# Question about server-side playlist playback **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Developer Dojo\ **Tags:** wowza-streaming-server-java-api\ **Created:** [March 27, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/question-about-server-side-playlist-playback/42555 "2014-03-27T16:05:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zo\_emp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4491bb/32.png) [@zo\_emp](https://community.wowza.com/u/zo_emp)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/question-about-server-side-playlist-playback/42555/1 "2014-03-27T16:05:38Z")
Hi guys, I would use the server-side playlist to broadcast a fake live stream. But I noticed a behavior that I did not understand. I’ll explain. Lets take a look at my playlist : ```auto ``` My question is : Normally, or that what I thought, when I play “stream\_01” at 4:04:00 p.m. I must get the 40th second of “video\_03” : ```auto 4:00:00 p.m. + (video_01: 0:01:40) + (video_02: 0:01:40) + (video_03: 0:00:40) ``` but it plays “video\_01”. So, could you please tell me if this is a bug on wowza or this is the normal behavior ? and what should I do so that I get “video\_03” at 4:04:00 p.m. Thanks, ---
**Author:** ![sal\_jefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 11:26am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/question-about-server-side-playlist-playback/42555/2 "2014-03-27T11:26:41Z")
Hi there, you could try setting the length of each video to -1 for the length parameter. That is if you are trying to play the entire video. Any positive value will play the source for that number of seconds. Salvadore ---
**Author:** ![sal\_jefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 11:42am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/question-about-server-side-playlist-playback/42555/3 "2014-03-27T11:42:42Z")
Okay, so you want video\_3 to start at the 40 second mark of the video at exactly 4:04.00? It looks like the first two videos are only 3 minutes and 20 seconds long combined with 100 as the length parameter, so that should put video\_3 starting from the beginning at 4:03.20 pm. If you had move data in video\_1 and \_ 2 you could increase the length to fill out the time to 4:04.00 pm. Or create a second playlist that starts at 4:04.00 that plays video\_3, and have a 40 seconds of “dead air”. If you want video\_3 to start playing at the 40 second mark, you will need to change the start time from 0 to 40. If I am not understanding your question correctly, I apologize. Salvadore ---
**Author:** ![sal\_jefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 7:40am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/question-about-server-side-playlist-playback/42555/4 "2014-03-28T07:40:15Z")
What guide are you following for this? Also, what version of Wowza are you running? Here is a guide that will achieve “fake live” with static content: [How to do basic server-side publishing with Stream class streams](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-do-basic-server-side-publishing-with-stream-class-streams) Salvadore ---
**Author:** ![sal\_jefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 12:07pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/question-about-server-side-playlist-playback/42555/5 "2014-03-28T12:07:33Z")
Are all the clients local? Or could there be any network factors to consider? You can start Wowza in stand-alone mode, [instal-dir]/bin/startup.bat(startup.sh on Mac) and see the switching in the console. Did you configure just the ServerListener, or just the Module, or perhaps both? Salvadore ---
**Author:** ![sal\_jefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 7:38am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/question-about-server-side-playlist-playback/42555/6 "2014-03-31T07:38:32Z")
I am glad you got this working, thanks for the update. Salvadore ---
**Author:** ![zo\_emp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4491bb/32.png) [@zo\_emp](https://community.wowza.com/u/zo_emp)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/question-about-server-side-playlist-playback/42555/7 "2014-03-28T12:38:26Z")
Hi Salvadore and thank you for your interest in my problem. I explain again my problem with two examples : - I shedule my playlist to start at **10:00:00** - My playlist contains 5 videos : ```auto - video_01 : video duration : 05:22, start playing from : 0, playing duration : 120 seconds ( 2mn) - video_02 : video duration : 03:55, start playing from : 0, playing duration : 120 seconds ( 2mn) - video_03 : video duration : 11:40, start playing from : 0, playing duration : 120 seconds ( 2mn) - video_04 : video duration : 07:07, start playing from : 0, playing duration : 120 seconds ( 2mn) - video_05 : video duration : 06:13, start playing from : 0, playing duration : 120 seconds ( 2mn) ``` I used 120 s instead of 100s to simplify calculation to better understand the situation 😉 **1 - working example ( I got what I want ) :** - It’s **09:58:00** , I open my player and connect to **rtmp://localhost/playlist** to play my stream ( **stream name : stream\_01** ) of course I got **NetConnection.Connect.Success** , and the player is waiting to playlist that will start in 2 mn ( 10:00:00 - 09:58:00 = 00:02:00 ). At **10:00:00** , the player starts ( automatically ) playing my first video ( **video\_01** ) from 0. At **10:05:00** , I open another player ( like the first one ), which starts playing **video\_03** from the **second 60** ( 00:01:00 of 00:11:40 ) ```auto => 10:00:00 + ( video_01 : 00:02:00 of 00:05:22 ) + ( video_02 : 00:02:00 of 00:03:55 ) + ( video_03 : 00:01:00 of 00:11:40 ) => 10:00:00 + 00:02:00 + 00:02:00 + 00:01:00 = 10:05:00 ``` I got what I want, all people watching the stream will have the same moment of the (fake) live whatever their connection times. **2 - not working example :** - At **10:05:00** , I open, **for the first time** , my player and connect to **rtmp://localhost/playlist** to play my stream **stream\_01** , but instead it starts the **second 60** of the **video\_03** , it starts playing the first video ( **video\_01** ) from 0 !! My conclusion : **Either there is a bug in wowza (I think this is the most propable) or wowza server-side playlist can not be a fake live**! I hope it’s clearer now, thank you for your help. ---
**Author:** ![zo\_emp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4491bb/32.png) [@zo\_emp](https://community.wowza.com/u/zo_emp)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/question-about-server-side-playlist-playback/42555/8 "2014-03-28T14:49:18Z")
Wowza version : 3.5.0 I used this guide : [https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-schedule-streaming-with-wowza-streaming-engine-streampublisher](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-schedule-streaming-with-wowza-streaming-engine-streampublisher). ---
**Author:** ![zo\_emp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4491bb/32.png) [@zo\_emp](https://community.wowza.com/u/zo_emp)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/question-about-server-side-playlist-playback/42555/9 "2014-03-31T12:46:49Z")
Hi all, Thank you Salvadore for all your answers. I think I found a solution : when I send “loadSchedule” command to wowza server to update the playlist, I’ll initiate the stream on server by playing it after receiving the validation from server that playlist was succesfully updated.