Proxy streams in a video streaming network

A computer program product, comprising a computer readable hardware storage device having computer readable program code stored therein, said program code executable by one or more processors to implement a method for code testing in a video streaming network, said method comprising:

• receiving, by an ingest server of a live cluster of servers via the one or more processors, a first broadcast stream comprising a first program containing video content, said first broadcast stream deployed for providing streaming media programs to multiple user devices;
• providing, by the one or more processors, the first broadcast stream to one or more user devices;
• duplicating, by the one or more processors, the first broadcast stream to generate a copy of the first broadcast stream;
• providing, by the one or more processors, the copy of the first broadcast stream to a device under test configured to test new code installed at the device under test via a processing of the first broadcast stream by the new code installed at the device under test, said device under test being a generic computer comprising a communication module that controls reception and transmission of data over multiple Internet Protocol (IP) communication links;
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• monitoring, by the one or more processors, error performance of the device under test with respect to the installed new code being tested via the processing of the first broadcast stream by the new code installed at the device under test, said monitoring error performance of the device under test comprising monitoring encoding parameters used for encoding the copy of the first broadcast stream that is being streamed to the device under test.

A computer system, comprising one or more processors, a memory, and a computer readable hardware storage device, said storage device containing program code executable by the one or more processors via the memory to implement a method for code testing in a video streaming network, said method comprising:

• receiving, by an ingest server of a live cluster of servers via the one or more processors, a first broadcast stream comprising a first program containing video content, said first broadcast stream deployed for providing streaming media programs to multiple user devices;
• providing, by the one or more processors, the first broadcast stream to one or more user devices;
• duplicating, by the one or more processors, the first broadcast stream to generate a copy of the first broadcast stream;
• providing, by the one or more processors, the copy of the first broadcast stream to a device under test configured to test new code installed at the device under test via a processing of the first broadcast stream by the new code installed at the device under test, said device under test being a generic computer comprising a communication module that controls reception and transmission of data over multiple Internet Protocol (IP) communication links;
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• monitoring, by the one or more processors, error performance of the device under test with respect to the installed new code being tested via the processing of the first broadcast stream by the new code installed at the device under test, said monitoring error performance of the device under test comprising monitoring encoding parameters used for encoding the copy of the first broadcast stream that is being streamed to the device under test.