HLS live audio stalls out in Safari

I'm delivering HLS audio (aac audio packetized as .ts) using Wowza Streaming Engine. The audio plays fine in all browsers including Chrome, IE 11, Edge and Firefox. However, in Safari on OSX and iOS after approximately 30-45 minutes audio will occasionally start cutting in and out and eventually stalls completely.


  • I've confirmed that .ts segments are still reaching the browser when this happens.
  • I've replicated this across multiple iOS / OSX devices.
  • I've replicated this in Safari using mutliple HTML5 player frameworks including standard HTML5 embed code.

This almost seems like a memory leak or media handling issue within Safari. Is anyone aware of a problem like this?

I'm experiencing this identical issue (takes 20-30 minutes for me), though my audio is mp3. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

HLS live audio stalls out in Safari
 
 
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