The Transport Stream screen allows you to view all transport streams for the entire VUE system or a specific VUE server. Note this does not include VOD or OOBM streams as they are displayed on the VOD screen or OOBM screen respectively. Each TS is listed with its current state (OK, Error, Inactive, Idle), overflow state, Send Fault, and CC output fault. Additional specific information for each stream includes the output stream configuration (name and destination), output interface IP, TS ID, and number of mappings.
The Transport Stream Status column indicates if the stream is being output. A green status of Ok indicates successful output of the stream. A red error status indicates 1 or more mappings are in error. You can select the number of mappings to bring up the list of mappings for just the transport stream selected.
The overflow state indicates if the output stream is exceeding the bit rate configured (indicates input stream or streams multiplexed to the output exceed total output bit rate).
The Send Fault indicates an issue with attempting to send Ethernet packets. This could be an issue within the OS itself, HW NIC fault, or possibly point to an issue with IP tables (output blocked).
Output stream CC fault would indicate issues with the input stream. A user should check the input stream CC fault and determine the source of continuity count errors. Output CC errors can also be caused by an overflow of the output (dropping of packets to ensure output rate defined is not exceeded).
For each transport stream additional information can be seen when a transport stream row is selected. This will display the TS State along with assigned VUE pipe, TS creation date, last status update time, output information rate, and other information. The TS State indicates if the output stream is being properly output as shown in table below.
| Output state | Description |
|---|---|
| Initializing Output | Initial state of an output. |
| Message too long | This indicates packets are dropped on output due to a mismatch in the MTU size defined on the VUE compared to MTU size configured on the output interface. This means the VUE MTU size is set to 2000 bytes while the interface is configured to use the standard size of 1500 bytes. Either change VUE MTU size to match interface or properly configure interface to use same MTU size as VUE system. For information about configuring MTU size, refer to the Installation Guide. |
| Successfully Outputting | Output stream is being properly output by the VUE pipe. |
| Failure to create or bind to socket | Operating system failed to either create or bind a socket. |