diff --git a/lib/dash.js b/lib/dash.js
index 65b6e63..fb37833 100644
--- a/lib/dash.js
+++ b/lib/dash.js
@@ -173,10 +173,14 @@ const parseSegmentsFromTemplate = (
   const startNumber = Number(segmentTemplate.get('startNumber') || 1);
   const segmentTimeline = segmentTemplate.get('SegmentTimeline');
   resolveSegmentTemplateUrls(segmentTemplate, baseUrl, manifestUrl);
-  if (!duration) throw new Error('Duration of the Period was unable to be determined.');
   const segmentDuration = parseFloat(segmentTemplate.get('duration'));
   const segmentTimescale = parseFloat(segmentTemplate.get('timescale') || 1);
-  const segmentsCount = Math.ceil(duration / (segmentDuration / segmentTimescale));
+  // TODO: Support live manifests with type=dynamic
+  const DEFAULT_SEGMENTS_COUNT = 35;
+  // if (!duration) throw new Error('Duration of the Period was unable to be determined.');
+  const segmentsCount = duration
+    ? Math.ceil(duration / (segmentDuration / segmentTimescale))
+    : DEFAULT_SEGMENTS_COUNT;
   const bandwidth = representation.get('bandwidth');
   const id = representation.get('id');
   const segments = [];