# nDVR PlaylistRequestDelegate has no effect

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/ndvr-playlistrequestdelegate-has-no-effect/96759>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [December 20, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ndvr-playlistrequestdelegate-has-no-effect/96759 "2023-12-20T15:19:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jan\_RItonnale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Jan\_RItonnale](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jan_RItonnale)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ndvr-playlistrequestdelegate-has-no-effect/96759/1 "2023-12-20T15:19:09Z")

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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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**Author:** ![Scott\_Kellicker2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/scott_kellicker2/32/1337_2.png) [@Scott\_Kellicker2](https://community.wowza.com/u/Scott_Kellicker2)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ndvr-playlistrequestdelegate-has-no-effect/96759/2 "2023-12-20T16:12:21Z")

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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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**Author:** ![Jan\_RItonnale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Jan\_RItonnale](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jan_RItonnale)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ndvr-playlistrequestdelegate-has-no-effect/96759/3 "2023-12-20T17:00:21Z")

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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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**Author:** ![Scott\_Kellicker2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/scott_kellicker2/32/1337_2.png) [@Scott\_Kellicker2](https://community.wowza.com/u/Scott_Kellicker2)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ndvr-playlistrequestdelegate-has-no-effect/96759/4 "2023-12-20T17:35:29Z")

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woo hoo! glad its working