diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/MediaInfoService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/MediaInfoService.cs
index 761538c83c..7fe7d5a21d 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/MediaInfoService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/MediaInfoService.cs
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
         {
             var authInfo = AuthorizationContext.GetAuthorizationInfo(Request);
 
-            var result = await _mediaSourceManager.OpenLiveStream(request, false, CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            var result = await _mediaSourceManager.OpenLiveStream(request, true, CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             var profile = request.DeviceProfile;
             if (profile == null)
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Library/MediaSourceManager.cs b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Library/MediaSourceManager.cs
index c7650102f7..ae32bdaf7a 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Library/MediaSourceManager.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Library/MediaSourceManager.cs
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.Library
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    _logger.Error("Failed to update MediaSource timestamp for {0}", id);
+                    _logger.Error("Failed to ping live stream {0}", id);
                 }
             }
             finally
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.Library
         }
 
         private Timer _closeTimer;
-        private readonly TimeSpan _openStreamMaxAge = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(60);
+        private readonly TimeSpan _openStreamMaxAge = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(180);
 
         private void StartCloseTimer()
         {