diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/MediaInfoService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/MediaInfoService.cs
index 24c9d637ad..08c5d56db2 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/MediaInfoService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/MediaInfoService.cs
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
                 if (streamInfo != null && streamInfo.PlayMethod == PlayMethod.Transcode)
                 {
                     streamInfo.StartPositionTicks = startTimeTicks;
-                    mediaSource.TranscodingUrl = streamInfo.ToUrl("-", auth.Token).TrimStart('-').TrimStart('-');
+                    mediaSource.TranscodingUrl = streamInfo.ToUrl("-", auth.Token).TrimStart('-');
                     mediaSource.TranscodingContainer = streamInfo.Container;
                     mediaSource.TranscodingSubProtocol = streamInfo.SubProtocol;
                 }
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
 
                         if (profile.DeliveryMethod == SubtitleDeliveryMethod.External)
                         {
-                            stream.DeliveryUrl = profile.Url.TrimStart('-').TrimStart('-');
+                            stream.DeliveryUrl = profile.Url.TrimStart('-');
                             stream.IsExternalUrl = profile.IsExternalUrl;
                         }
                     }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Dlna/StreamInfo.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Dlna/StreamInfo.cs
index a57bc0c0ef..a908c78506 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/Dlna/StreamInfo.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/Dlna/StreamInfo.cs
@@ -198,7 +198,16 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Dlna
             list.Add(new NameValuePair("MaxFramerate", item.MaxFramerate.HasValue ? StringHelper.ToStringCultureInvariant(item.MaxFramerate.Value) : string.Empty));
             list.Add(new NameValuePair("MaxWidth", item.MaxWidth.HasValue ? StringHelper.ToStringCultureInvariant(item.MaxWidth.Value) : string.Empty));
             list.Add(new NameValuePair("MaxHeight", item.MaxHeight.HasValue ? StringHelper.ToStringCultureInvariant(item.MaxHeight.Value) : string.Empty));
-            list.Add(new NameValuePair("StartTimeTicks", StringHelper.ToStringCultureInvariant(item.StartPositionTicks)));
+
+            if (StringHelper.EqualsIgnoreCase(item.SubProtocol, "hls"))
+            {
+                list.Add(new NameValuePair("StartTimeTicks", string.Empty));
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                list.Add(new NameValuePair("StartTimeTicks", StringHelper.ToStringCultureInvariant(item.StartPositionTicks)));
+            }
+
             list.Add(new NameValuePair("Level", item.VideoLevel.HasValue ? StringHelper.ToStringCultureInvariant(item.VideoLevel.Value) : string.Empty));
 
             list.Add(new NameValuePair("ClientTime", item.IsDirectStream ? string.Empty : DateTime.UtcNow.Ticks.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)));
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Users/UserPolicy.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Users/UserPolicy.cs
index 738f5bffa9..640f03e2a0 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/Users/UserPolicy.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/Users/UserPolicy.cs
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Users
         
         public UserPolicy()
         {
+            EnableSync = true;
             EnableLiveTvManagement = true;
             EnableMediaPlayback = true;
             EnableLiveTvAccess = true;