DVR Function
 

Greetings,

We're currently a legacy Livestream.com customer investigating the "new" Livestream and have a question about the DVR function. Does the DVR locally cache the video?

I ask because if we wanted to delay the playback of a live stream for 30 minutes, but would want to buffer the entire video locally.

Thank you,
-jeremy h.

Hi Jeremy,

Unfortunately there is no way to adjust the playback delay of live content. All broadcasts have a delay of 15-20 seconds, which is not variable.

Thanks Ernie.

Just to confirm - I now understand there is no delay, but it sounds like the buffer is not local. So, for example, if a viewer opens their browser to watch the video and presses "pause" the video data does not continue to download to the client?

Put yet-another-way, if someone pauses the video and thirty minutes later their internet connection dies permanently, will they be able to watch the thirty minutes of video before it drops?

Thank you,

Jeremy,

The buffer is not local. If you pause and walk away for 30 minutes then come back and resume, you'll be right at the point where you paused with 30 minutes of content between your position and live. If you pause and lose connection 30 minutes later and try to resume with no connection, the video will not play at all. Hope this clears things up.

That does clear it up - thank you Ernie.