{"id":1312,"date":"2015-11-15T21:23:48","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T02:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/?p=1312"},"modified":"2015-11-15T21:23:48","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T02:23:48","slug":"jmeter-video-stream-tutorial-with-ubikloadpack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/jmeter-video-stream-tutorial-with-ubikloadpack\/","title":{"rendered":"JMeter Video Stream Tutorial with UBIKLoadPack\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Starting Point<\/h3>\n

We used the provided tutorial and demo as our starting point.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.ubik-ingenierie.com\/blog\/easy-and-realistic-load-testing-of-http-live-streaming-hls-with-apache-jmeter\/<\/a><\/p>\n

We are playing back this video stream (http:\/\/download.oracle.com\/otndocs\/products\/javafx\/JavaRap\/prog_index.m3u8) \u00a0for our Java friends.<\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/a><\/p>\n

Highlights of UBIKLoadPack\u00a0HTTP Live Stream<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Simplified Testing<\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • provide link to stream<\/li>\n
  • quick see the playlist<\/li>\n
  • control bandwidth<\/li>\n
  • Play all or selection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
\"Screen<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
More than standard metrics<\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • Buffer fill time<\/li>\n
  • Lag Time<\/li>\n
  • Play time<\/li>\n
  • Lag Ratio<\/li>\n
  • Download Time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
\"Screen<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Use standard assertions<\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • can be applied to custom metrics<\/li>\n
  • ensure full video downloads<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

     <\/td>\n

\"Screen<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Child results<\/td>\nChild results created in JMeter UI for easy to see videos progress<\/td>\n\"Screen<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Scaling the test on RedLine13<\/h3>\n

We will pick up from their demo taking this\u00a0tutorial and testing on\u00a0multiple servers in the cloud.<\/p>\n

Example JMX file is available here<\/a>\u00a0and bandwidth.csv<\/a><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Setup input file to be in root director<\/td>\n\"Screen<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Start Test with this plan<\/p>\n
    \n
  • Upload Plan<\/li>\n
  • 9 Servers (one in each region)<\/li>\n
  • attach bandwidth.csv<\/li>\n
  • Use version 2.13<\/li>\n
  • Save results data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
\"Screen<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9 Test Servers<\/p>\n
    \n
  • One in each region<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

     <\/td>\n

\n

\"Screen<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/a><\/p>\n

…<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Enable Plugin<\/p>\n
    \n
  • Select Plugin<\/li>\n
  • Attach license<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
\u00a0\"Screen<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Start Test<\/p>\n
    \n
  • Note 8 servers because one region already had a server<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
\"Screen<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Graph Results<\/p>\n
    \n
  • Result is the reported time which is the ‘play time’<\/li>\n
  • Extra fields in extract have download time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
\u00a0\"Screen<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
JTL Files and Information<\/p>\n
    \n
  • Examine the custom results<\/li>\n
  • Can see custom data points such as download time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
\u00a0\"Screen<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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) \u00a0for our Java friends. Highlights of UBIKLoadPack\u00a0HTTP 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  Read More →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,34],"tags":[75,249,252,299,382,526],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-user","4":"post-1312","6":"format-standard","7":"category-blog","8":"category-jmeter-plugins","9":"post_tag-apache-jmeter","10":"post_tag-hls","11":"post_tag-http-live-stream","12":"post_tag-jmeter-plugins","13":"post_tag-partner","14":"post_tag-ubikloadpack"},"yoast_head":"\nJMeter Video Stream Tutorial with UBIKLoadPack\u00a0 - RedLine13<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/jmeter-video-stream-tutorial-with-ubikloadpack\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"JMeter Video Stream Tutorial with UBIKLoadPack\u00a0 - RedLine13\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"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) \u00a0for our Java friends. Highlights of UBIKLoadPack\u00a0HTTP 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  Read More →\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/jmeter-video-stream-tutorial-with-ubikloadpack\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"RedLine13\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-11-16T02:23:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-15-at-10.38.11-AM.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"RedLine13\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"RedLine13\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/jmeter-video-stream-tutorial-with-ubikloadpack\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/jmeter-video-stream-tutorial-with-ubikloadpack\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"RedLine13\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/4acbcdcb8a9c72ec5a274e69c0ebea28\"},\"headline\":\"JMeter Video Stream Tutorial with UBIKLoadPack\u00a0\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-16T02:23:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-11-16T02:23:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/jmeter-video-stream-tutorial-with-ubikloadpack\/\"},\"wordCount\":262,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"apache jmeter\",\"HLS\",\"http live stream\",\"jmeter-plugins\",\"partner\",\"ubikloadpack\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\",\"JMeter-Plugins\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/jmeter-video-stream-tutorial-with-ubikloadpack\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/jmeter-video-stream-tutorial-with-ubikloadpack\/\",\"name\":\"JMeter Video Stream Tutorial with UBIKLoadPack\u00a0 - RedLine13\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-16T02:23:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-11-16T02:23:48+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/jmeter-video-stream-tutorial-with-ubikloadpack\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/jmeter-video-stream-tutorial-with-ubikloadpack\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/jmeter-video-stream-tutorial-with-ubikloadpack\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"JMeter Video Stream Tutorial with UBIKLoadPack\u00a0\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"RedLine13\",\"description\":\"(Almost) Free Load Testing in the Cloud\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"RedLine13\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/cropped-rl13-header-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/cropped-rl13-header-logo.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":68,\"caption\":\"RedLine13\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/4acbcdcb8a9c72ec5a274e69c0ebea28\",\"name\":\"RedLine13\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b4c9a289323b21a01c3e940f150eb9b8c542587f1abfd8f0e1cc1ffc5e475514?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b4c9a289323b21a01c3e940f150eb9b8c542587f1abfd8f0e1cc1ffc5e475514?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"RedLine13\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/author\/user\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"JMeter Video Stream Tutorial with UBIKLoadPack\u00a0 - RedLine13","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/jmeter-video-stream-tutorial-with-ubikloadpack\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"JMeter Video Stream Tutorial with UBIKLoadPack\u00a0 - RedLine13","og_description":"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) \u00a0for our Java friends. Highlights of UBIKLoadPack\u00a0HTTP 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  Read More →","og_url":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/jmeter-video-stream-tutorial-with-ubikloadpack\/","og_site_name":"RedLine13","article_published_time":"2015-11-16T02:23:48+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-15-at-10.38.11-AM.png"}],"author":"RedLine13","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"RedLine13","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/jmeter-video-stream-tutorial-with-ubikloadpack\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/jmeter-video-stream-tutorial-with-ubikloadpack\/"},"author":{"name":"RedLine13","@id":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/4acbcdcb8a9c72ec5a274e69c0ebea28"},"headline":"JMeter Video Stream Tutorial with UBIKLoadPack\u00a0","datePublished":"2015-11-16T02:23:48+00:00","dateModified":"2015-11-16T02:23:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/jmeter-video-stream-tutorial-with-ubikloadpack\/"},"wordCount":262,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/#organization"},"keywords":["apache jmeter","HLS","http live stream","jmeter-plugins","partner","ubikloadpack"],"articleSection":["Blog","JMeter-Plugins"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/jmeter-video-stream-tutorial-with-ubikloadpack\/","url":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/jmeter-video-stream-tutorial-with-ubikloadpack\/","name":"JMeter Video Stream Tutorial with UBIKLoadPack\u00a0 - RedLine13","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-11-16T02:23:48+00:00","dateModified":"2015-11-16T02:23:48+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/jmeter-video-stream-tutorial-with-ubikloadpack\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/jmeter-video-stream-tutorial-with-ubikloadpack\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/jmeter-video-stream-tutorial-with-ubikloadpack\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"JMeter Video Stream Tutorial with UBIKLoadPack\u00a0"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/","name":"RedLine13","description":"(Almost) Free Load Testing in the Cloud","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"RedLine13","url":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/cropped-rl13-header-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/cropped-rl13-header-logo.jpg","width":300,"height":68,"caption":"RedLine13"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/4acbcdcb8a9c72ec5a274e69c0ebea28","name":"RedLine13","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b4c9a289323b21a01c3e940f150eb9b8c542587f1abfd8f0e1cc1ffc5e475514?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b4c9a289323b21a01c3e940f150eb9b8c542587f1abfd8f0e1cc1ffc5e475514?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"RedLine13"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/127.0.0.1"],"url":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/author\/user\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}