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color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Frank<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Kevin Shymkiw
[mailto:kshymkiw@gmail.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 01, 2009 7:24 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> frnkblk@iname.com<br>
<b>Cc:</b> 'Alex Moen'; iptv-users@puck.nether.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [iptv-users] STB/video stream monitoring<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Kevin<br>
<br>
Frank Bulk wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
<pre>When you have this finger-pointing, what does the problem actually end up<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>being? The vast majority of our video quality issues relate to the copper<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>plant. Only a minority have been related our transport gear's ability to<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>drop the content off the DSL port.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Frank<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>-----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>From: Alex Moen [<a
href="mailto:alexm@ndtel.com">mailto:alexm@ndtel.com</a>] <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 11:35 AM<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>To: <a
href="mailto:frnkblk@iname.com">frnkblk@iname.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Cc: <a
href="mailto:iptv-users@puck.nether.net">iptv-users@puck.nether.net</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Subject: Re: [iptv-users] STB/video stream monitoring<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Take a look at Ineoquest's iVMS (for transport quality monitoring) and <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>iCMS (for video/audio content quality and end-user experience <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>monitoring). We use both of these products, and they can be both a <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>lifesaver and a "finger-pointing" resolver.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><a
href="http://www.ineoquest.com">http://www.ineoquest.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Alex<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>On Jun 30, 2009, at 11:02 AM, Frank Bulk wrote:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>Is anyone doing any video stream error monitoring/checking from the<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>point-of-view of the STB? I know that there is at least one vendor <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>out<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>there, Psytechnics, that has a module it can integrate into the <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>middleware<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>of the STB, but I haven't see IPTV middleware vendors picking that <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>up. I<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>know that the Amino 110 writes out some rudimentary stats to the <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>drive.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>We track most of our video problems based on the 15-minute PM bins <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>that our<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>transport gear's ADSL ports record, but nothing L4 and up.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Ideally every STB would have something Psytechnic-like built in.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Frank<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>iptv-users mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a
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