Method and system for long term monitoring of video assets

A test monitor platform, comprising:

• a processor;
• a network adapter accessible to the processor;
• and
• a computer readable storage medium, accessible to the processor, including stored instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including:
• requesting a master controller coupled to a video matrix switch for access to a multimedia handling device as an active unit under test, wherein the video matrix switch is coupled to the multimedia handling device and to a plurality of additional multimedia handling devices;
• obtaining, from the multimedia handling device via the video matrix switch, a video signal including a series of frame images and corresponding audio data output by the multimedia handling device operating as a terminal device of a multimedia content distribution network;
• recognizing a video freeze event when a difference between two images in the series of frame images is less than a video threshold;
• recognizing an audio freeze event when a signal power of a portion of the audio data is below an audio threshold;
• and
• sending a command to the multimedia handling device responsive to recognizing an instance of the video freeze event coexisting with an instance of the audio freeze event.

A non-transitory computer readable medium including stored, processor-executable program instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• requesting a master controller coupled to a video matrix switch for access to a multimedia handling device as an active unit under test, wherein the video matrix switch is coupled to the multimedia handling device and to a plurality of additional multimedia handling devices;
• obtaining, from the multimedia handling device via the video matrix switch, a video signal including a series of frame images and corresponding audio data output by a multimedia handling device operating as a terminal device of a multimedia content distribution network;
• recognizing a video freeze event when a difference between two images in the series of frame images is less than a video threshold;
• recognizing an audio freeze event when a signal power of a portion of the audio data is below an audio threshold;
• and
• sending a command to the multimedia handling device responsive to recognizing an instance of the video freeze event coexisting with an instance of the audio freeze event.