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ojo1
Reel Rookie
5 years ago
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Start live channel with timeshift at live position

Hello, I've not found any documentation nor trick to proper start streaming a Dash video with timeshift at its live position. Currently I observe stream duration then seek to that duration for thi...
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    RokuJonathanD
    5 years ago

    Hi ojo1,

    To start at the live edge, you can use the Video node's PlayStart field. In this case, you can do something like this: 

    PlayStart(some large number) (for example, PlayStart(9999)

    The media player will figure out that the live edge is wanted and will automatically set itself to 30 seconds behind it (this is the default setting for smooth buffering and no re-buffering events).

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nthingvall
Channel Surfer
12 months ago

RokuJonathanD You said 30 seconds is the default setting for live distance. Is there a way to change this setting? I'm looking through the docs but can't find anything for adjusting that. Even getting within 20 seconds of live edge would make a big difference for me. I'd like to get even closer, but I have a 30 second DVR window and Roku is barely staying within the window the manifest provides. PlayStart and seek have not worked at all because of this distance from live. Thanks!

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nthingvall
Channel Surfer
2 months ago

RokuJonathanD Any thoughts on this? I'm coming back to this after a long hiatus and the latency is still an issue. I notice LL-HLS streams now can go below 10s latency. Any way to shorten the latency for standard HLS live streams?