AV CONTINUITY AND BACKUP REHEARSAL WORKSHEET
GLMedia template. Complete with event details and test results.
The venue’s emergency plan has its own procedures and designated personnel.

EVENT
Event / date / venue / agenda and version:
Signal paths, diagram and version / planned equipment and configuration:
Show director, operators, venue and network leads:
Agreed technical rehearsal date and conditions:
Pre-show window / sessions that could be affected:

SCENARIO (REPEAT FOR EACH SCENARIO)
Identifier / run-of-show segment:
Function that stops working / specific failure to simulate:
What must continue / agreed pause or alternative:
Who detects and reports / who decides / who operates:
Main path / sources, devices and destinations:
Backup / prepared content, equipment and connections:
Failure covered / limits / shared dependencies:
Conditions preventing use / open issues:
Model and manual edition for the control used:
Holding content / source and path available in this failure:
Announcement or alternative if that path is also unavailable:

TEST
Identifier / date / participants:
Actual equipment, versions, files, accounts and paths used:
Agreed failure simulation method / person responsible:
Starting state / how it will be restored:
Observed loss / detection / notification / changeover action:
Mark any unknown moment as not measured.
For each destination: agreed recovery condition:
For each destination: start and end of each measurement / recorded time:
Picture restored / voice restored / agreed content:
Record separate times when picture, voice or content return at different moments.
Room observer / picture and voice / pause or difference:
Remote observer / picture, voice and content / reconnection:
Stream observer / account and player / picture and sound:
Saved take / segment and tracks reviewed / gaps or differences:
What was not tested / reason / person responsible for checking:

RETURN TO THE MAIN PATH
Configured automatic or manual return / agreed condition:
Configuration agreed before rehearsal / who authorizes manual return:
How content, playback position, picture and audio were checked before return:
If not checked off air: method and timing agreed with the show director:
Action taken / measurement start and end / result at each destination:
Observed interruption / file reviewed / open issues:

CLOSEOUT
Scope tested / results and limitations:
Changes requiring part of the rehearsal to be repeated:
Final worksheet / related run of show / crew notified:
Actual event incident, if any / evidence and person who reviewed it:
Improvement needed for the next setup:

Distinguish a proposed backup, a prepared backup and a recorded test result.
Do not turn a manual setting or partial test into a general guarantee.

LIVESTREAM INTERRUPTION COMPARISON (REPEAT FOR EACH INCIDENT)
Test or incident identifier / encoder session:
Time of each observation / clock or position recording it:
Visible or audible content cue recognized by each observer:
Observer / device / connection / link and access permissions used:
Observed symptom: frozen picture, jump, loading, speech or other:
Known or unverified player delay / how it was matched to the file:
Recording device or application / signal or stage recorded:
Local take opened and played / segment and tracks reviewed / observed result:
Encoder indicator / baseline value and time / dropout value and time:
Observation window / calculated change where applicable / meaning verified:
Platform ingest status / time / saved alert or screenshot:
Previous setting / change made / operator / reason for change:
Subsequent result at encoder / platform / external player:
Voice, picture and content received on return / who confirmed it:
Available samples before, during and after / observation time after the change:
Other connection or player compared / observed differences:
Session log retained / reviewer / parts still to check:
Cause confirmed by evidence, hypothesis, or still undetermined:

RECORDING: SCOPE OF MAIN AND BACKUP
Blank fields for an agreed test; these are not equipment test results.

Session / material to preserve / agreed picture and voices:
Main path: source / connection / device or app / version / medium / destination:
Backup path: source / connection / device or app / version / medium / destination:
Shared components / incident to cover:
Recording mode / model / manual, edition and section consulted:
Who defines the test / method / starting state / return procedure:

Path | File and location | Segment reviewed | Tracks reviewed | Result
Main:
Backup:

Start and stop of each recording / people responsible:
Continuation, duplication or other function actually checked:
Observed duration / additional segments / differences or gaps:
Action taken / previous condition / before-and-after sample:
Scope verified / untested condition / reason:
Open issue / person responsible / next check date: