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If a recording is streamable, the available stream URLs can be obtained by calling the streams API with the ID of the Recording. A recording can be streamed once the backend has finished processing it, which may be up to an hour 20 minutes after the program has aired. If the channel supports live buffer streaming, the recording can be streamed even as soon as it has begun airing. The only way to know if a recording is streamable is to call the streams API. We advise that clients do not call the streams API from a "list" view. Instead, clients should only call the streams API when the user selects a specific recording. This is in order to not overload the streams API.
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