Detailed channel analysis errors

Information on the detailed error message included in the 500 Server Errors returned by the analyzer.

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Analysis error formats

General errors

Found directly as strings in the data array field

{
    "type": "ERR_INVALID_MANIFEST",
    "code": 500,
    "message": "Manifest Invalid",
    "data": [
        "Request failed with status code 404"
    ],
    "name": "MoleculerError"
}

Stream format errors

Found as objects in the data array field.

type can be streamError (HLS) or dashStreamError (DASH)

{
  "type": "ERR_INVALID_MANIFEST",
  "code": 500,
  "message": "Manifest Invalid",
  "data": [
    {
      "type": "streamError",
      "index": 0,
      "uri": "320x180/ch5223id88.m3u8",
      "errors": ["No bandwidth found", "No codecs found", "No resolution found"]
    }
  ],
  "name": "MoleculerError"
}

{
  "type": "ERR_INVALID_MANIFEST",
  "code": 500,
  "message": "Manifest Invalid",
  "data": [
    {
      "type": "streamError",
      "index": "",
      "uri": "",
      "errors": ["Submanifest uri missing"]
    }
  ],
  "name": "MoleculerError"
}

General errors

Found directly as strings in the data array field

• 'Manifest file not found'

• 'Unknown manifest type. Must be one of HLS, DASH, MRSS'

• 'getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND ' - url not found

• 'connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:80' - invalid value passed as the URL

HLS-specific errors

• 'No bandwidth found'

• 'No codecs found'

• 'No segment duration found'

• 'Submanifest uri missing'

• 'HLS substreams can only be analyzed via the master stream. Please provide the master manifest url' - the provided url is a substream, not the master stream

• 'Invalid Playlist: The EXTM3U tag MUST be the first line.' - malformed substream

• 'expected 1 audio stream, found 2' -multiple audio streams are not supported for HLS

DASH-specific errors

• 'Only DASH Live streams can be analyzed'

• "Can't find any dash stream information in manifest"

• "Can't find stream information in manifest"

• 'No audioSamplingRate found'

• 'No bandwidth found in video stream <number>'

• 'No codecs found in video stream <number>'

• 'No resolution found in video stream <number>'

• 'No valid segment duration found in video stream <number>'