TSDuck Test Suite

TSDuck tests

The code of TSDuck is mainly divided in two parts, a large C++ library (tsduck.dll or tsduck.so) and a collection of small command line tools and plugins.

Similarly, the tests for TSDuck are divided in two parts.

• The TSDuck library has its own unitary test suite based on a custom framework named "TSUnit". This test suite is part of the main tsduck repository for TSDuck in directory src/utest. This test suite is fully automated. The utest executable is built twice, once using the shared library and once using the static library. Both versions of the test suite are built and run using make test.
• The tools and plugins are less easy to test. They work on large transport stream files which would clutter the tsduck repository. The repository tsduck-test contains those tests and the relevant scripts and data files.

Continuous integration

The TSDuck repository is integrated with "GitHub Actions", a continuous integration platform which is directly hosted by GitHub. Each time a commit is pushed on GitHub and each time a pull request is submitted, TSDuck is automatically rebuilt on Linux, Windows, macOS and all tests are run on each platform. Thus, TSDuck is always validated on all operating systems, even if a modification was previously compiled or tested on one of them only.

Structure of test suite

In short, execute the script run-all-tests.sh to run the complete test suite.

The repository contains the following subdirectories:

• tests : Contains one script per test or set of tests. Each test script can be executed individually. All tests are executed using the script run-all-tests.sh.

• common : Contains utilities and common script.

• input : Contains input data files for the tests.

• reference : Contains reference output files for the various tests.

• tmp : Contains output files which are created by the execution of the tests. These files are typically compared against reference output files in reference. These files are temporary by definition. The subdirectory tmp is present on test machines only and is excluded from the Git repository.

• extra : Contains some additional tests which cannot be easily automated, either because they use specific hardware or because their results are not fully deterministic. These tests must be run manually.

Adding new tests

To add a new test:

• Add input files in subdirectory input.

• Create the script test-NNN.sh in subdirectory tests. Use other existing test scripts as templates.

• Run the command tests/test-NNN.sh --init. If the test is properly written, this creates the reference output files in subdirectory reference. Manually check the created files, verify that they are correct. Be careful with this step since these files will be used as references.

• Run the same command without the --init option. This time, the output files are created in tmp and are compared with files in reference. Verify that all tests pass. Errors may appear if the test script is not properly written or if the output files contain unique, non-deterministic, time-dependent, system-dependent or file-system-dependent information. Make sure the output files are totally reproduceable in all environments. At worst, add code in the test script to remove any information from the output files which is known to be non-reproduceable.

Sometimes, TSDuck is modified in such in a way that an output file is modified on purpose. Usually, this starts with a failed test. When analysing the test failure, it appears that the modification of the output is intentional. In that case, re-run the command tests/test-NNN.sh --init to update the reference output files. Do not forget to manually validate them since they will act as the new reference.

Large files

This repository contains large files, typically transport stream files.

Initially, these files were not stored inside the regular GitHub repository. Instead, they used the "Git Large File Storage" (LFS) feature of GitHub. However, using LFS on GitHub happended to be a pain, as experienced by others and explained in this article.

As a consequence, the transport stream files were re-integrated into the Git repository. But we now limit their size to 20 MB.

Tests list

Test	Description
001	Analyze an Astra live stream
002	Analyze an Eutelsat Hot Bird live stream
003	Analyze a live stream containing T2-MI encapsulation
004	tsdump in raw mode
005	tstabcomp
006	tspacketize
007	Various tsp plugins
008	zap plugin
009	rmorphan plugin
010	Analyze a live stream with HEVC
011	Adding CA descriptors in PAT and PMT
012	Teletext, French language
013	Teletext, Russian language
014	SI analysis and conversions: EACEM private descriptors
015	SI analysis and conversions: various descriptors
016	Analyze an Eutelsat Hot Bird live stream with MPE data broadcast
017	IP/MAC Notification Table (INT)
018	Application Information Table (AIT)
019	Integrity of help texts
020	pmt plugin
021	tsp stuffing options
022	SI analysis and conversions: INT and AIT-specific descriptors
023	file input plugin with more than one file
024	continuity plugin
025	Non-regression on a stream which crashed tsanalyzer (issue #49)
026	Scrambling
027	SCTE 35 Splice Information Table (SIT)
028	SCTE 35 injection
029	DVB-T bitrates
030	sections plugin
031	inject plugin with repetition rates
032	DSM-CC stream events
033	SI analysis and conversions: DSM-CC descriptors
034	tsswitch
035	encap and decap plugins
036	duplicate plugin
037	Tables with preferred_section XML attributes
038	Tables with Czech diacritics
039	scrambler plugin with multiple CW in text file
040	Analyze an ATSC live stream
041	tsfixcc and continuity plugin
042	SI analysis and conversions: ATSC tables
043	Using --atsc option on table analysis
044	craft plugin
045	timeref plugin
046	filter plugin
047	remap plugin
048	psimerge plugin
049	continuity plugin with duplicate packets
050	SCTE 18 (Emergency Alert System) signalization
051	Analyze and convert EIT's from an ATSC live stream
052	Analyze and convert the RRT from an ATSC live stream
053	SI analysis and conversions: NorDig private descriptors
054	timeshift plugin
055	SI analysis and conversions: BskyB private descriptors
056	nit plugin with option --build-service-list-descriptors
057	hls input plugin
058	--append option in file output plugin
059	--ignore-absent option in zap plugin
060	UNT and its specific descriptors
061	Order of sections in plugin inject
062	Analyze a Japanese ISDB live stream
063	SI analysis and conversions: ISDB signalization
064	pcrverify plugin
065	M2TS file format
066	Preserve packet metadata in fork and timeshift
067	SI analysis and conversions: DTG private descriptors
068	EIT normalization
069	Non-regression on tsecmg (issue #619)
070	Non-regression on fork packet processor plugin (issue #633)
071	RS204 file format
072	Non-regression on pes plugin (issue #646)
073	stats plugin
074	pes plugin with access unit analysis
075	Using non-standard time references
076	file plugin with start/stop stuffing
077	tsxml
078	--patch-xml in various plugins
079	reduce plugin
080	Python bindings
081	Java bindings
082	Automated XML-to-JSON conversions
083	tsscan with tuner emulator
084	splicemonitor plugin
085	http plugin
086	memory plugins from Python
087	memory plugins from Java
088	pcap input plugin
089	hls output plugin
090	Option --ignore-leap-seconds
091	Non-regression on SCTE 35 tables with unspecified command length (issue #764)
092	Analyze a French DTTV live stream
093	pcrcopy plugin
094	svresync plugin
095	zap plugin with multiple services
096	pidshift plugin
097	Non-regression on tsanalyze, pes and other plugins (assertion failure, issue #797)
098	eitinject plugin
099	pcredit plugin
100	Non-regression on HEVC access unit formatting (issue #830)
101	Non-regression on DuckContext not correctly passed from tsp to plugins tables and psi
102	tspcap command
103	tspsi with duplicated PMT after PAT change (issue #865)
104	Non-regression test on EIT Schedule generation
105	tsemmg and datainject plugin
106	Pcap file with EMMG <=> MUX DVB SimulCrypt protocol
107	Pcap file with ECMG <=> SCS DVB SimulCrypt protocol
108	Non-regression test for a crash after using demuxed sections
109	Non-regression test for packets without payload in t2mi plugin (issue #950)
110	Plugin splicemonitor with option --select-commands
111	Section filtering using binary pattern
112	tstables with options --no-duplicate and --invalid-version
113	tscmp
114	tsxml with options --merge and --sort.
115	SI analysis and conversions: VVC, EVC, LCEVC, AVS3 descriptors
116	Preserve order of streams in a PMT
117	Reorder streams in a PMT
118	tstabcomp with --eit-normalization
119	Non-regression on scrambler plugin (issue #1070)
120	Non-regression on tstables with large truncated sections
121	tscrc32
122	SI analysis and conversions: SAT (DVB Satellite Access Table)
123	Plugin eitinject with options --synchronous-versions and --lazy-schedule-update
124	Plugin sections with option --patch-xml
125	Non-regression on HEVC sequence parameter set analysis (issue #1191)
126	Delete nodes and parents using XML patch file
127	Non-regression on display of DVB service prominence descriptor (issue #1227)
128	Plugin feed
129	Plugin ip
130	Plugin srt
131	Plugin rist
132	Non-regression on plugin zap and options --audio-pid and --subtitles-pid
133	Option --flush-last-unbounded-pes in plugin pes
134	Free TV Australia logical channel descriptor
135	pcap input plugin with option --http
136	http output plugin
137	Non-regression on HEVC sequence parameter set analysis (issue #1369)
138	Plugin t2mi
139	Analyze a stream with HDMV registration and DTS-HD Master Audio
140	Non-regression on incorrect command line argument declaration (issue #1389)
141	Option --meta-sections in tstables
142	Non-regression on tsp looping on corrupted TS packet (issue #1398)
143	Non-regression on a crash in plugin teletext (issue #1400)
144	Non-regression on a crash in plugin pes (issue #1401)
145	Non-regression on corrupted HEVC sequence parameter set (issue #1405)
146	Non-regression on corrupted HEVC stream (issue #1407)
147	tsfuzz and plugin fuzz
148	Non-regression on undetected VVC header (issue #1408)
149	rmsplice plugin
150	Teletext, text colors
151	ATSC to DVB AC-3/E-AC-3 transformation in a PMT
152	Non-regression on PCR computation in plugin pcredit (issue #1411)
153	aes plugin
154	Non-regression on event duplication in plugin eitinject
155	tables plugin with option --joint-termination
156	SI analysis and conversions: RCT