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Stream Transcoding Testing

We will test the operation of transcoding with control by REST request in the Google Chrome browser and the operation of transcoding in CDN

Option 1: Test Transcoding in Google Chrome

Use these instructions for quick installation and configuration of the server. In addition to that, you can connect to our demo server demo.flashphoner.com to perform the tests.

For testing, we will need the Google Chrome browser and REST client to send requests to the server. In this example, we use a virtual camera that plays a video clip.

Test plan

  1. Connect to the web interface of the WCS server
  2. Publish a stream
  3. Make a REST request for changing stream transcoding parameters
  4. Start playing the transcoded stream in the player

 

Testing transcoding of streams in Google Chrome

1. Log in to the web interface of the server demo.flashphoner.com

Login to WCS

2. Select “Two-way Streaming” from the menu on the left side of the page

choose two-way streaming stream webcam WebRTC browser WCS

3. Click the “Connect” button

connect stream webcam WebRTC browser WCS

4. Verify that the status of the connection to the WCS is “Established”. Specify a stream name. We have “Stream1”. Click “Publish”

publish stream webcam WebRTC browser WCS

5. The video stream from the webcam is displayed in the “Local” player

WCS publishing stream broadcasting safari ios Websocket Canvas WSPlayer

6. Open the REST client. Send the request /transcoder/startup, specifying the parameters

{
"uri": "transcoder://tcode1",
"localStreamName": "testT",
"remoteStreamName": "stream1",
"encoder":{
"width":640,
"height":480,
"keyFrameInterval":30,
"fps":30}
}

and click “send”

RESTcall transcoding cdn webrtc browser WCS RESTAPI webSDK codec bitrate

7. In a new browser tab, open the player and provide our transcoded stream “testT” for playback

testing player transcoding cdn webrtc browser WCS RESTAPI RESTcall webSDK codec bitrate

8. Done! The transcoded stream is played in the player

play transcoding cdn webrtc browser WCS RESTAPI RESTcall webSDK codec bitrate

Option 2: Testing the operation of transcoding in CDN

For testing, we deployed three WCS Demo servers in the data center: Origin, Edge and Transcoder:

https://demo-origin.flashphoner.com:8444/
https://demo-edge1.flashphoner.com:8444/
https://demo-transcoder1.flashphoner.com:8444/

For instructions on deploying and configuring servers to work in CDN, see the Embedding CDN page.

Test plan

  1. Publish a video stream from a web camera to the demo-origin server
  2. Check with what parameters the video stream is published
  3. Play the transcoded stream from server demo-edge1
  4. Check with what parameters the transcoded stream is played

CDN Transcoding Testing

1. Log in to the web interface of the demo-origin server

Login CDN low latency WebRTC WCS Origin Edge

2. Select “Two-Way Streaming” from the menu on the left side of the page

2way streaming CDN low latency WebRTC WCS Origin Edge

3. Click “Connect”

Clicking Connect CDN low latency WebRTC WCS Origin Edge

4. Wait for confirmation of a successful connection to the server (usually 1-2 seconds). Then specify a convenient name for the stream (in our example “Stream1”) and click the “Publish” button

Established CDN low latency WebRTC WCS Origin Edge

Your local video stream is displayed on the web page.

Publish CDN low latency WebRTC WCS Origin Edge

For testing, we use a video with a countdown timer, which we publish using a virtual camera.

5. Open the chrome://webrtc-internals page for demo-origin. In the section “Stats graphs for RTCVideoSource_12 (media-source)” we see that the video stream is published with parameters

width 320
hight 250

parameters publishing CDN low latency WebRTC WCS Origin Edge

6. Log in to the web interface of the server demo-edge1. Select “Player” from the menu on the left side of the page

Player CDN low latency WebRTC WCS Origin Edge

7. Indicate in the field “Stream” the name of the stream that you specified on the server demo-origin – “Stream1”, add to it the name of the transcoding profile “-profile1” and click the “Start” button.

The transcoded stream is played on the server demo-edge1.

Playing CDN low latency WebRTC WCS Origin Edge

8. Open chrome://webrtc-internals for demo-edge1. In the “Stats graphs for RTCMediaStreamTrack_receiver_6 (track)” section, we see that the frame size has changed to

width 480
hight 360

parameters play CDN low latency WebRTC WCS Origin Edge

For more information on implementing transcoding in your web project, see the page Embedding

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Installation:

  1. wget https://flashphoner.com/download-wcs5.2-server.tar.gz
  2. Unpack and install using 'install.sh'
  3. Launch server using command 'service webcallserver start'
  4. Open the web interface https://host:8444 and activate your license

 

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