# VOD timestamp Parameter

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/vod-timestamp-parameter/46746>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [August 22, 2016, 5:49am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/vod-timestamp-parameter/46746 "2016-08-22T05:49:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Guido\_Hartig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ee7513/32.png) [@Guido\_Hartig](https://community.wowza.com/u/Guido_Hartig)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 5:49am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/vod-timestamp-parameter/46746/1 "2016-08-22T05:49:08Z")

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Hi,

i want to record a live stream, its a big project with many events.

and later i want to watch events by date and time like [http://example.com/vod/20160811#](http://example.com/vod/20160811#)

i want to jump in the vod file to the timestamp. like #duration=timestamp - unixtime(recordstart)

is it possible ? how can i access the metadata from video, the time should be save there.

need i write a module ? or its already implemented in wowza, can anybody help me with module i am a novice in java programming

big thx

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**Author:** ![Paul\_Shields](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/paul_shields/32/390_2.png) [@Paul\_Shields](https://community.wowza.com/u/Paul_Shields)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 11:18am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/vod-timestamp-parameter/46746/2 "2016-09-27T11:18:43Z")

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Hi,

You can specify start time and duration for VOD HTTP streaming. See [this article](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-specify-a-play-start-time-and-duration-for-http-streaming) for details.

Regards,

Paul