IQSegVue Getting Started
Basic Steps
Step 1: Startup and Add Bookmarks
- After downloading the app, start it up and click the bookmarks icon (see screenshot).
- Enter an asset name (this will be used by cMAC to track the asset).
- Enter an asset URL. Be sure to enter the full URL. To get you started there is a list of sample URLs below.
Step 2: Watch a Video
Once all the assets have been added, select one and it will automatically start streaming.
Step 3: Diagnose
Watch the VeriStream statistics to diagnose issues. See details below about the VeriStream metrics.
Step 4: Debug
Click the Analytics button for detailed statistics. For a limited time, we have provided access to a cMAC server. See below for details on accessing it.
Sample URLs
Enter these sample URLs to get started viewing statistics.
- http://devimages.apple.com/iphone/samples/bipbop/bipbopall.m3u8
- http://iphoned5.akamai.com.edgesuite.net/mhbarron/nasatv/nasatv_all.m3u8
- http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/NTV-Public-IPS.m3u8
- http://184.72.239.149/vod/smil:BigBuckBunny.smil/playlist.m3u8
- http://qthttp.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1010qwoeiuryfg/sl.m3u8
- Trending QoE and QoS in a single comprehensive graph to see pattern, duration and magnitude of video quality (see screenshot)
- Track VeriStream (bad QoS, warning QoS, good QoS) along with outage, re-buffering, gear shifts and playout bitrate in one trend chart (see diagram on right)
- Session log shows when and what events occurred (see screenshot)
- Track and display CDN used and changes in CDNs during playout
- IP addresses of caching servers
- Send all events and measurements to cMAC for central view for real time and historic reporting
- Collect correlated measurements across multiple CDNs to analyze aggregated sessions
- Interfaces to iVMS-ASM and cPAR-ASM for end-to-end operations view (roadmap)
- Export all data to standard interfaces for third party analysis
- Standard reports and real-time windows are accessible through cloud based web portal
- Re-buffering events
- Service outages events
- Gear shifts (ABR changes) events
- Encoded video bitrate change events
- Frame drop events and player freeze events
- VeriStream measurement on every video file with timestamp.
- Measure and records network bitrate of video delivery events with timestamp.
- Send trace-route information after each and every server IP Address change.
- Click the IQSegVue icon in the top right banner.
- Click on Settings in the menu and enter the following information in the cMAC Server settings.
- Address: cmac.ineoquest.com
- User Name:
iqsegvuelite@ineoquest.com - Password: sunshine
- Click the Globe icon and choose the cMAC Map or cMAC Session tabs while a video is playing.
- Please note: All your data is open to other IQSegVue users. For a private account, contact IneoQuest.
Description of the VeriStream Metrics
Video Quality and Event Trending:
Video Quality and Event Log:
Interface to Consolidated Mobile Analytics Collector (cMAC)
Video QoE - Calculates and records (with timestamps):
Video QoS:
Accessing a cMAC server
For a limited time, we have set up a cMAC server in order to allow demonstrations of the cMAC integration. To access the server do the following (see screenshot):
