Switching from live streaming to pre-recorded instantly

Hi,
You can switch between live and vod very well. But the concern is say you have

been broadcasting your live stream for 60 seconds, now you switch to a vod which

is your commercial and that plays for 5 seconds. When you again switch back to

live, you might have missed that 5 seconds of live video while you were playing

the commercial. To avoid this, create a DVR stream for the live stream which you

were publishing and subscribe to this DVR stream. You can do this by...

1. Start playing your DVR stream (which is the recording of the live) somewhere close to live. How to achieve this
- If you are using flvplay back component, then you can set the IsSNapToLive property true.
- If you are using video component, the get the duration of the stream > start playing the stream from the beginning, > and immediately seek to the close to the length of the stream. Ideally to get the stream faster you can seek to (stream.length minus your buffer length)
2. play the stream for 't' seconds. Remember when you are stopping the stream
3. Switch to you commercial
4. Again play the DVR stream starting from the point where you have left it in step 2.
5. ....

When you switch between streams always make sure you set the right OldStream name property to avoid any confusions.

Regards,
Janaki L