[iptv-users] STB/video stream monitoring

[Frank Bulk]

Since we use a state-wide shared head end , if there's an issue with an
encoder other service providers in the state see it, too.  Additionally the
organization that manages the headend has Ineoquest, too.  Today we pick up
the MPEG-2 video over OC-3s, so we have all the ATM PM counters, too, in
regards to transport.

 

Frank

 

From: Kevin Shymkiw [mailto:kshymkiw at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 7:24 AM
To: frnkblk at iname.com
Cc: 'Alex Moen'; iptv-users at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [iptv-users] STB/video stream monitoring

 

In all honesty, we have had alot of Finger Pointing that ended up being bad
feeds from the source, especially since we pick up alot of our feeds from
other Video/Cable Providers.  But without a doubt, if you have a video probe
at your edge before you go to the Copper Plant, it makes it very easy to
point the finger at them and have the proof to support it.

We do also seem to have alot of issues, when we are doing >6-8G of Multicast
over some of the Cisco Cards we have deployed, so at times, that does come
back to bite us.

Kevin

Frank Bulk wrote: 

When you have this finger-pointing, what does the problem actually end up
being?  The vast majority of our video quality issues relate to the copper
plant.  Only a minority have been related our transport gear's ability to
drop the content off the DSL port.
 
Frank
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Moen [mailto:alexm at ndtel.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 11:35 AM
To: frnkblk at iname.com
Cc: iptv-users at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [iptv-users] STB/video stream monitoring
 
Take a look at Ineoquest's iVMS (for transport quality monitoring) and  
iCMS (for video/audio content quality and end-user experience  
monitoring).  We use both of these products, and they can be both a  
lifesaver and a "finger-pointing" resolver.
 
http://www.ineoquest.com
 
Alex
 
 
On Jun 30, 2009, at 11:02 AM, Frank Bulk wrote:
 
  

Is anyone doing any video stream error monitoring/checking from the
point-of-view of the STB?  I know that there is at least one vendor  
out
there, Psytechnics, that has a module it can integrate into the  
middleware
of the STB, but I haven't see IPTV middleware vendors picking that  
up.  I
know that the Amino 110 writes out some rudimentary stats to the  
drive.
 
We track most of our video problems based on the 15-minute PM bins  
that our
transport gear's ADSL ports record, but nothing L4 and up.
 
Ideally every STB would have something Psytechnic-like built in.
 
Frank
 
 
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