# Manifest File Syntax

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/manifest-file-syntax/37030>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [January 13, 2012, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/manifest-file-syntax/37030 "2012-01-13T12:28:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lukasz\_Skalka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/aca169/32.png) [@Lukasz\_Skalka](https://community.wowza.com/u/Lukasz_Skalka)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/manifest-file-syntax/37030/1 "2012-01-13T12:28:14Z")

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Hello,

Where can I find a reference explaining what the format of the DVR manifest files is?

I am looking at the manifest file indexing all the recorded chunks and I’m seeing something like this:

what’s the “type” parameters. What time do the “start” and “stop” values reference?

Thanks,

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**Author:** ![Scott\_Kellicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Scott\_Kellicker](https://community.wowza.com/u/Scott_Kellicker)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/manifest-file-syntax/37030/2 "2012-01-13T14:34:40Z")

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This is an internal file format and there is no documentation for it.

what are you trying to accomplish?

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**Author:** ![Scott\_Kellicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Scott\_Kellicker](https://community.wowza.com/u/Scott_Kellicker)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 11:07am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/manifest-file-syntax/37030/3 "2012-01-15T11:07:37Z")

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There’s a manifest for each recording that you can query via API. Here’s an example of an HTTPProvider that queries the duration of the recording which would be a good jumping off point:

[Wowza nDVR Duration Query API](https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-ndvr-duration-query-api)

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**Author:** ![Lukasz\_Skalka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/aca169/32.png) [@Lukasz\_Skalka](https://community.wowza.com/u/Lukasz_Skalka)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/manifest-file-syntax/37030/4 "2012-01-13T15:44:18Z")

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> This is an internal file format and there is no documentation for it.
> 
> what are you trying to accomplish?

Well, the files are easy enough to parse, so I was hoping to be able to use them as a reference for what times the DVR has been recording.