Method and system for automated monitoring of video assets

A computerized test system, comprising:

• a processor coupled to memory media;
• a network adapter accessible to the processor;
• and
• wherein the memory media include processor executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform operations including:
• receiving user input to operate a multimedia handling device included in an expert test monitoring platform, wherein the platform further includes:
• a plurality of devices configured to output network program channels;
• a platform network coupled to the network adapter;
• and
• a network-based remote control unit configured to control individual ones of the plurality of devices in response to commands received via the platform network;
• capturing the user input as a platform script;
• saving the captured platform script;
• retrieving a previously saved first platform script;
• retrieving a previously saved second platform script;
• concatenating the first platform script with the second platform script into a third platform script;
• and
• saving the third platform script;
• globally addressing the platform script to any one of the plurality of devices;
• and
• wherein the user input corresponds to remote control commands executable by the device to:
• control multimedia output at the device, including network program channels.

An expert test monitoring platform for monitoring output channels from a multimedia content distribution network, comprising:

• a plurality of addressable ports operable to connect to a respective plurality of multimedia handling devices configured as selectable units under test and configured to output multimedia content distribution network channels;
• at least one platform configurator including a processor and a computer readable memory, accessible to the processing, including program instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including:
• selecting at least one current unit under test from among the plurality of devices;
• capturing an platform script indicative of user input for controlling a current unit under test;
• storing the captured platform script;
• globally addressing a remote control command in the platform script to the current unit under test;
• retrieving a previously saved first platform script;
• retrieving a previously saved second platform script;
• concatenating at least a portion of the first platform script with at least a portion of the second platform script into a third platform script;
• and
• storing the third platform script.