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MComms Monitor: multiview, SNMP traps for video streaming
Most video encoding software and servers provide very limited (if any) ability to monitor the health of video streams. MComms Monitor provides an easy and reliable way to monitor multiple streams at the content level, with on-screen preview and SNMP traps.
When many operators have completed setting up large scale video encoding solutions, the next question they often ask is: "How do I do ensure that my service is running 24 hours a day, how do I mesure my SLA?" Until now there were only a limited number of options.
MComms Monitor software checks an unlimited number of live or on-demand video streams at the CONTENT level. It displays the video image and audio levels on screen for all streams, and generates SNMP alarms if a stream fails, providing complete service assurance.
MComms Monitor connects to your video streaming server or proxy in the same way as your customers do. It then receives the streams and checks that the audio and video can be decoded. MComms Monitor then checks for silent audio and frozen/bluescreen/blackscreen video (2 of the most common delivery problems) and raises an alarm for failed streams.
MComms Monitor connects to your video streaming server or proxy in the same way as your customers do. It then receives the streams and checks that the audio and video can be decoded. MComms Monitor then checks for silent audio and frozen/bluescreen/blackscreen video (2 of the most common delivery problems) and raises an alarm for failed streams.
Video streaming operators can use MComms Monitor to display all their video streams on the wall of a Network Management Centre, or just on the screen of a desktop PC for fast testing of multiple streams. With a "traffic light" display in the GUI for each stream, operations and Maintenance staff can see at a glance which streams have problems. The number of streams that can be simultaneously displayed is limited only by the available screen real estate.
Hutchison Australia '3'
Hutchison 3G Australia is using MComms Monitor to monitor live streams such as Big Brother, Sky News, E! Entertainment, MTV 2, BBC World, SBS, Cartoon Network, CNN, Sky News 24, Fox Sports News, Animax, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., ABC Kids and Rage. Hutchison uses MComms Monitor at its Sydney head office and network management centre to view and monitor the live streams in the network. MComms Monitor allows Hutchison to quickly detect faults with their video streaming network and content.