On 13/03/2009, Thomas Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > You can make HTTP requests for both items. You could download the > movie, and ensure that all sessions finish in about an hour. You'll > run into some problems, though, as all of the response data is > generally buffered by the HTTP samplers before it is discarded. An > hour-long video multiplied by many connections is going to run you out > of memory quite quickly. >
JMeter 2.3.2 allows one to save the response as an MD5 hash. This does not buffer data. > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Abel MacAdam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Is it possible to test a website offering a streaming media movie (like a > > flash film)? > > > > For instance, I have a website, http://www.mywebsite.org, which offers the > > movie mymovie.swf. > > > > Should I test the load by just opening > http://www.mywebsite.org/mymovie.swf? That will only complete when the full contents has been sent. If you want to check that the URL is valid, try using HEAD instead of GET. > > And what if the movie is half an hour long? "Watch" the movie for that half > > hour? Or is the fact you could open the movie the success I'm looking for? What are you trying to prove? > > Abel > > -- > > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/How-to-test-Streaming-media-website--tp22491783p22491783.html > > Sent from the JMeter - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
