playlist.m3u8 missing values? (Playlist does not contain a TARGETDURATION tag)

Wowza Streaming Engine
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playlist file output (playlist.m3u8)

#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=413401,CODECS="avc1.66.21,mp4a.40.2",RESOLUTION=426x240
http://my.server.nl:1935/rtplive/_definst_/mp4:mystream.stream_240p/playlist.m3u8?wowzasessionid=406312478
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=263401,CODECS="avc1.66.12,mp4a.40.2",RESOLUTION=284x160
http://my.server.nl:1935/rtplive/_definst_/mp4:mystream.stream_160p/playlist.m3u8?wowzasessionid=406312478
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=63401,CODECS="avc1.66.12,mp4a.40.2",RESOLUTION=284x160
http://my.server.nl:1935/rtplive/_definst_/mp4:mystream.stream_160p/playlist.m3u8?wowzasessionid=406312478&wowzaaudioonly

Application.xml

<Root>
	<Application>
		<!-- Uncomment to set application level timeout values
		<ApplicationTimeout>60000</ApplicationTimeout>
		<PingTimeout>12000</PingTimeout>
		<ValidationFrequency>8000</ValidationFrequency>
		<MaximumPendingWriteBytes>0</MaximumPendingWriteBytes>
		<MaximumSetBufferTime>60000</MaximumSetBufferTime>
		<MaximumStorageDirDepth>25</MaximumStorageDirDepth>
		-->
		<Connections>
			<AutoAccept>true</AutoAccept>
			<AllowDomains></AllowDomains>
		</Connections>
		<!--
			StorageDir path variables
			
			${com.wowza.wms.AppHome} - Application home directory
			${com.wowza.wms.ConfigHome} - Configuration home directory
			${com.wowza.wms.context.VHost} - Virtual host name
			${com.wowza.wms.context.VHostConfigHome} - Virtual host config directory
			${com.wowza.wms.context.Application} - Application name
			${com.wowza.wms.context.ApplicationInstance} - Application instance name
			
		-->
		<Streams>
			<StreamType>rtp-live</StreamType>
			<StorageDir>${com.wowza.wms.context.VHostConfigHome}/content/rtplive</StorageDir>
			<KeyDir>${com.wowza.wms.context.VHostConfigHome}/keys</KeyDir>
			<!-- LiveStreamPacketizers (separate with commas): cupertinostreamingpacketizer, smoothstreamingpacketizer, sanjosestreamingpacketizer, cupertinostreamingrepeater, smoothstreamingrepeater, sanjosestreamingrepeater, dvrstreamingpacketizer, dvrstreamingrepeater -->
			<LiveStreamPacketizers>cupertinostreamingpacketizer,smoothstreamingpacketizer,sanjosestreamingpacketizer</LiveStreamPacketizers>
			<!-- Properties defined here will override any properties defined in conf/Streams.xml for any streams types loaded by this application -->
			<Properties>
			</Properties>
		</Streams>
		<Transcoder>
			<!-- To turn on transcoder set to: transcoder -->
			<LiveStreamTranscoder>transcoder</LiveStreamTranscoder>
			<!-- [templatename].xml or ${SourceStreamName}.xml -->
			<Templates>${SourceStreamName}.xml,transrate.xml</Templates>
			<ProfileDir>${com.wowza.wms.context.VHostConfigHome}/transcoder/profiles</ProfileDir>
			<TemplateDir>${com.wowza.wms.context.VHostConfigHome}/transcoder/templates</TemplateDir>
			<Properties>
			</Properties>
		</Transcoder>
		<DVR>
			<!-- As a single server or as an origin, use dvrstreamingpacketizer in LiveStreamPacketizers above -->
			<!-- Or, in an origin-edge configuration, edges use dvrstreamingrepeater in LiveStreamPacketizers above -->
			<!-- As an origin, also add dvrchunkstreaming to HTTPStreamers below -->
			<!-- To turn on DVR recording set Recorders to dvrrecorder.  This works with dvrstreamingpacketizer  -->
			<Recorders></Recorders>
			<!-- As a single server or as an origin, set the Store to dvrfilestorage-->
			<!-- edges should have this empty --> -->
			<Store></Store>
			<!--  Window Duration is length of live DVR window in seconds.  0 means the window is never trimmed. -->
			<WindowDuration>0</WindowDuration>
			<!-- Storage Directory is top level location where dvr is stored.  e.g. c:/temp/dvr -->
			<StorageDir>${com.wowza.wms.context.VHostConfigHome}/dvr</StorageDir>
			<!-- valid ArchiveStrategy values are append, version, delete -->
			<ArchiveStrategy>append</ArchiveStrategy>
			<!-- If this is a dvrstreamingrepeater, define ChunkOriginURL to point back to origin -->
			<!-- And define Application/Repeater/OriginURL to point back to the origin -->
			<Repeater>
				<ChunkOriginURL></ChunkOriginURL>
			</Repeater>
			<!-- Properties for DVR -->
			<Properties>
			</Properties>
		</DVR>
		<!-- HTTPStreamers (separate with commas): cupertinostreaming, smoothstreaming, sanjosestreaming, dvrchunkstreaming -->
		<HTTPStreamers>cupertinostreaming,smoothstreaming,sanjosestreaming</HTTPStreamers>
		<SharedObjects>
			<StorageDir></StorageDir>
		</SharedObjects>
		<Client>
			<IdleFrequency>-1</IdleFrequency>
			<Access>
				<StreamReadAccess>*</StreamReadAccess>
				<StreamWriteAccess>*</StreamWriteAccess>
				<StreamAudioSampleAccess></StreamAudioSampleAccess>
				<StreamVideoSampleAccess></StreamVideoSampleAccess>
				<SharedObjectReadAccess>*</SharedObjectReadAccess>
				<SharedObjectWriteAccess>*</SharedObjectWriteAccess>
			</Access>
		</Client>
		<RTP>
			<!-- RTP/Authentication/[type]Methods defined in Authentication.xml. Default setup includes; none, basic, digest -->
			<Authentication>
				<PublishMethod>digest</PublishMethod>
				<PlayMethod>none</PlayMethod>
			</Authentication>
			<!-- RTP/AVSyncMethod. Valid values are: senderreport, systemclock, rtptimecode -->
			<AVSyncMethod>senderreport</AVSyncMethod>
			<MaxRTCPWaitTime>12000</MaxRTCPWaitTime>
			<IdleFrequency>75</IdleFrequency>
			<RTSPSessionTimeout>90000</RTSPSessionTimeout>
			<RTSPMaximumPendingWriteBytes>0</RTSPMaximumPendingWriteBytes>
			<RTSPBindIpAddress></RTSPBindIpAddress>
			<RTSPConnectionIpAddress>0.0.0.0</RTSPConnectionIpAddress>
			<RTSPOriginIpAddress>127.0.0.1</RTSPOriginIpAddress>
			<IncomingDatagramPortRanges>*</IncomingDatagramPortRanges>
			<!-- Properties defined here will override any properties defined in conf/RTP.xml for any depacketizers loaded by this application -->
			<Properties>
			</Properties>
		</RTP>
		<MediaCaster>
			<!-- Properties defined here will override any properties defined in conf/MediaCasters.xml for any MediaCasters loaded by this applications -->
			<Properties>
			</Properties>
		</MediaCaster>
		<MediaReader>
			<!-- Properties defined here will override any properties defined in conf/MediaReaders.xml for any MediaReaders loaded by this applications -->
			<Properties>
			</Properties>
		</MediaReader>
		<MediaWriter>
			<!-- Properties defined here will override any properties defined in conf/MediaWriter.xml for any MediaWriter loaded by this applications -->
			<Properties>
			</Properties>
		</MediaWriter>
		<LiveStreamPacketizer>
			<Properties>
			
				<Property>
					<Name>cupertinoChunkDurationTarget</Name>
					<Value>5000</Value>
					<Type>Integer</Type>
				</Property>
				<Property>
					<Name>cupertinoMaxChunkCount</Name>
					<Value>2</Value>
					<Type>Integer</Type>
				</Property>
				<Property>
					<Name>cupertinoPlaylistChunkCount</Name>
					<Value>2</Value>
					<Type>Integer</Type>
				</Property>
				<Property>
					<Name>cupertinoRepeaterChunkCount</Name>
					<Value>3</Value>
					<Type>Integer</Type>
				</Property>
			
				<Property>
					<Name>chunkDurationTarget</Name> 
					<Value>8000</Value> 
					<Type>Integer</Type> 
				</Property>
				<Property>
					<Name>maxChunkCount</Name> 
					<Value>2</Value> 
					<Type>Integer</Type> 
				</Property>
				<Property>
					<Name>playlistChunkCount</Name> 
					<Value>2</Value> 
					<Type>Integer</Type> 
				</Property>
				<Property>
					<Name>repeaterChunkCount</Name> 
					<Value>2</Value> 
					<Type>Integer</Type> 
				</Property>
			</Properties>
		</LiveStreamPacketizer>
		<HTTPStreamer>
			<!-- Properties defined here will override any properties defined in conf/HTTPStreamers.xml for any HTTPStreamer loaded by this applications -->
			<Properties>
				<Property>
					<Name>cupertinoRelativePlaylistPlaylists</Name>
					<Value>false</Value>
					<Type>Boolean</Type>
				</Property>
				<Property>
					<Name>maxChunkCount</Name>
					<Value>10</Value>
					<Type>Integer</Type>
				</Property>
				<Property>
					<Name>playlistChunkCount</Name>
					<Value>1</Value>
					<Type>Integer</Type>
				</Property>
				<Property>
					<Name>chunkDurationTarget</Name>
					<Value>10000</Value>
					<Type>Integer</Type> 
				</Property>
			</Properties>
		</HTTPStreamer>
		<Repeater>
			<OriginURL></OriginURL>
			<QueryString><![CDATA[]]></QueryString>
		</Repeater> 
		<Modules>
			<Module>
				<Name>base</Name>
				<Description>Base</Description>
				<Class>com.wowza.wms.module.ModuleCore</Class>
			</Module>
			<Module>
				<Name>properties</Name>
				<Description>Properties</Description>
				<Class>com.wowza.wms.module.ModuleProperties</Class>
			</Module>
			<Module>
				<Name>logging</Name>
				<Description>Client Logging</Description>
				<Class>com.wowza.wms.module.ModuleClientLogging</Class>
			</Module>
			<Module>
				<Name>flvplayback</Name>
				<Description>FLVPlayback</Description>
				<Class>com.wowza.wms.module.ModuleFLVPlayback</Class>
			</Module> 
		</Modules>
		<!-- Properties defined here will be added to the IApplication.getProperties() and IApplicationInstance.getProperties() collections -->
		<Properties>
		</Properties>
	</Application>
</Root>

transrate.xml

<!-- Example template for transrate, producing four new streams at different bitrates. Resultant streams can be played back individually or as a group. source, 360p and 160p encode blocks are enabled through the Enable property, other examples are not enabled. Add additional encode blocks to your template as needed. -->
<Root>
	<Transcode>
		<Encodes>
			<!-- Example Encode block for source, not required unless Member of StreamNameGroup. --> 
			<Encode>
				<Enable>true</Enable>
				<Name>source</Name>
				<StreamName>mp4:${SourceStreamName}_source</StreamName>
				<Video>
					<!-- H.264, PassThru -->
					<Codec>PassThru</Codec>
					<Bitrate>${SourceVideoBitrate}</Bitrate>
					<Parameters>
					</Parameters>
				</Video>
				<Audio>
					<!-- AAC, PassThru -->
					<Codec>PassThru</Codec>
					<Bitrate>${SourceAudioBitrate}</Bitrate>
				</Audio>
				<Properties>
				</Properties>
			</Encode>
			<!-- Setup for 720p, high bandwith, main profile for desktop or set-top box -->
			<Encode>
				<Enable>true</Enable>
				<Name>720p</Name>
				<StreamName>mp4:${SourceStreamName}_720p</StreamName>
				<Video>
					<!-- H.264, PassThru -->
					<Codec>H.264</Codec>
					<!-- default, CUDA, QuickSync -->
					<Transcoder>default</Transcoder>
					<FrameSize>
						<!-- letterbox, fit-width, fit-height, crop, stretch, match-source -->
						<FitMode>fit-height</FitMode>
						<Width>1280</Width>
						<Height>720</Height>
						<!-- <Crop>0,0,0,0</Crop> -->
						<!-- <SourceRectangle>0,0,320,240</SourceRectangle> -->
					</FrameSize>
					<Profile>baseline</Profile>
					<Bitrate>1300000</Bitrate>
					<KeyFrameInterval>
						<FollowSource>true</FollowSource>
						<Interval>60</Interval>
					</KeyFrameInterval>
					<Overlays>
						<Overlay>
							<Enable>false</Enable>
							<Index>0</Index>
							<ImagePath>${com.wowza.wms.context.VHostConfigHome}/content/wowzalogo.png</ImagePath>
							<Opacity>100</Opacity>
							<Location>
								<X>5</X>
								<Y>5</Y>
								<Width>${ImageWidth}</Width>
								<Height>${ImageHeight}</Height>
								<!-- horiz: left, right, hcenter - vert: top, bottom, vcenter -->
								<Align>left,top</Align>
							</Location>
						</Overlay>
					</Overlays>
					<Parameters>
					</Parameters>
				</Video>
				<Audio>
					<!-- AAC, PassThru -->
					<Codec>PassThru</Codec>
					<Bitrate>${SourceAudioBitrate}</Bitrate>
				</Audio>
				<Properties>
				</Properties>
			</Encode>
			<!-- Setup for 360p, high bandwith, main profile for desktop -->
			<Encode>
				<Enable>true</Enable>
				<Name>360p</Name>
				<StreamName>mp4:${SourceStreamName}_360p</StreamName>
				<Video>
					<!-- H.264, PassThru -->
					<Codec>H.264</Codec>
					<!-- default, CUDA, QuickSync -->
					<Transcoder>default</Transcoder>
					<FrameSize>
						<!-- letterbox, fit-width, fit-height, crop, stretch, match-source -->
						<FitMode>fit-height</FitMode>
						<Width>640</Width>
						<Height>360</Height>
						<!-- <Crop>0,0,0,0</Crop> -->
						<!-- <SourceRectangle>0,0,320,240</SourceRectangle> -->
					</FrameSize>
					<Profile>baseline</Profile>
					<Bitrate>850000</Bitrate>
					<KeyFrameInterval>
						<FollowSource>true</FollowSource>
						<Interval>60</Interval>
					</KeyFrameInterval>
					<Overlays>
						<Overlay>
							<Enable>false</Enable>
							<Index>0</Index>
							<ImagePath>${com.wowza.wms.context.VHostConfigHome}/content/wowzalogo.png</ImagePath>
							<Opacity>100</Opacity>
							<Location>
								<X>5</X>
								<Y>5</Y>
								<Width>${ImageWidth}</Width>
								<Height>${ImageHeight}</Height>
								<!-- horiz: left, right, hcenter - vert: top, bottom, vcenter -->
								<Align>left,top</Align>
							</Location>
						</Overlay>
					</Overlays>
					<Parameters>
					</Parameters>
				</Video>
				<Audio>
					<!-- AAC, PassThru -->
					<Codec>PassThru</Codec>
					<Bitrate>${SourceAudioBitrate}</Bitrate>
				</Audio>
				<Properties>
				</Properties>
			</Encode>
			<!-- Setup for 240p, medium bandwidth, baseline profile -->
			<Encode>
				<Enable>true</Enable>
				<Name>240p</Name>
				<StreamName>mp4:${SourceStreamName}_240p</StreamName>
				<Video>
					<!-- H.264, PassThru -->
					<Codec>H.264</Codec>
					<!-- default, CUDA, QuickSync -->
					<Transcoder>default</Transcoder>
					<FrameSize>
						<!-- letterbox, fit-width, fit-height, crop, stretch, match-source  -->
						<FitMode>fit-height</FitMode>
						<Width>360</Width>
						<Height>240</Height>
						<!-- <Crop>0,0,0,0</Crop> -->
						<!-- <SourceRectangle>0,0,320,240</SourceRectangle> -->
					</FrameSize>
					<Profile>baseline</Profile>
					<Bitrate>350000</Bitrate>
					<KeyFrameInterval>
						<FollowSource>true</FollowSource>
						<Interval>60</Interval>
					</KeyFrameInterval>
					<Overlays>
						<Overlay>
							<Enable>false</Enable>
							<Index>0</Index>
							<ImagePath>${com.wowza.wms.context.VHostConfigHome}/content/wowzalogo.png</ImagePath>
							<Opacity>100</Opacity>
							<Location>
								<X>5</X>
								<Y>5</Y>
								<Width>${ImageWidth}</Width>
								<Height>${ImageHeight}</Height>
								<!-- horiz: left, right, hcenter - vert: top, bottom, vcenter -->
								<Align>left,top</Align>
							</Location>
						</Overlay>
					</Overlays>
					<Parameters>
					</Parameters>
				</Video>
				<Audio>
					<!-- AAC, PassThru -->
					<Codec>PassThru</Codec>
					<Bitrate>${SourceAudioBitrate}</Bitrate>
				</Audio>
				<Properties>
				</Properties>
			</Encode>
			<!-- Setup for 160p, low bandwith, baseline profile for 3G mobile devices such as iOS, Android, Blackberry -->
			<Encode>
				<Enable>true</Enable>
				<Name>160p</Name>
				<StreamName>mp4:${SourceStreamName}_160p</StreamName>
				<Video>
					<!-- H.264, PassThru -->
					<Codec>H.264</Codec>
					<!-- default, CUDA, QuickSync -->
					<Transcoder>default</Transcoder>
					<FrameSize>
						<!-- letterbox, fit-width, fit-height, crop, stretch, match-source  -->
						<FitMode>fit-height</FitMode>
						<Width>284</Width>
						<Height>160</Height>
						<!-- <Crop>0,0,0,0</Crop> -->
						<!-- <SourceRectangle>0,0,320,240</SourceRectangle> -->
					</FrameSize>
					<Profile>baseline</Profile>
					<Bitrate>200000</Bitrate>
					<KeyFrameInterval>
						<FollowSource>true</FollowSource>
						<Interval>60</Interval>
					</KeyFrameInterval>
					<Overlays>
						<Overlay>
							<Enable>false</Enable>
							<Index>0</Index>
							<ImagePath>${com.wowza.wms.context.VHostConfigHome}/content/wowzalogo.png</ImagePath>
							<Opacity>100</Opacity>
							<Location>
								<X>5</X>
								<Y>5</Y>
								<Width>${ImageWidth}</Width>
								<Height>${ImageHeight}</Height>
								<!-- horiz: left, right, hcenter - vert: top, bottom, vcenter -->
								<Align>left,top</Align>
							</Location>
						</Overlay>
					</Overlays>
					<Parameters>
					</Parameters>
				</Video>
				<Audio>
					<!-- AAC, PassThru -->
					<Codec>PassThru</Codec>
					<Bitrate>${SourceAudioBitrate}</Bitrate>
				</Audio>
				<Properties>
				</Properties>
			</Encode>
		</Encodes>
		<Decode>
			<Video>
				<Deinterlace>false</Deinterlace>
				<Overlays>
					<Overlay>
						<Enable>false</Enable>
						<Index>0</Index>
						<ImagePath>${com.wowza.wms.context.VHostConfigHome}/content/wowzalogo.png</ImagePath>
						<Opacity>100</Opacity>
						<Location>
							<X>5</X>
							<Y>5</Y>
							<Width>${ImageWidth}</Width>
							<Height>${ImageHeight}</Height>
							<!-- horiz: left, right, hcenter - vert: top, bottom, vcenter -->
							<Align>left,top</Align>
						</Location>
					</Overlay>
				</Overlays>
				<Parameters>
				</Parameters>
			</Video>
			<Properties>
			</Properties>
		</Decode>
		<StreamNameGroups>
			<!-- Note: Play stream using stream name ngrp:[stream-name] -->
			<StreamNameGroup>
				<Name>${SourceStreamName}_all</Name>
				<Members>
					<Member>
						<EncodeName>source</EncodeName>
					</Member>
					<Member>
						<EncodeName>720p</EncodeName>
					</Member>
					<Member>
						<EncodeName>360p</EncodeName>
					</Member>
					<Member>
						<EncodeName>240p</EncodeName>
					</Member>
					<Member>
						<EncodeName>160p</EncodeName>
					</Member>
					<Member>
						<EncodeName>160p</EncodeName>
						<MediaListRendition>
						<WowzaAudioOnly>true</WowzaAudioOnly>
						</MediaListRendition>
					</Member>
				</Members>
			</StreamNameGroup>
			<StreamNameGroup>
				<Name>${SourceStreamName}_tablet</Name>
				<Members>
					<Member>
						<EncodeName>720p</EncodeName>
					</Member>
					<Member>
						<EncodeName>360p</EncodeName>
					</Member>
					<Member>
						<EncodeName>240p</EncodeName>
					</Member>
					<Member>
						<EncodeName>160p</EncodeName>
					</Member>
					<Member>
						<EncodeName>160p</EncodeName>
						<MediaListRendition>
						<WowzaAudioOnly>true</WowzaAudioOnly>
						</MediaListRendition>
					</Member>
				</Members>
			</StreamNameGroup>
			<StreamNameGroup>
				<Name>${SourceStreamName}_mobile</Name>
				<Members>
					<Member>
						<EncodeName>240p</EncodeName>
					</Member>
					<Member>
						<EncodeName>160p</EncodeName>
					</Member>
					<Member>
						<EncodeName>160p</EncodeName>
						<MediaListRendition>
						<WowzaAudioOnly>true</WowzaAudioOnly>
						</MediaListRendition>
					</Member>
				</Members>
			</StreamNameGroup>
		</StreamNameGroups>
		<Properties>
		</Properties>
	</Transcode>
</Root>

error of the apple verification tool

ERROR: Playlist must have at least 3 media URIs if it does not have an ENDLIST tag.
WARNING: Playlist has no media URIs.
ERROR: Playlist does not contain a TARGETDURATION tag. A single TARGETDURATION tag is required.

in wowza 2 i did have the TARGETDURATION TAG and everything was looking good in te test results.

the stream that is being loaded is a camera stream from a Axis security camera.

current wowza version: 3.0.3, windows server 2008 enterprise R2.

encoding system works properly

where am i going wrong?

2

The “mp4:” in the URL looks suspect to me since you say this is a live camera. Looks like it its trying to do mbr vod not live.

I would back up and do a single stream first before moving to multi bitrate. Make sure that works.

I would look in my log for any suspicious warnings or errors.

If you can’t get it from there, I would Zip up your conf/ folder and log/ folder and send it to support@wowza.com. Also specify what URL you are initially using to request the playlist on ios.

Scott

p.s. FYI, the playlist retrieval for iOS is a two phase process. The returned value you show above is what gets returned for the first returned playlist. It will not have target duration in it. The second request is made with one of the 3 URLS shown in that first returned value.

This returns a playlist that contains the target duration, chunks to play, etc.

3

Are you referring to one of the Encode blocks in your transrate.xml file above? Which one?

Richard

4

Add this property to the /conf/[app-name]/Application.xml LiveStreamPacketizer/Properties container:

<Property>
	<Name>cupertinoCreateAudioOnlyRendition</Name>
	<Value>true</Value>
	<Type>Boolean</Type>
</Property>

Richard

5

i have now noticed (after some debugging) that the encoding of the audio-only stream gives me the TARGETDURATION tag error. can anyone shine a light on this?

6 
					<Member>
						<EncodeName>160p</EncodeName>
						<MediaListRendition>
						<WowzaAudioOnly>true</WowzaAudioOnly>
						</MediaListRendition>
					</Member>

when i remove that one the error disappears.