Any way to change timeout?

Playground Custom Channels
#1

Hello,

It seems like there is a 10s timeout to open a source from an M3U playlist. Is there any way to allow us to select our own timeout value for each source or would this be complicated to add? I think 10s is a good default but it would be nice to be able to increase or decrease this if desired based on the content and source.

Thanks.

#2

I thought Channels' timeout was 2 minutes. Are you sure the timeout is coming from Channels, and not the app receiving Channels' feeds?

(Remember, TVE streams can take a while to establish, especially if they have to reauthorize.)

#3

Maybe I'm wrong about this, but I'm seeing the timeout in the Channels logs. I'm testing a background server process (that tests and selects streams) but sometimes requires >10 sec timeout.

#4

There’s no way to change the timeout. You’re gonna want to ensure your service can respond in less than 10s by making sure it’s already prepared it’s data to send back.

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#5

Depending on how your service is implemented, one option is to return the http response headers within the 10s timeout and then you can wait longer to start sending data.

#6

Thanks, I will see if this is possible (I'm not doing the coding).

For now, we have a workaround where, the feeds are reordered after a "play" attempt for a period of time. For example, if you click on a channel (in Channels), the server will go through Camera 1, 2, 3, 4 in order. If 1 and 2 are down (no motion) and 3 is active, you will get a timeout error in Channels. However, if you click on the same channel again, #3 will now come up first (and is well below the 10s timeout).

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