AdViSE: Adaptive Video Streaming Evalua...

Today we can observe a plethora of adaptive video stream-ing services and media players which support interoperableformats like DASH and HLS. Most of the players and theirrate adaptation algorithms work as a black box.  We have de-veloped a system for easy and rapid testing of media playersunder various network scenarios.  In this paper, we introduceAdViSE, theAdaptiveVideoStreamingEvaluation frame-work for the automated testing of adaptive media players.The  presented  framework  is  used  for  the  comparison  andtesting  of  media  players  in  the  context  of  adaptive  videostreaming over HTTP in web/HTML5 environments.The demonstration showcases a series of experiments withdifferent media players under given context conditions (e.g.,network shaping, delivery format).  We will also demonstratethe real-time capabilities of the framework and offline anal-ysis including several QoE metrics with respect to a newlyintroduced bandwidth index.