I have a long event (3+ hours) that the client wants to stream using DVR, and they want people to be able to watch from the beginning even 2-3 hours after start time. I’ve set nDVR to present all available content. This works fine. I’ve tested stopping my encoder, and the DVR stream continues to play as long as I don’t reload the window. As soon as I do, it asks for the playlist file again, and Wowza doesn’t have it, so the stream can’t play (even though the .ts segments are on the server).
Is there a way to trick Wowza into thinking the live event is still active and the playlist file should be preserved? I don’t need to add new segments to the playlist, just keep the full thing around after the encoder stops sending new content. If setting a fixed window will preserve the playlist file for a fixed amount of time, I can do that, but in my testing, it doesn’t make a difference.