Uploaded video not streaming immediately

Type

Video

What is the issue you’re encountering

Uploaded video not streaming immediately but getting success response with m3u8 URLs

What steps have you taken to resolve the issue?

We are uploading videos and getting response for the uploaded video with .m3u8 URLs in response. But when we try to play it, it’s not playing and seems stuck. After few minutes it starts to play, it happens for all the video uploads every time.

What are the steps to reproduce the issue?

  1. Submit video to stream using api with R2 bucket URL of video.
  2. Get the URL received in response and try to play it in any HLS player.
  3. It won’t play for few minutes and it appears like stuck in first frame of video.