TCP/IP foundation for engineers
Definitive OTT TV for engineers
A 2 day Hands on training course
Description Key outcomes
This course covers OTT TV by primarily looking at the By the end of the course delegates will be able to:
delivery of video streams using HTTP adaptive
streaming. Both MPEG DASH and HLS are Explain what OTT TV is, and how it works.
investigated. Hands on sessions involve using Describe the OTT TV architecture.
Wireshark to analyse streams as well as crafting
segmented content. Use Wireshark to analyse and troubleshoot OTT
TV video streams.
Explain how HTTP adaptive streaming works.
Evaluate and compare MPEG DASH and HLS.
Use tools to create OTT TV adaptive streams.
Training approach Details
This structured course uses Instructor Led Training to Who will benefit?
provide the best possible learning experience. Small Anyone working in the broadcast industry.
class sizes ensure students benefit from our engaging Prerequisites
and interactive style of teaching with delegates TCP/IP foundation for engineers.
encouraged to ask questions throughout the course. Duration: 2 days
Quizzes follow each major section allowing checking of
learning. Hands on sessions are used throughout to
allow delegates to consolidate their new skills.
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specific courses covering often we have less than sessions to reinforce does not just consist of customised to meet your
the complete picture of this. This ensures optimal the theory. slides and our slides are specific requirements.
all relevant devices interactivity between diagrams not bullet point Have the course your
including the protocols delegates and instructor. text. way.
“on the wire”.
“Friendly environment “Excellent course. The “Not many courses “Comprehensive “I was very impressed by
with expert teaching that small class size was a have practice added to materials that made the the combination of
teaches the why before great benefit...” it. Normally just the course easy to follow practical and theory.
the how.” M.B. IBM theoretical stuff is and will be used as a Very informative.
G.C. Fasthosts covered.” reference point.” Friendly approachable
J.W. Vodafone V.B. Rockwell Collins environment, lots of
hands on.”
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Definitive OTT TV for engineers
Course content
What is OTT TV? Tools
Broadcast vs OTT TV. Delivery over the Internet. mp4dash, mp4fragment, libdash. Apple
Video providers vs ISPs. Progressive downloads developer tools for HLS.
versus streaming. Why not UDP and RTP for Hands on: Creating segmented content.
delivery? Adaptive bit rate streaming. Standards.
Hands on: Base network setup. Using WireShark Security
for HTTP streams. HTTPS, encryption, content protection.
Hands on: Encryption analysis.
HTTP protocol stack
IP, TCP, IPv6. HTTP. HTTP 1.0, HTTP 1.1, Summary
HTTP 2.0, HTTP header fields. HTML 5. Choosing a streaming method. Impact of live
Hands on: Analysing HTTP. versus VoD. Web sockets.
Adaptive bitrate streaming principles
Chunks, fragments, segments. Manifest files.
Encoding, resolution, bitrates. Addressing,
relative and absolute URLs, redirection. When
does the client switch streams? Switch points. What our customers say
Hands on: Walk through of client behaviours on
a stream.
“Absolutely brilliant, very knowledgeable and
OTT TV streaming architecture helpful trainer would recommend to teach
Server components, distribution components, anyone. Kept me interested 100% of the time which is
client software. CDN, caching, multiple servers. very impressive as this does not happen often, if at all!”
Hands on: Analysing CDN and Internet delivery.
O. B. Network Rail
TCP and HTTP streaming interactions
TCP ACK, TCP connections, unicast only. TCP
“The best technical course I’ve been on!.”
flow control, TCP and performance.
Hands on: TCP window sizes. L. W. Fujitsu Telecoms Europe
MPEG DASH
Stakeholders, DASH architecture and model, “Very well thought out and structured course. Would
codec agnostic, XML, Media Presentation recommend 100%. Lots of equipment, good quality.”
Description, Media Presentation, segment
A.R. Unipart
formats.
Hands on: MPEG DASH analysis.
HTTP Live Streaming and others “Course content is interesting. Relevant to current
systems and presented well.”
Stakeholders. Media segments, media playlists,
master playlists. Adobe HTTP dynamic S.S-T. Arqiva
streaming, Microsoft smooth streaming.
Hands on: Analysing HLS.
Step back Step forward
Peering demystified
Total IPTV for Definitive OTT TV for
engineers engineers
Total MPEG for
engineers
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