JMeter Video Stream Tutorial with UBIKLoadPack

Starting Point

We used the provided tutorial and demo as our starting point.

http://www.ubik-ingenierie.com/blog/easy-and-realistic-load-testing-of-http-live-streaming-hls-with-apache-jmeter/

We are playing back this video stream (http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/products/javafx/JavaRap/prog_index.m3u8) for our Java friends.

Highlights of UBIKLoadPack HTTP Live Stream

Simplified Testing	provide link to stream quick see the playlist control bandwidth Play all or selection
More than standard metrics	Buffer fill time Lag Time Play time Lag Ratio Download Time
Use standard assertions	can be applied to custom metrics ensure full video downloads
Child results	Child results created in JMeter UI for easy to see videos progress

Scaling the test on RedLine13

We will pick up from their demo taking this tutorial and testing on multiple servers in the cloud.

Example JMX file is available here and bandwidth.csv

This test will simulate 4 requests per server on 9 servers (one in each region), where we change the bandwidth of the request for each of the requests.

Setup input file to be in root director
Start Test with this plan Upload Plan 9 Servers (one in each region) attach bandwidth.csv Use version 2.13 Save results data
9 Test Servers One in each region	…
Enable Plugin Select Plugin Attach license
Start Test Note 8 servers because one region already had a server
Graph Results Result is the reported time which is the ‘play time’ Extra fields in extract have download time
JTL Files and Information Examine the custom results Can see custom data points such as download time