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Is there a perpetual test stream somewhere that would allow ward leaders to practice receiving a stream according to their own schedule or do all tests have to be scheduled and run from the stake center?

I know of a receive only test from the system. I have tried that and on the computer we tested it was ok, but I could see the quality of the picture degrade at times, but the audio was fine. But I believe to do it from the stake center, you would have to schedule a full test or something like that.

The receive only test would work for the purposes of giving people a chance to get their first look at the system. Where is the link to the test stream?

I will have to look at it when I can get into the portal. The test stream came from receive only. I don't have the VidiU unit, so I can't do any other testing right now.

aclawson wrote:Is there a perpetual test stream somewhere that would allow ward leaders to practice receiving a stream according to their own schedule or do all tests have to be scheduled and run from the stake center?

The receive only test has to be scheduled, but it can be done on short notice.

When you schedule a test, there are 4 options, full, encoding, connectivity and receiving. This page describes each one in detail.
https://www.lds.org/help/support/test-w ... t?lang=eng

I hope that you get it figured out.

I got the test profile set up - when I tried to test the "public" URL with access code however I got the message that the event had not yet started, even though it was in full swing. Does this mean that it is not possible to test the receive at a shut-in's house prior to the actual event and just hope that everything will work smoothly?

The access code method doesn't work with the test streams. I was worried but it does work with regular streams. You have to use the specific site URL.