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Testing your video generator

A successful test invocation of any given video generator version is required before it may be used by our system at ingest, or manually triggered by you as a backfill invocation.

Running a test​

You may create a test invocation from either the video generator dashboard or from a specific video generator's details page.

  1. Click "Test".
  2. Select the video generator you want to test from the dropdown; the latest version is selected by default and is the one you want to use in most cases.
  3. Use the provided search UI to find the robologs you want to use for the test.
  4. Click "+ Add" to add a robolog to the test.
  5. Click "Run test".

Your test invocation is queued and you are prompted to go to the video generator's details page. From there, you may view the status of the ongoing invocation and access the results once the invocation has completed.

Note: The total time to complete a test invocation depends on the size of the input channel(s) and number of robologs used in the test. We recommend using a robolog with a short duration for your tests.

Viewing results​

The details and results of a test invocation are visible from the invocation list on the video generator's details page. Each invocation listed shows the invocation start time, as well as the invocation's status, type, and video generator version. Results may be accessed from the invocation's ( ⋮ ) context menu.

Within the invocation results modal, the status of various invocation stages are shown for each robolog included in the invocation. Within the same panel, you can navigate to the input robolog's details page. The generated output videos are viewable from that page.

Reminder: Our platform considers a test successful if the invocation did not fail at runtime, and the invocation's status will reflect that. You need to verify whether or not the test invocation generated video(s) as intended.

Next steps​

Once you have successfully tested at least one version of your video generator, you may enable it for normfill invocations. Proceed to the next section to learn more about what it means to enable your video generator to run at ingest.