DFN\_VC](https://community.wowza.com/u/DFN_VC)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/low-latency-stream-with-wowza-player-not-working/53309/3 "2019-05-08T20:59:50Z")

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Thanks for explaining. Are there other players, for example JWPlayer that reduces latency or is this a general problem to HLS (we want to keep setup as simple as possible)?

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**Author:** ![Emmanuel\_Freard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5ac83/32.png) [@Emmanuel\_Freard](https://community.wowza.com/u/Emmanuel_Freard)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/low-latency-stream-with-wowza-player-not-working/53309/4 "2019-08-28T14:25:09Z")

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Hello,

Is the WOWZ protocol is available with the Wowza Streaming Engine ?

I don’t see any documentation about that.

Is it available only with Wowza Streaming Cloud ?

Thanks,

Emmanuel