# VLCPlayer/Streaming Engine - Improving latency to near real-time

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/vlcplayer-streaming-engine-improving-latency-to-near-real-time/51182>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [April 21, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/vlcplayer-streaming-engine-improving-latency-to-near-real-time/51182 "2018-04-21T16:59:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![George\_Willaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@George\_Willaman](https://community.wowza.com/u/George_Willaman)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/vlcplayer-streaming-engine-improving-latency-to-near-real-time/51182/1 "2018-04-21T16:59:03Z")

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Hi,

I am using OBS to stream to a RTMP server (Streaming Engine), and from there I am using VLC (Swift) for playback of the livestream on my iOS app.

I am running iOS 10.3.1 on my phone but was noticing that the stream was a little delayed. I was wondering what steps I could take to get it to around (at max) 1 second latency and if it was possible via RTMP?

Thanks,

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Holt1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Michael\_Holt1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Michael_Holt1)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/vlcplayer-streaming-engine-improving-latency-to-near-real-time/51182/2 "2018-04-26T13:26:33Z")

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This is a start:

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-set-up-low-latency-applications-in-wowza-streaming-engine-for-rtmp-streaming](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-set-up-low-latency-applications-in-wowza-streaming-engine-for-rtmp-streaming)

Other than that, you can play with chunksize. Also, has a lot to do with streaming protocol as in HLS or the like. The future of live streaming seems to be WebRTC which can be realtime.