This guide explains how to activate and use the Timeshift function (also called DVR) on your live video broadcasts. This feature allows your viewers to rewind if they did not have the opportunity to watch your live broadcast from the beginning.

Enable the Timeshift (DVR) function

To access the video streaming service:

1. Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
2. Click directly on the name assigned to the relevant product.
3. Click on Configure under Timeshift from the dashboard:
   
4. Enable Timeshift.
5. Set the duration for which your viewers can rewind (max. 240 min.).
6. Click the Activate button:
   

Customize the Timeshift function

It is possible to activate this option via the scheduling tool for a specific time slot and thus limit this possibility to certain programs. The parameters set in the scheduling tool will override the default state set from the dashboard.

To better understand this, imagine a TV broadcasting a football match from 10 am to 12 pm.

1. The TV wants to activate Timeshift only during the match

With this configuration, viewers who join the live stream at 11:59 AM will be able to rewind to the start of the match at 10:00 AM, but they will not be able to rewind to shows that aired before 10:00 AM. For reference, the maximum duration of Timeshift is 240 min. (4 hours).

2. The TV wants to activate a 20 minute Timeshift during the match

With this configuration, viewers who join the live stream at 11:30 will be able to rewatch the previous 20 minutes, but they will not be able to rewatch the start of the match; only the last 20 sliding minutes will be accessible throughout the duration of the match.

3. The TV wants to disable Timeshift during the match

With this configuration, viewers will not be able to rewatch parts of the match. They will only be able to watch the programs that precede the match if the Timeshift function has been activated by default from the stream dashboard.

In summary, there are therefore 2 use cases

1. Enable Timeshift permanently, except for specific events.
2. Disable Timeshift permanently, except for specific events.

The default status is managed from the stream dashboard and exceptions from the scheduling tool.

Learn more about how it works

If you have set a one-hour Timeshift and just activated it, the return time will gradually increase to the chosen duration from the moment of activation.

If specific time slots are defined for geographical restrictions, these will always be respected. In the case where a TV with a 4h Timeshift reserves its sports program for Swiss visitors from 10am to 12pm, an Italian viewer who connects to the stream at 1pm could only re-watch the shows from 9am to 10am.