17 December 2020

New QC Check: Detect Freeze Frames

Added new QC test that detects video frames freezeing in output streams.

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Note
This test is ignored for audio-only streams in multi-bitrate formats.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<query>
    <userid><<id>></userid> <!-- required-->
    <userkey><<key>></userkey> <!-- required-->
    <action>AddMedia</action>
    <source>[SourceFile|SourcePlaylist]</source><!-- required -->
    <format>
        <output>[qc_check|advanced_hls|advanced_dash|advanced_fmp4|fmp4_hls|mp4]</output><!-- required -->
        <!-- Format params -->
        <qc> 
            <qc_detect_freeze>
                <min_duration>[Duration]</min_duration>
                <noise>[NoiseTolerance]</noise>
                <severity>[fatal|warning]</severity>
            </qc_detect_freeze>
        </qc>
    </format>
</query>

{
    "query": {
        "userid": "<<id>>", // required
        "userkey": "<<key>>", // required
        "action": "AddMedia", //required
        "source": "[SourceFile|SourcePlaylist]", // required
        "format": {
            "output": "[qc_check|advanced_hls|advanced_dash|advanced_fmp4|fmp4_hlsh|mp4]", // required
            "qc": {
                "qc_detect_freeze": {
                    "min_duration": "[Duration]",
                    "noise": "[NoiseTolerance]",
                    "severity": "[fatal|warning]"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<query>
    <userid><<id>></userid> <!-- required-->
    <userkey><<key>></userkey> <!-- required-->
    <action>AddMedia</action>
    <format>
        <output>[qc_check|advanced_hls|advanced_dash|advanced_fmp4|fmp4_hls]</output><!-- required -->
        <!-- Format params -->
        <stream>
            <qc>
                <qc_detect_freeze>
                    <min_duration>[Duration]</min_duration>
                    <noise>[NoiseTolerance]</noise>
                    <severity>[fatal|warning]</severity>
                </qc_detect_freeze>
            </qc>
        </stream>
    </format>
</query>

{
    "query": {
        "userid": "<<id>>", // required
        "userkey": "<<key>>", // required
        "action": "AddMedia", //required
        "source": "[SourceFile|SourcePlaylist]", // required
        "format": {
            "output": "[qc_check|advanced_hls|advanced_dash|advanced_fmp4|fmp4_hls]", // required
            "stream": [{
                "qc": {
                    "qc_detect_freeze": {
                        "min_duration": "[Duration]",
                        "noise": "[NoiseTolerance]",
                        "severity": "[fatal|warning]"
                    }
                }
            }]
        }
    }
}

Parameter	Description	Allowed Values	Default Value
min_duration	Minimum freeze duration that will be detected.	Positive float number	5
noise	Noise tolerance.	Positive float number between 0 and 1.	0
severity	Specify the QC severity	warning, fatal	warning

QC Auto Tests List

Test Name	Formats Available
Detect Frames Freeze	advanced_hls, advanced_dash, advanced_fmp4, fmp4_hls, mp4

QC Auto Conditions

Test Name	Conditions	Value	Deviation
Detect Frames Freeze	Contact us to include this test to QC Auto Excluded from audio-only streams.	min_duration: 5 noise: 0	none