Penalty Box is TAG’s dynamic error-focused view. Instead of displaying every monitored stream, it automatically pulls only those that exceed thresholds you define – such as video freezes, audio drops, or metadata mismatches – into a dedicated multiview.
This ensures operators immediately see the problem streams, without wasting time scanning through dozens or hundreds of healthy ones. Penalty Box continuously updates in real time, so once an error is resolved, the stream disappears from the view, keeping focus sharp and uncluttered.
By concentrating only on streams in error, Penalty Box reduces the number of “eyes on glass” required, minimizes CPU and screen usage, and accelerates root-cause identification. The result is leaner operations, faster response times, and lower costs – all while maintaining the same level of quality and reliability.
FAQ
Yes! TAG constantly monitors all streams in the background based on your defined thresholds, even if they don't show up on the screen. Not to worry! If a stream exceeds one of your thresholds, it will get pulled up on the Penalty Box layout.
Penalty Box saves resources in a few ways: First, you save compute resources by reducing the decoding power required. Second, you save an even more important resource: "eyes-on-glass". With Penalty Box, your teams don't need to look at all streams at all times, but only focus on the streams that require their attention, so they can do other things.
Yes! You can create a Penalty Box for all your streams even if you're running them on more than one server, using MCS (The TAG platform's control and management layer).