Automating Quality at Scale: Test Strategies for Video Streaming Platforms

Video streaming services must deliver consistent playback, picture quality, and low latency across many devices, networks, and regions—but manual testing of every combination does not scale. Teams often struggle with flaky scripts, unclear coverage, and slow feedback when releasing frequently. This session addresses that gap by walking through a practical approach to streaming test automation. Suresh Kumar Palus will share how his team defined testable quality criteria (e.g., start time, buffering, bitrate behavior, and basic accessibility of player controls), chose automation layers (API, UI, and protocol-level checks), and integrated them into CI/CD so every build is validated before release. He will cover what they automated first, what they left for exploratory testing, and how they kept the suite maintainable as the product evolved. Delegates will leave with a clear model for scoping streaming automation, concrete patterns for stability and reporting, and a short checklist they can use to start or improve automation on their own streaming or rich-media projects.