Playing test signals from the DISC website on the Xbox 360

The built-in playlist points to all available test signals located on the DISC website. You can follow the instructions in this section to perform testing if you stream test signals from the DISC website.

Prerequisites

  • The device under test must have access to the test signals.
  • The test application has been successfully deployed.

About this task

If you choose to set up a local IIS server for testing, you must ensure that all test signals have been downloaded and stored in that server, generate a playlist that contains the IIS server URL with the Playback Kit Interactive Test Procedure, and use the Load Playlist from HTTP Server function to load the test signals.

Procedure

  1. Launch the test application from Visual Studio 2010 by using the DEBUG > Start Debugging function (or pressing <F5>):
    • The application GUI appears on the TV screen.
    • All available test signals appear in the Playlist panel. Test signals are organized by variations.
  2. Navigate to the test signal you want to play in the Playlist panel by selecting its variations:
    • By default, all available test signals are listed by the test application. you must select those required ones to play by referencing the resulting page that contains the test-case list generated by the Playback Kit Interactive Test Procedure.
    • Highlighting a test signal displays information about the signal. You can toggle the information on and off by clicking the Info key on the bottom.
    • You can return to the parent-level playlist by selecting Back at the top of the Playlist panel.
  3. Play a test signal by pressing the A key on the game controller:
    • If playback of a test signal is successful, the Output panel displays Opening > bitrate changed: # Kbps>Playing, and the video plays back in the window in correct alignment with the audio.
    • If playback of a test signal fails, the Output panel displays error messages.
      library_booksNote: Adverse behaviors during playback (such as audible pops, clicks, or muting) cannot be detected by the test application, and no error indication will display.
    • If network bandwidth fluctuates during playback, Current bitrate: # kbps changes to indicate that audio track switching is occurring to accommodate to current bandwidth.