{"id":11571,"date":"2019-11-04T22:14:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T22:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/?p=11571"},"modified":"2025-05-05T21:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T21:23:10","slug":"how-to-run-video-streaming-performance-tests-on-hls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/software-testing\/how-to-run-video-streaming-performance-tests-on-hls\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Run Video Streaming Performance Tests with the HLS Plugin for JMeter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Using open source tools to stress test video streaming at scale<\/span><\/h1>\n

In this post, I want to share something that we have been working on with <\/span>BlazeMeter<\/span><\/a> for several years. In this project, we had the opportunity to contribute to the open source code of <\/span>JMeter<\/span><\/a>, making this load testing tool capable of simulating load in video transmission protocols and thus, be able to execute performance tests.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As we have also been able to use this tool in some of our projects, we have some tips that will help you prepare and execute performance tests on HLS (the protocol that we\u2019re working on).<\/span><\/p>\n

I want to especially thank <\/span>Roger Abelenda<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Luis Mart\u00ednez<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Sebasti\u00e1n Lorenzo<\/span><\/a> from <\/span>Abstracta<\/span><\/a> for their contribution to this article. I hope this post can be useful, and serve as a guide for this practice.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"GOT<\/p>\n

Any type of system that will be used by multiple users, but in particular video streaming, needs to be tested to minimize any risk before launch. In the rest of the post, I will focus specifically on these tests.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you want to know more about when you should start performance testing, at what levels, with what load, etc, you can check out some of our other articles:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n