nDVR PlaylistRequestDelegate has no effect

Wowza Streaming Engine
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Hi everybody,
i would like to introduce a timeshif tot one of my streams. To check how and if that is possible, i have played around with the nDVR option and its PlaylistRequestDelegate option.
However no matter what i try, my stream always starts live.
In the logs i get this warning:
DvrStartDurationPlaylistRequestDelegate : requestedStart:60000 < availableStart:776027. Using availableStart.

I understand that above PlaylistRequest is not equivalent to the timeshift funkcitonality, however at this point i am only trying to not get the current live-feed from the camera…
Stream is rtsp from a webcam and player is video.js
If you have any hints how to make the stream start at requested point in time, it would be great.

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It looks like the DVR store starts at t=776 seconds and you are requesting a playlist starting at 60 seconds.
So it is assuming you want the playlist to start at 776 until the end

Also, where playback starts is often a function of the player. If there is a live part in the playlist, players using play at lie point. there is likely some player API to set the start point or to seek back to the beginning

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Thank you for your reply.
You are right about the videoplayer. I tested a few others and finally was able to access the recorded stream.
Thank you!

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woo hoo! glad its working