Wowza Video schedule start delay

Wowza Video (Formerly Streaming Cloud)
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Greetings

I’ve tested the schedules in Wowza Video and noticed the startup delay can be higher than 2 minutes. Is this because of the scheduler or is it the transcoder warm up? would it be better if I’m using REST API to manually start it?

Thanks in advance

Regards

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Deployment can take longer when data centers are busy. Typically it’s less than 20 seconds. As a best practice, consider starting the transcoder several minutes before the critical event start time. Using the REST API will not speed this up. Try using a Stream Source with your transcoder, which is known to dramatically improve startup times.

Control a transcoder with a Wowza stream source in Wowza Video - https://www.wowza.com/docs/control-a-transcoder-with-a-wowza-stream-source-in-wowza-video

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Thanks for your answer. In this case I’m using mp4 static files as video source.
The problem is, I’m asked to deliver simultaneously 9 streams. I can schedule them, but they need to start at the hour.

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Take a look at this:

Advanced > Transcoders > [Transcoder] > Properties

When the transcoder is set to stream a file (this is important; the properties aren’t visible when set for live encoder sources), you will see these properties:

  • Play source file on a loop
  • Start source file at specified time

Setting a specific start time is separate from the scheduled transcoder start time. Simply start the transcoder 5-10 minutes before the official start time. The transcoder will make a precision start of the file. Should solve your issue.

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Thanks a lot. I didn’t use that feature since the client was ok with the start delay, but I keep that in mind!

Regards

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