The Blue Billywig live platform supports DVR (Digital Video Recorder), which allows viewers to rewind through live content as it’s streaming. This feature is useful for viewers who missed a specific part of the live stream or would like to rewatch certain parts.
DVR is disabled by default and must be enabled per live clip. Learn how to enable DVR in your livestream.
The DVR option is not available when using Icecast as the ingest type. DVR is only supported on RTMP and WebDAV streams.
1.0 | Viewer experience
When the live stream starts, the player automatically begins playback of the incoming stream. The player indicates the live status in the control bar:
During the live stream, viewers are able to rewind up to a maximum of 3 hours. When watching an earlier section, the “live” icon will deactivate, indicating that the viewer is no longer watching the actual live stream. In addition, the progress bar will display a negative timestamp:
Clicking the “live” icon in the control bar will return the viewer to the live stream.
DVR is currently not supported in players initiated by our Native SDK.