Qualify

Automated Quality Control

Validation of Premium Content in the Cloud

With Vantage Gateway’s robust and efficient QC-as-a-service, powered by the Telestream Media Framework, a single API call is all it takes to transcode, package and validate your content for all VOD and broadcast workflows.  

 

Highlights

  • Video asset validation for the widest range of devices, including mobile, desktop, IPTV and OTT

  • Lightning fast QC as part of your ingest and processing workflow

  • Easy integration with your CMS, MAM or DAM

  • Leverage the combined QC test set of Aurora and Vidchecker to ensure content meets technical requirements

  • Utilize TMOS, a non-referenced perceptual video quality measurement for natural video content which gives customers the ability to produce quality metrics. 

  • Support for the most common DRM platforms, including Google Widevine, Apple Fairplay and Microsoft PlayReady

Workflow Efficiency

Start using Qualify within minutes, no software installation or hardware provisioning required. The Vantage Gateway API works with your CMS, MAM or DAM platform of choice, enabling fast and affordable QC for all VOD and broadcast operations. We make it easy to validate all VOD at the time of transcoding and ingest.

Time Savings

Our service enables customers to keep up with the pace of high-volume media processing pipelines. In an Vantage Gateway workflow you can generate complete QC reports in the time it takes to transfer files to your destination. In other words, QC is lightning fast and performed in parallel with your transcoding request, with no increase in total job time.

Cost Savings

All QC checks requested are performed on the same Vantage Gateway compute node as your transcoding and packaging to save time, friction and money when compared to manual transfers of media to a separate QC system.

Available Tests

The following tests are available for videos conforming to the CMAF DASH/HLS and HLS TS standards.

General Validations

Duration, File Size, Bitrate, Bitrate Mode, Closed Captions, No Short Segments, CMAF Conformance, Baton Validation, Qualify Validation, Video Quality Metrics

Video Validations

Codec, Bitrate, Frame Rate, Duration, Codec Profile, Level, Frame Size, Aspect Ratio, Streams Count, Validate DTS, Validate PTS, PCR/PID Interval Maintained, Check B-Frames, IDR Interval Maintained and Segment Starts With IDR, Black Frames Detection, Detect Frames Freeze

Audio Validations

Codec, Bitrate, Duration, Bit Depth, Sample Rate, Channels, Channel Layout, Stream Count

Manifest Validations

Proper Bitrate, Proper Codec, Discontinuity Tags Proper Placement, Proper DRM URI, HLS Version Number, CUE-OUT Placement, CUE-Inserts Validation, Validate AES Proper Encryption, Target Segment Duration, Validate Declared Segment Duration, MPD Manifest, Media Stream Validator

Future-proof your QC workflow, as we continually add new validations each quarter!

 Formats and Supported Codecs

 Simple Integration

Our QC-as-a-service is easy to access via the Vantage Gateway API. We offer XML templates for all popular devices, optimally configured for each, to further simplify your operation.

XML
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<query>
    <userid>[UserID]</userid> <!-- required-->
    <userkey>[UserKey]</userkey> <!-- required-->
    <action>AddMedia</action>
    <qc_notify>[QCNotifyURL]</qc_notify>
    <source>[SourceFile|SourcePlaylist]</source><!-- REQUIRED -->
    <format>
        <output>[advanced_hls|advanced_dash|advanced_fmp4|fmp4_hls|mp4]</output><!-- REQUIRED -->
        <!-- Format fields -->
        <qc>auto</qc>
    </format>
</query>
JSON
{
    "query": {
        "userid": "[UserID]",
        "userkey": "[UserKey]",
        "action": "AddMedia",
        "qc_notify": "[QCNotifyURL]",
        "source": "[SourceFile|SourcePlaylist]",
        "format": {
            "output": "[advanced_hls|advanced_dash|advanced_fmp4|fmp4_hls|mp4]",
            "qc": "auto"
        }
    }
}

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