StreamSim is a useful tool which is able to encode raw video material with different settings and stream the encoded results via pre-defined network configurations in order to insert packet loss resp. delay/jitter. The transmitted videos are decoded back and can be used to compare with the original video. It is also possible to insert the loss behaviour offline, without streaming the content over a physical network.
StreamSim is licensed under GNU GPLv3 (see License.md) and can be freely used
and modified.
If you have used StreamSim and publish results based on it, we kindly ask you to cite the following publication:
Alexander M. Dethof, Werner Robitza, Marie-Neige Garcia, "StreamSim: A Video Streaming Simulation Toolchain for Unreliable Transport Mechanisms", in: QoMEX – Eighth International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience, Lisbon, June 2016. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4394.4562
The toolchain is separated into five dedicated steps, which can be executed separately: video encoding, streaming, loss insertion, payload extraction and decoding. Each step stores its results in a separate folder. It is thus possible to guard all time the complete chain's process. Futher more each step is individually configureable and delivers additional features.
At first you need to ensure that you have all system requirements correctly installed. A guideline is therefore written in the wiki on https://github.com/vqeg/streamsim/wikis/system-requirements
Before you run the chain the first time it is recommended to setup a further folder where you want to store all files generated by the chain. Therefore the chain delivers a useful setup-tool, which sets up the complete required folder and configuration file structure, using the following command:
python chain.py setup -p <PATH_TO_SETUP>Please note, that you need to replace the keyword <PATH_TO_SETUP> with the
actual path where you want to set up the chain in. Further information about
this step is also given in the wiki under the following URL:
https://github.com/vqeg/streamsim/wikis/setup
After the folder and configuration structure has been onetime setup, the chain's configuration has to be done. Therefore some further information are given in the appropriate configuration file headers and obviously in the wiki: https://github.com/vqeg/streamsim/wikis/setup
In short the tool chain can be executed by the command:
python chain.py -p <EXECUTION_PATH>This command will execute the complete processing chain from the encoding step until the final decoding step. But it is also possible to call each step individually or to execute all steps until/from a specific state. More details about that are given here: https://github.com/vqeg/streamsim/wikis/usage
- Advanced usage: https://github.com/vqeg/streamsim/wikis/home#advanced-usage
- Developers guide: https://github.com/vqeg/streamsim/wikis/home#developers-guideline
- Example results: https://github.com/vqeg/streamsim/wikis/sample-results