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Introduction

On top of the stats API exposed by the SDK, we created a view helper called LumenStatsView to help you integrate and understand Mesh Delivery faster. The LumenStatsView will inform you about the different states of the SDK lifecycle and Lumen metrics.

 

 

 

The view looks like the following:

Statsview For Mesh Delivert SDK 22.01 onwards

Note: LumenStatsView is NOT intended for production

Adding a LumenStatsView is really simple, but varies slightly if you chose to integrate with our Kotlin SDK, Java SDK, or our ExoPlayer Plugin. Choose the correct code below corresponding to your integration of choice.

 

First, you will need to add the following dependency to the build.gradle.  

Add the utils dependency to your module’s build.gradle by changing the name of the artifact. Append -utils to the artifact name to pull the utils package as well.

                // /!\ Optional package including Stat View. Not intended for production /!\
implementation "io.streamroot.lumen.delivery.client:mesh-plugin-exoplayer-$exo_version-utils:$dc_version.$plugin_patch"
            
                // /!\ Optional package for stats view. Not intended for production /!\
implementation "io.streamroot.lumen.delivery.client:mesh-sdk-utils:$dc_version"
            
                // /!\ Optional package for stats view. Not intended for production /!\
implementation "io.streamroot.lumen.delivery.client:mesh-sdk-utils:$dc_version"

Add the LumenStatsView to your layout, ideally over the biggest surface. You can do this freely as it won’t intercept user interaction.

                <io.streamroot.lumen.delivery.client.utils.LumenStatsView
    android:id="@+id/dcStatsView"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" />
            
                <io.streamroot.lumen.delivery.client.utils.LumenStatsView
    android:id="@+id/dcStatsView"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" />
            
                <io.streamroot.lumen.delivery.client.utils.LumenStatsView
    android:id="@+id/dcStatsView"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" />

Finally, you will need to retrieve your view by your preferred method and link it with a LumenDeliveryClient or LumenDeliveryClientPlugin instance

                // Helper function to initializing the stats view
private fun initStatsView(dcStatsView: View) {
    dcStatsView.apply {
        // Instanciate a LumenStatsVie
        val statsView = LumenStatsView(context)
        plugin?.addStateStatsListener(statsView)

        // Display the stat view. Otherwise it is hidden by default
        statsView.showStats()

        addView(statsView, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT)
    }
}

dcStatsView = ...
initStatsView(dcStatsView)
            
                // Helper function to initializing the stats view
private fun initStatsView(dcStatsView: View) {
    dcStatsView.apply {
        // Instantiate a LumenStatsVie
        val statsView = LumenStatsView(context)
        lumenDeliveryClient?.addStateStatsListener(statsView)

        // Display the stat view. Otherwise it is hidden by default
        statsView.showStats()

        addView(statsView, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT)
    }
}

dcStatsView = ...
initStatsView(dcStatsView)
            
                // Helper function to initializing the stats view
private void showStatsView(LumenDeliveryClient dc) {
    ViewGroup svc = bindings.statsviewContainer;
    svc.removeAllViews();
    final LumenStatsView statsView = new LumenStatsView(this);
    dc.addStateStatsListener(statsView);
    statsView.showStats();
    svc.addView(statsView, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);
}

dcStatsView = ...
initStatsView(dcStatsView)

What do the stats tell you?

The LumenStatsView shows information regarding the traffic, the peer connections, cache size, buffer size, and video content related information. The details of all parameters shown are listed in the table below.

Parameter Description Unit
CDN

Total amount of bytes downloaded from the CDN.

MB

Mesh

Total amount of bytes downloaded from the Mesh network.

MB

Upload

Total amount of Bytes uploaded to the Mesh network.

MB

Offload

Global efficiency of Mesh delivery, the ratio of CDN vs Mesh.

  

Peers

Number of peers with whom the Mesh Delivery is connected.

  • "m" (match) : Number of peer candidates sent by the tracker
  • "a" (Attempted offers) : Number of connections attempted by us
  • "r" (received offers) : Number of offers received
  • "d" (disconnected) : Number of peers disconnected

 

PeerID

Unique ID of the viewer used to identify each peer in the Mesh network.

 

Content ID

ID of the content currently being played back. Either the custom one defined with the Content Id string or the default one based on the content URL.

 

P2P cache size

Current amount of the video data stored in the cache by the Mesh SDK / Total amount of data the Mesh SDK will ever take.

MB

Buffer health / Buffer target

Current amount of video data in the player buffer / Buffer amount the player will try to reach (dynamically changed by the Mesh SDK).

Seconds
Latency Delay between current position and the most recent video segment available in the playlist.   seconds
Track
 Video track bitrate (corresponding video track ID for the Mesh SDK)
 Kbps
Bandwidth The estimated bandwidth of the CDN
 Mbps

 

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