# Specify a play start time and duration for VODs playback

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/specify-a-play-start-time-and-duration-for-vods-playback/92507>\
**Category:** Wowza Video (Formerly Streaming Cloud)\
**Created:** [December 11, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/specify-a-play-start-time-and-duration-for-vods-playback/92507 "2020-12-11T12:26:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Simone\_Marrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Simone\_Marrone](https://community.wowza.com/u/Simone_Marrone)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/specify-a-play-start-time-and-duration-for-vods-playback/92507/1 "2020-12-11T12:26:32Z")

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Hi,

i wish to know if in Wowza Cloud there’s any kind of functionality to stream VODs  
specifying start and duration.  
I saw that this is possible with streaming engine [LINK](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-specify-a-play-start-time-and-duration-for-http-streaming)  
But i couldn’t find anything related to Wowza cloud. I tryed setting query parameters without success.  
Any suggestion?  
Thanks in advance

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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:** [December 14, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/specify-a-play-start-time-and-duration-for-vods-playback/92507/2 "2020-12-14T18:31:20Z")

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Greetings to you @Simone_Marrone -In regards to your question about the ability to add a play start time parameter to the URL. This is not currently a supported feature with the Wowza Cloud live to VOD workflow.

It is a feature that is on the list for 2021, but I have no timeline from the Cloud team just yet.