Know about stream problems before your viewers do
Paste an HLS playlist or MPEG-DASH manifest for a free check. Add 24x7 monitoring and we alert you the moment something breaks.
Used by engineers and broadcasters worldwide
What it checks
The same engine runs the free check and the paid 24x7 monitoring.
Playlist and manifest conformance
HLS against RFC 8216 and DASH against ISO/IEC 23009-1. These are the tests behind our HLS certification program.
Segment delivery
Downloads segments as a player would and reports timeouts, stalls, gaps and HTTP errors for each rendition.
Ad markers
Follows SCTE-35 cues in HLS playlist tags and DASH EventStream, and flags missing markers and ad breaks of the wrong length.
Captions HLS
Decodes CEA-608 and CEA-708 captions from transport-stream segments, live, with an optional 30-day archive.
Keep watching after you close the tab
A free check runs for 15 minutes. Monitoring runs around the clock and tells you the moment something breaks.
- Outage and SCTE-35 alerts by email or HTTP POST
- Monitoring nodes in the USA and Europe
- 90 days of delivery logs to investigate what happened
- REST API and server-sent events for your own dashboards
Questions
The short answers. Ask us if yours isn't here.
Can I run a free stream check?
Yes. You can run a few checks without an account. A free account includes 10 stream checks per month, and each check runs for up to 15 minutes. Paid validation plans extend a single check to 3 hours.
How does validation differ from continuous monitoring?
Validation runs a time-limited analysis of a stream you submit, which is useful while developing or troubleshooting. Continuous monitoring keeps checking a stream over time and sends the outage alerts you configure, with results available through the dashboard and the REST API. See monitoring plans.
What counts as one monitored item?
Monitoring is counted per HLS media playlist or DASH representation, rather than by channel name. A channel with several renditions can therefore use more than one monitored item. Current plans and quantities are listed on the pricing page.
How are submitted stream URLs handled?
Our Privacy Policy describes how we handle the data you submit. Submit only streams you own or control, and use a test stream when evaluating the service. If you have a specific question about a stream URL or its credentials, contact us.
How do I contact support?
Use the contact form and describe the stream and the problem you are seeing. Including the stream URL and the time the problem occurred helps us investigate.
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