Intermittent Live Stream Stability Issues for Some Viewers on Livepeer
張浩楠
I am reaching out to seek your assistance regarding a challenge we've encountered with our live streaming experience. Despite subscribing to a paid package, we have observed that a segment of our audience, specifically those within mainland China, is experiencing difficulties in loading the live stream pages. It's important to note that these viewers are employing VPN services, and we've found that VPN nodes set to the United States somewhat alleviate the issue.
This situation has been brought to our attention during our trial broadcasts, and while we are committed to providing a seamless viewing experience, this hiccup has been a setback. We understand that streaming services can face complexities, especially involving viewers across diverse geolocations with varying levels of internet censorship and restrictions.
We are keen on working with the Livepeer team to delve into this matter and identify the root cause. Our goal is to enhance the live streaming experience for our audience, ensuring stability and accessibility regardless of their location and network constraints.
Could you please provide us with guidance or support to navigate and resolve this issue? Any advice, troubleshooting steps, or direct assistance would be immensely appreciated. We are looking forward to your response and hope to collaborate closely to find a resolution.
Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.
Hunter Hillman
Hi 張浩楠,
Thank you for this report. Can you share a little more information to help us better understand the use case and problems you're experiencing:
- What is your application? / What type of live streaming experience are you creating?
- Have you tried VPN to Singapore?
- Are the difficulties in loading only on stream startupor are there buffering problems?
- What player are you using?
張浩楠
Hunter Hillman: I'm glad to receive your reply. Here is the address of my project: https://www.raid.xyz/live/
We haven't tried setting up VPN nodes in Singapore yet, but we will give it a try later. We are using the official Livepeer player. Some of our viewers experience continuous loading issues, which manifest as a rotating green circle in the middle of the player.
Recently, we encountered another problem. Sometimes when accessing /api/stream/?streamsonly=1 or /api/session, we receive a 523 status code, preventing us from getting the data. Could this be because the Livepeer API limits the number of times an address can access the API within a short period?
Hunter Hillman
張浩楠: Are you able to join the Livepeer discord? that way, we can provide more rapid support for issues like this.
Regarding the 523s, we are seeing intermittent reports of 523s in Southeast Asia and are looking into the issue.
https://discord.gg/vJ2R4mzt
張浩楠
Hunter Hillman:
Thank you for the advice; I'll join Discord. I'm in mainland China, using a VPN node in the United States.