Viewing content quality analysis settings and alerts

To confirm if quality analysis metrics are enabled for a given flow, run the describe-flow command:

aws mediaconnect describe-flow --flow-arn flowARN

The response shows which content quality analysis metrics are enabled:

{
    "Flow": {
        "FlowArn": "flowARN",
        ...
        "SourceMonitoringConfig": {
            "ContentQualityAnalysisState": "ENABLED",
            "AudioMonitoringSettings": [
                {
                    "SilentAudio": {
                        "State": "DISABLED",
                        "ThresholdSeconds": 15
                    }
                }
            ],
            "VideoMonitoringSettings": [
                {
                    "BlackFrames": {
                        "State": "DISABLED",
                        "ThresholdSeconds": 10
                    },
                    "FrozenFrames": {
                        "State": "ENABLED",
                        "ThresholdSeconds": 5
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        ...
    }
}

The response also shows messages about any warnings or alerts that need your attention:

{
    ...
    "Messages": {
        "Errors": [
            "Monitoring Stream Alert: Audio Stream Missing. Please investigate the flow source.",
            "Monitoring Stream Alert: Video Stream Missing. Please investigate the flow source."
        ]
    }
}

Alternatively, if both audio and video streams are present but experiencing issues, you might see something like this:

{
    ...
    "Messages": {
        "Errors": [
            "Monitoring Stream Alert: Black frames detected for more than 30 seconds. Please investigate the flow source.",
            "Monitoring Stream Alert: Frozen frames detected for more than 30 seconds. Please investigate the flow source.",
            "Monitoring Stream Alert: Silent audio detected for more than 30 seconds. Please investigate the flow source."
        ]
}