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Main Idea: eValid can monitor searching for, downloading, and delivery of a video object, using certain kinds of synchronization schemes based on observing the behavior of the video player.

Introduction
This page presents a script that can be used to monitor a YouTube Video. To illustrate how this is done we have created a playback script that:

• Starts at a page from which you can search for a specific video.
• Searches for it and confirms that the expected result if found.
• Launches the video playback after synchronizing on a starting screen.
• Times how long the playback takes by synchronizing on elements of the viewer display.
• Confirms the "end of movie" as a final validation step.

Script Description
Here are the steps involved in the sequence (the actual script is given below).

1. Creating a Monitoring .evs script for a multimedia website by going to YouTube:

   

2. Input a "Search" for a unique Video to monitor Start/Stop Times:

   

3. Await your results after clicking on the "Search" link:

   

4. Select a unique "START" to synchronize rectangular area (i.e. blank area):

   

5. When the video finishes playing select a unique "Stop" synchronize rectangle area (i.e. 02:00/02:00 black box):

   

6. A successful playback generates the following GREEN flag:

   

7. Sample of Manually inserted "ElapsedTime" markers...

   

8. Sample of Video specific "PlayValue" command settings for synchronization effects:

   

9. Sample of "Event Log" details on the screen rectangle synchronization:

   

10. Sample of "Timing Log" details relating to the Start/Stop timer checks:

    

11. Sample of the final Youtube.evs script file, note "SyncOnText" additions:

    

Script Details
Here is the script used in this illustration.

# Recording by eValid™ V8 # Copyright © 2008 by Software Research, Inc. # Recording made on: Microsoft Windows XP, HostName "" # Recording started. # ProjectID "Project" GroupID "Group" TestID "Youtube" LogID "DEFAULT" PlayValue _PI 10 PlayValue _PJ 150000 PlayValue _PV 0 ScreenSize 1280 1024 FontSize 2 DeleteCache DeleteCookies InitLink "http://www.youtube.com/" SyncOnText 0 "Feedback" "" #Wait 50954 InputValue 0 147 "TEXT" "" "search_query" "Leo Kottke Vaseline Machine G" \ "un 70ies" "" "" SubmitClick 0 148 "" "search" "Search" "" ResetTimer #Wait 3084 SyncOnText 0 "Machine" "" FollowLink 0 181 "Leo Kottke - Vaseline Machine Gun" "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tew_fIhz3eY" "" WindowPos 0 0 0 980 724 clSyncRect 0 112 456 42 44 0 ElapsedTime "Start" #Wait 17024 WindowPos 0 0 0 980 724 clSyncRect 0 282 534 78 29 416565 ElapsedTime "Stop" # Recording stopped.