Problems using wowzaplaystart/wowzaplayduration

Wowza Streaming Engine
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Hello,

I am using the latest wowza-Server and ran into some strange behavior today.

When adding a playstart to the URL for http-streaming (iOS) the playback only starts if I additionally add a duration-value of exactly 40000ms (like in the example).

I am streaming a h264 video which has keyframes at the playstart’s timecode.

If I omit the value for the duration, the playback won’t even start (HTML5 video tag). So I assume the value is mandatory.

Is there a way to just let the video play from the “playstart” to it’s end.

Any help is highly appreciated, especially if the problem could be caused by poor video encoding.

Thanks

Daniel

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Hi

I have looked at the following link which sounds like the same that you have looked at here,

https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-specify-a-play-start-time-and-duration-for-http-streaming

and I would like to know if you have tried the 2nd number value of 0, E.G.

http://[wowza-ip-address]:1935/vod/mp4:sample.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wowzaplaystart=30000&wowzaplayduration=0

If so have you tried this?,

http://[wowza-ip-address]:1935/vod/mp4:sample.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wowzaplaystart=30000&wowzaplayduration=999999999999999

I know its not great but if it works then it works…

Jason