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Smoothstreaming packetizer property - why have to add

I read that for Live Streaming Smoothstreaming content we have to add this

smoothPacketSortTime

500

Integer

smoothAlignAudioWithVideo

true

Boolean

Indeed this solved issues I was having. I just don’t understand why it is not included by default. Why must I add it to the xml every time I create a new live application based on Smooth?

These properties are intended to help remedy source stream quality issues and inconsistencies, and when enabled add a latency increase (500 = 1/2 second increase). Most of the time they are not needed.

Salvadore

Maybe this guidance should be better explained and positioned. I will open a discussion internally.

Thanks,

Richard

Thank you for your reply but I don’t understand it.

Why does the page suggest it is very important but you say it is not? https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-turn-on-alignment-for-live-microsoft-smooth-streaming-smoothstreaming

As mentioned, it made a big difference to me and now I have to add each time I create new live Smooth application

What kind of poor quality source streams do you mean, do you mean latency or quality of audio or what exactly? If I am not doing source encode right I would like to know.

Thanks