IP Streaming Video Multiviewer - WSM120

The Mividi WSM120 provides a low-cost multiviewer monitoring solution for Internet streaming video. It supports IPTV, OTT video services using HLS, MPEG-DASH, RTMP (Flash) protocols, Internet based video transport using SRT and RTSP streaming. It can also monitor uncompressed video via SDI, HDMI or NDI interfaces. It can be used for live broadcast as well as VOD monitoring.

Internet Streaming Video Monitoring Solution

Mividi WSM120 is a multiviewer monitoring system designed for monitoring IPTV and Internet streaming video services. It supports most common IPTV and Internet Streaming media protocols including UDP, RTP, HTTP, HLS (HTTP Live Streaming), MPEG-DASH, RTMP, RTSP and MMS. It also supports SRT, NDI and uncompressed video via SDI and HDMI interfaces.

The system provides a real-time view of multiple video services coming from different streaming servers. Streams with different streaming protocols can be monitored in the same time. It can simultaneously display up to 60 SD or 30 HD video services using a single computer. Additionally, the system supports video rotation when more video displays are needed.

The system can be used for monitoring both live broadcast and VOD streaming services. Hundreds of VOD streams can be bundled together and the monitoring software will request the VOD services using their playlist URLs one by one, decode and display the videos. The test can be looped around and visual alarms are triggered when the video streaming service is interrupted.

The system displays video content and audio VU bars, and calculates audio loudness level. The monitoring system is built on standard PC or servers using Windows 10, 11 or Windows Server 2012, 2016, 2019, 2022. Mividi supplies fully-built systems or software which can be installed on customers’ own hardware. The cost for setting up such a monitoring system is very low, and it is easy to use and maintain.

Live Broadcast and VOD Monitoring

The Mividi WSM120 supports both live broadcast and VOD monitoring. To play live broadcast video, simply map a URL to a display panel. When more than on URLs are mapped to a display panels, the system will start to rotate among multiple streams. Similarly, multiple VOD stream URLs can be mapped to one display panel and VOD streams can be played in turn. When all VOD streams are finished, they can be replayed in an infinite loop.

The system supports MPEG-2, AVC (H.264) and HEVC (H.265) video encoding formats, as well as commonly used audio formats including MP3, AAC, AAC plus, and AC3. It supports ATSC closed captioning and DVB subtitles. When there are multiple audio streams present in a program, users can select specific audio streams to display.

The system supports multiviewer screen capture, and can encode and stream the capture to a remote location using HTTP or RTP protocols for network-wide monitoring.

Visual, Email and SMS Alarm

The system provides visual, sound, email and SMS alarms on the loss of input stream, or missing audio and video components. The visual alarm is shown as red flashing boundary of a display panel with audio sound. The email alarm can be configured using a standard SMTP mail server. The SMS messages require the access to a local SMS service provider.