# Minor delay

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/minor-delay/53083>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [March 26, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/minor-delay/53083 "2019-03-26T14:23:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Daniel\_Cunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@Daniel\_Cunha](https://community.wowza.com/u/Daniel_Cunha)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/minor-delay/53083/1 "2019-03-26T14:23:33Z")

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Hello

How can I decrease delay to 2 seconds?

I’m testing wowza, the server is close to me, but I have a 40 second delay.

Is it player problem?

Please help me

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/system/32/447_2.png) [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/minor-delay/53083/2 "2019-03-26T15:56:24Z")

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We have an article on how to reduce Apple HLS latency.

[https://www.wowza.com/blog/hls-latency-sucks-but-heres-how-to-fix-it](https://www.wowza.com/blog/hls-latency-sucks-but-heres-how-to-fix-it)

If you are looking to sub three second latency please read the article below.

[https://www.wowza.com/blog/latency-sucks-less-advancements-in-low-latency-live-streaming](https://www.wowza.com/blog/latency-sucks-less-advancements-in-low-latency-live-streaming)

Note that WebRTC is for real time chat between browsers and is not designed for distributing a live feed from an encoder.

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**Author:** ![Daniel\_Cunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@Daniel\_Cunha](https://community.wowza.com/u/Daniel_Cunha)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/minor-delay/53083/3 "2019-03-26T20:28:39Z")

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Hello Kevin,

I have applied every tutorial, delay continues for more than 30 seconds, I am on the server side

[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)

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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:** [March 26, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/minor-delay/53083/4 "2019-03-26T21:44:40Z")

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Sorry for your trouble with latency @Daniel Cunha after following all the tutorials.

Making sure though…you did change the defaults if you are using HLS for playback? They are set at 10 seconds for each chunk by default and you need three chunks for playback- that would give you 30 seconds of latency right there.

Have a look here:

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-configure-apple-hls-packetization-cupertinostreaming](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-configure-apple-hls-packetization-cupertinostreaming)

Look at the chunktargetduration property. If your encoding is set to 2 second key frame you can set this to 2 000 and it should drop you latency to around 6-8 seconds.

Let me know please if this helps.

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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:** [March 26, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/minor-delay/53083/5 "2019-03-26T21:44:56Z")

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If you still have an issue, can you submit a support ticket and our engineers can run tests on all your files and view the logs to find the issue for you?

[https://www.wowza.com/support/open-ticket](https://www.wowza.com/support/open-ticket)