Multicast technology without compromise. That's why you have to be prepared in terms of knowledge and have appropriate diagnostic tools.
Multicast stream diagnostic:
- http://www.pjdaniel.org.uk/mpeg/
- http://tsreader.com/index.html
- http://partner.sgtsa.pl/mcrecv
- https://github.com/slemire/mcast_tools
For example what can cause multicast problems:
- microburst
- no QoS
- filtering packages related to multicast (i.e. some switches has options to protect from DoS but not always it works like it should)
- broken fiber transceiver
- disabled IGMP Snooping
Below are some interesting links: