# RTSP output from VOD with playstart

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-output-from-vod-with-playstart/55593>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Tags:** vod\
**Created:** [July 20, 2020, 4:08am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-output-from-vod-with-playstart/55593 "2020-07-20T04:08:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ahmed\_Seddiq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Ahmed\_Seddiq](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ahmed_Seddiq)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 4:08am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-output-from-vod-with-playstart/55593/1 "2020-07-20T04:08:58Z")

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Hi,

I want to get RTSP output from VOD app and be able to start streaming from time offset, some thing like **wowzaplaystart** with HTTP protocols.

Kindly advice,

Thanks

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**Author:** ![video\_streaming](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/22d042/32.png) [@video\_streaming](https://community.wowza.com/u/video_streaming)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-output-from-vod-with-playstart/55593/2 "2020-07-20T20:49:46Z")

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Hello. @Ahmed Seddiq we can do this but it’s limited to the following

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

You can also try this with the RTSP output, but a bit more complicated:

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-insert-a-pre-roll-or-mid-roll-for-video-on-demand-playback-in-flash-rtmp-client](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-insert-a-pre-roll-or-mid-roll-for-video-on-demand-playback-in-flash-rtmp-client)

Lastly, look at this old post ( it’s very old ) but may help. They were trying to do the same thing.

[http://community.wowza.com/community/questions/2859/url-to-play-video-on-demand-with-duration.html](http://community.wowza.com/community/questions/2859/url-to-play-video-on-demand-with-duration.html)

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**Author:** ![Ahmed\_Seddiq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Ahmed\_Seddiq](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ahmed_Seddiq)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 3:15am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-output-from-vod-with-playstart/55593/3 "2020-07-22T03:15:34Z")

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Thanks for your reply @video streaming

I checked the above resources, it seems seeking is not supported for RTSP, So I will check If I can change the design to use one of the HTTP streaming protocols.