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netflix 认证

Scott Bolter, Matthew Lehman, Akshay Garg ¹

斯科特·博特 ( Scott Bolter) ， 马修·雷曼 ( Matthew Lehman) ， 阿克舍 ·加格 ( Akshay Garg) ¹

At Netflix, we take the task of preserving the creative vision of our content all the way to a subscriber TV screen very seriously. This significantly increases the scope of our application integration and certification processes for streaming devices like set-top-boxes (STBs) and TVs. However, given a diverse device ecosystem, scaling this deeper level of validation for each device presents a significant challenge for our certification teams.

在Netflix，我们非常认真地负责将内容的创意保留到用户电视屏幕上。 这极大地扩大了我们对机顶盒(STB)和电视等流媒体设备的应用程序集成和认证过程的范围。 但是，在设备生态系统多样化的情况下，为每个设备扩展更深层次的验证对我们的认证团队提出了重大挑战。

Our first step towards addressing this challenge is to actively engineer the removal of manual and subjective testing approaches across different functional touch points of the Netflix application on a streaming device. In this article we talk about one such functional area, High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), the challenges it brings in relation to Netflix certification on STBs, and our in-house developed automated and objective testing workflows that help us simplify this process.

解决这一挑战的第一步是积极设计消除流媒体设备上Netflix应用程序不同功能接触点上的手动和主观测试方法。 在本文中，我们将讨论一个这样的功能领域：高清多媒体接口( HDMI )，与机顶盒Netflix认证相关的挑战以及我们内部开发的自动化和客观的测试工作流程，这些工作流程可帮助我们简化此过程。

为什么要测试高清多媒体接口(HDMI)？ (Why test High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) ?)

The HDMI spec includes several protocols and capabilities that are key to successfully transmitting audio, video, and other digital messages from source (STB) to sink (display) devices. Some of these capabilities include:

HDMI规范包含几种协议和功能，这些协议和功能是成功将音频，视频和其他数字消息从源(STB)传输到接收器(显示)设备的关键。 其中一些功能包括：

• Extended Display Identification Data (EDID)
  扩展显示标识数据(EDID)
• Audio and Video metadata (Info Frames) to help communicate media formats like multi-channel audio and High Dynamic Range (HDR) video
  音频和视频元数据(信息帧)，以帮助传达媒体格式，例如多通道音频和高动态范围(HDR)视频
• High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)
  高带宽数字内容保护(HDCP)
• Consumer Electronics Control (CEC)
  消费电子控制(CEC)

A high quality Netflix experience on the STB device depends on the correct implementation of each of these capabilities, so we have a vested interest in thoroughly testing them.

机顶盒设备上高质量的Netflix体验取决于这些功能中每一项的正确实现，因此我们对全面测试它们具有既得利益。

扩展HDMI测试 (Scaling HDMI Testing)

Here are some of the challenges associated with HDMI testing on STBs:

以下是与STB上的HDMI测试相关的一些挑战：

• The need to physically obtain and replicate different home entertainment setups of TVs and Home Theater Systems (HDMI topologies).
  物理上需要获取和复制电视和家庭影院系统(HDMI拓扑)的不同家庭娱乐设置。
• Time spent in manually changing these topologies between and during different tests.
  在不同测试之间以及在不同测试期间手动更改这些拓扑所花费的时间。
• Inconsistent test results due to different device models used in the HDMI topology.
  HDMI拓扑中使用的不同设备型号导致测试结果不一致。
• Subjectivity in test results to accommodate differences in HDMI sink behaviors.
  测试结果的主观性以适应HDMI接收器行为的差异。

To deal with these scaling challenges, we have opted to integrate API-enabled HDMI Signal Analyzers into our test infrastructure. This provides the ability to simulate different HDMI topologies within a test case by leveraging the analyzer’s API.

为了应对这些扩展挑战，我们选择将支持API的HDMI信号分析仪集成到我们的测试基础架构中。 通过利用分析仪的API，可以在测试用例中模拟不同的HDMI拓扑。

Next, we will cover basics of the HDMI protocols highlighted in the previous section and walk through the automation workflows that we have developed to address the related challenges.

接下来