Upstream Metadata Collection

4min

As part of the tooltip displayed when hovering on an inputs, you can view the stream's health statistics at each point in the transport chain. This provides more insight into network path health and performance even when the stream originates from a Broadcasters of a different organization. These insights can be turned into actionable infrastructure optimizations.
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Basic Metadata
Parameter
Description
Source device
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Source application
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Source build
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Remote ID
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Max bitrate
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Max outputs
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Multicast out
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Encrypted
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Trace
The following metadata tracked and passed at each hop.
Constant metadata Fields (metadata that should not change per hop)
Hop number​
Build number, platform, vendor ID, hostid ​
(for Bx): Input parameters: type, source IP, max bitrate, others if applicable: latency, FEC parameters​
(for Bx + SDK) Output parameters: type, target IP, if applicable: latency, FEC parameters​
Increasing metadata fields (metadata that is accumulated/changes per hop):​
UTC time​
Total packets​
Dropped packets​
Unrecovered packets​
CC errors (Bx)
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Parameter	Description
Source device
Source application
Source build
Remote ID
Max bitrate
Max outputs
Multicast out
Encrypted

Viewing Existing Input Streams

Viewing Stream Statistics

Upstream Metadata Collection

Basic Metadata

Trace

Constant metadata Fields (metadata that should not change per hop)

Increasing metadata fields (metadata that is accumulated/changes per hop):​

Increasing metadata fields (metadata that is accumulated/changes per hop):