Test Name	Conditions	Value	Deviation
Duration	* Exluded if <cut_black /> is set.	Source duration.	100ms
Bitrate Mode	always	cbr - if <hard_cbr /> set. vbr - all other cases.	none
Validate Closed Captions	Included only if<closed_captions /> set. Will work only with cea-608 and cea-708 captions * Excluded from audio-only streams.	Value from<mux_type /> in<closed_captions /> block if it set to cea-608 orcea-708 Captions type in the source If <copy /> or <direct_copy /> in<closed_captions /> block set to yes	none
Video Codec	* Excluded from audio-only streams.	<video_codec /> value or source video codec.	none
Video Bitrate	* Excluded from audio-only streams.	Source bitrate for repackaging Source bitrate if <video_codec /> set to copy * <bitrate />** value or source video bitrate.	15%
Frame Rate	* Excluded from audio-only streams.	Source framerate for repackaging Source framerate if <video_codec /> is set to copy * calculated from <framerate /> and <framerate_upper_threshold />.	none
Video Duration	Exluded if<cut_black /> is set. Excluded from audio-only streams.	Source video duration.	100ms
Video Codec Profile	* Excluded from audio-only streams.	<profile /> value.	none
Video Level	* Excluded from audio-only streams.	Source level for repackaging <level /> value in <video_codec_parameters />.	none
Frame Size	Excluded from audio-only streams. Excluded if <auto_crop /> set	Calculated from source size and >size />, <set_aspect_ratio />, and <keep_aspect_ratio /> parameters values.	none
Aspect Ratio	* Excluded from audio-only streams.	Calculated from source size and <size />, <set_aspect_ratio />, and <keep_aspect_ratio /> parameters values.	none
Video Streams Count	* Excluded from audio-only streams.	1	none
Validate DTS	* Excluded from audio-only streams.	-	none
Validate PTS	* Excluded from audio-only streams.	-	none
PCR Interval	always for supported formats	40	none
PID Interval	always for supported formats	700	none
Validate B-Frames	always	For <profile /> set to: * main, high - yes * baseline, iphone_stream - no	none
Validate B-Frames DTS Increase	always	-	none
Validate IDR Interval	Excluded from audio-only streams. Included if <framerate /> and <keyframe /> set and <force_keyframes /> set to 0 and <sc_threshold /> in <video_codec_parameters /> set to 0	-	none
Segment Starts with IDR	always for supported formats	-	none
No Short Segments	* Included only if <merge_small_segments /> set.	1	none
Audio Codec	* Excluded from video-only streams.	<audio_codec /> value or source video codec.	none
Audio Bitrate	* Excluded from video-only streams.	Calculated from <audio_bitrate /<. If <audio_codec />* is set to* copy* source audio bitrate will be used.	15%
Audio Duration	* Excluded from video-only streams.	Source audio duration.	100ms
Audio Sample Rate	* Excluded from video-only streams.	<audio_sample_rate /> value. If <audio_codec /> is set to copy source audio sample rate will be used.	none
Audio Channels	* Excluded from video-only streams.	<audio_channels_number /> value. If <audio_codec /> is set to copy source audio channels number will be used.	none
Audio Stream Validation	* Excluded from video-only streams.	Calculated from request parameters. If <audio_codec /> is set to copy source audio streams number will be used.	none
Master Manifest Bitrate	always for supported formats	-	20%
Master Manifest Codec	always for supported formats	-	none
Validate Discontinuity Tags	Included only if<multijob_workflow /> set to yes* and start and end query parameters set in source URL.	-	10%
Validate DRM URI	* Included only if any <drm /> parameter set.	DRM type from request. advanced_dash: widevine – <atlas_widevine_drm /> or <widevine_drm /> set toyes playready – <atlas_playready_drm /> or <playready_drm /> set to yes advanced_hls and fmp4_hls: access – *<access_drm /> set toyes in stream manifest* clearkey – <clearkey_drm /> set to yes in stream manifest * fairplay –<fairplay_drm /> set to yes in stream manifest playready – *<playready_drm /> set toyes in stream manifest* widevine – * <widevine_drm /> set toyes* in stream manifest	none
Validate HLS Version	always for supported formats	Calculated from request parameters.	none
Validate CUE-OUT:0 Placement	Included only if<multijob_workflow /> set to yes andstart and end* query parameters set in source URL and <ad_break /> set toauto.	-	10%
Validate Sample AES Encryption	Included only if<encryption /> set to yes and<encryption_method /> set tosample-aes*.	-	none
Validate Segment Duration	always for supported formats	<segment_duration /> value	none
Validate Declared Segment Duration	always for supported formats	-	none
CMAF Conformance	* Included only if <cmaf_conformant /> set.	-	none
CUE-inserts validation	Included only if custom <ad_break /> or <cue_insert /> set in request	<cue_insert /> block parameters from request	-
MPD manifest is valid	always foradvanced_dash output format included for advanced_fmp4 output format if <dash_manifests /> set to yes	-	none
Blank Frame Detection	Contact us to include this test to QC Auto Excluded from audio-only streams.	min_duration: 5 pixel_black: 0 picture_black_ratio: 1	none
Detect Frames Freeze	Contact us to include this test to QC Auto Excluded from audio-only streams.	min_duration: 5 noise: 0	none