This tutorial assumes you have read Getting Started

Live Playback Capability

You must define the device's live playback capability. This describes the capabilities of the device's seekable range.

window.bigscreenPlayer.liveSupport: 'playable' // default

LiveSupport can be one of:

• none
• playable
• restartable
• seekable

Requirements for DASH

The MPD must define an availability start time.

DASH Timing Element

A <UTCTiming> element must be in the DASH manifest in order to play live content (simul/webcast). The <UTCTiming> element's value attribute must be an URL to a timing server that returns a valid ISO date.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<MPD>
  <UTCTiming value="https://time.some-cdn.com/?iso" />
  <Period>
    ...
  </Period>
</MPD>