diff --git a/libavformat/rtmpproto.c b/libavformat/rtmpproto.c
index 52dc45f752..02fbcc420f 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtmpproto.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtmpproto.c
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ static int gen_play(URLContext *s, RTMPContext *rt)
     ff_amf_write_number(&p, ++rt->nb_invokes);
     ff_amf_write_null(&p);
     ff_amf_write_string(&p, rt->playpath);
-    ff_amf_write_number(&p, rt->live);
+    ff_amf_write_number(&p, rt->live * 1000);
 
     return rtmp_send_packet(rt, &pkt, 1);
 }