Server side stream on request for "loop until live"

Wowza Streaming Engine
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I’ve looked into this “loop until live” feature but its terribly over complicated, static and unsuitable. My way of thinking is somehow create a server side stream on request when a live stream isn’t published. so a HLS request has a VOD stream to play without returning a 404 if requesting the live stream name. And then on publish switch to the live stream in the playlist. No smil, no stream on startup.

Is this possible ? So on a HLS request, setup the Stream if it doesn’t exist. stream = Stream.createInstance(appInstance, streamName); Then when publishing switch to the live stream, with a key name of a postfix “-offline”.

Is it possible to do this in a stream resolving section so it doesn’t also return a 404 for HLS ?

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I was able to come up with a way to startup a server stream on an initial HLS request. But switching streams HLS hangs. will make another follow up post.