ATSC Joins Other Industry Partners To Fund DASH-IF Conformance Tool

The JCCP (Joint Content Conformance Partners) was funded by ATSC along with DASH-IF, the DVB Project, the Consumer Technology Association WAVE (Web Application Video Ecosystem) Project and the HbbTV Association. The JCCP recently released an improved and widely available tool that validates the conformance of DASH content to relevant media specifications as a result of the collaboration between these five industry bodies. While the MPEG DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) specifications describe client behaviour, conformance of DASH content is important for interoperability.

The DASH-IF Conformance Tool is available as either an online service or open-source software. The Conformance Tool was launched by DASH-IF over a decade ago and has been continuously updated and extended to test against relevant specifications from other bodies. A joint project undertaken over the past two years has improved the tool, making it more reliable and accessible. Along with DASH content conformance, the new tool has options to check for CMAF and WAVE requirements, and for HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) requirements as well.

The project partners encourage the use of the tool by the industry and look forward to receiving feedback that can lead to further enhancements and improvements.

“ATSC was proud to be working in conjunction with these other organizations, as we see this as an important resource and look forward to continuing our collaboration for the betterment of the industry,” said Madeleine Noland, ATSC President.

The DASH-IF Conformance Tool will be presented and discussed during the online OSMART Workshop #2 on Dec. 6-7.