The Hercules Player is an application that allows customers to download videos to their computer or device for offline playback, along with streaming playback of videos for online playback.

A new feature has been added that allows users to upload, manage, and view their own videos inside of the application, called Personal Content DVR (PCDVR). 

This contest is part of a continuing effort to ensure the app works as expected.

This bug hunt is focused on all functionality of the app, but note that we recently made lots of UI navigation changes, including a new tab bar footer on iPad and a new side menu on iPhone.

Contest Scope

The goal of this competition is to clearly identify the limitations of the provided application and ensure the functionality of the app works as expected, including photos and videos.  A new backend API is in use and there are likely lots of new issues throughout the app.

Things to test:

* Resumable uploads

* Favorites for photos

* Cleaner navigation on both iPad and iPhone

• The functionality works on iOS devices (iPad and iPhone).
• The download to favorites functionality works for offline playback
• The new photo uploading, editing, and viewing works appropriately.

IOS 8:

This bug hunt will not only test the existing app, but iOS 8 is in scope.  Any bugs that are purely iOS 8 (not reproducible on iOS 7) will be counted triple when determining the results and will be paid at $15 instead of $5 if you don't win.

To test iOS 8, you will need to be a registered app developer and download XCode 6:

https://developer.apple.com/xcode/downloads/

The source code is available in the forum, and you can run the app easily on the various iOS 8 simulators, as well as any device you have put the iOS 8 beta onto.

Only the latest iOS 8 beta is in scope.

IOS 8 deprecated calls:

If you find any calls in the source code that are flagged as deprecated in iOS 8, please log those as bugs.  We will count those the same as regular issues.  Only put in 1 ticket per unique API call, not 1 ticket for every spot a particular deprecated call is made.

Device registration

Note that you will be given the chance to join the TestFlight group for this application and can register your test devices there. PLEASE only register devices you plan to use going forward. We have limited device slots, so I want to make sure we have the space.

In the future, bug races will launch and the build will be available in TestFlight to all previously registered testers, which should make deploying and testing much easier for everyone.

Existing tickets

There are already bugs registered in HPBU from a previous bug hunt. Those tickets will be considered when reviewing, so please don't register something that's already in that list of existing issues.

Screenshots

Note that for every bug you assign to a specific OS, you MUST provide a screenshot for that platform. This is a requirement to ensure proper test coverage on each platform. For instance, if you assign a bug to Windows and OS X, but you don't provide a screenshot for OS X, the bug will be rejected.

Main Requirements

These are the main pieces of functionality in the app. The entire app is in scope, but please make sure to test these:

General Functionality

• The functionality works on both phones and tablets.

Specific Functionality

• Uploading and viewing a video
• Adding albums
• Renaming videos and editing name after uploading
• Setting video thumbnail
• Moving videos between albums
• Removing videos
• Ensuring syncing works between devices under the same account
• Deleting albums and individual videos
• The "Open with..." menu in iOS works
• New videos taken are shown when the app is started and the user is prompted to upload them
• Downloading a video works and the video is available to playback offline and shows up in the "Favorites" option in the footer.

Users

User details will be provided in the forum.

Format

For each report of a limitation or bug, we need the following information:

1) Steps to reproduce, including any needed information
2) Screenshots (if applicable)
3) Expected results after the bug is fixed
4) Current results, before the bug is fixed
5) OS version (7.0, 7.1, 8 etc...)
6) Device type and description (iPad Air, iPad 2, iPhone 4S, etc...)

Only actual bugs will be counted. Tickets logged for enhancements or issues that aren't bugs won't be counted.

When in doubt, always provide a screenshot. Screenshots are very helpful due to the graphical nature of the application and help clarify bugs. If you don't provide a screenshot, there's a good chance your bug will be rejected.

You will log your tickets here: https://apps.topcoder.com/bugs/browse/HPBU You must select the "Personal Content DVR iOS" component for each logged issue or it may not get counted during review.