VPAID 2.0 ad support

Video player ad-serving interface definition (VPAID) 2.0 provides a common interface to play video ads. It provides a rich media experience for users and allows publishers to better target ads, track ad impressions, and monetize video content.

The following features are supported:

• Version 2.0 of the VPAID specification

  For more information, see IAB VPAID 2.0.

• Linear VPAID ads with video-on-demand (VOD) content

• In Live content, Browser TVSDK supports pre-roll JavaScript VPAID ads.

• In Flash fallback mode, Browser TVSDK supports only Flash-based VPAID ads.

• Linear JavaScript VPAID ads

  VPAID ads must be JavaScript-based, and the ad response must identify the media type of the VPAID ad as application/javascript.

The following features are not supported:

• Version 1.0 of the VPAID specification
• Skippable ads
• Nonlinear ads, such as overlay ads, dynamic companion ads, minimizable ads, collapsible ads, and expandable ads.
• Preloading VPAID ads
• VPAID ads in live content
• Flash VPAID ads

API

The following API elements support VPAID 2.0 ads:

• The getCustomAdView method of MediaPlayer returns a CustomAdView object, which represents the web view that renders the VPAID ad.

  For more information about the getCustomAdView method, see MediaPlayer API documentation.

• MediaPlayer.setCustomAdTimeout(int milliseconds) sets the timeout on the VPAID loading process.

  The default timeout value is 10 seconds.

• The API, auditudeSettings.ignoreVPAIDAds, allows you to ignore VPAID ads received from the Auditude server. The API does not work for Flash Fallback.

While the VPAID ad is playing:

• The VPAID ad is displayed in a view container above the player view, so code that relies on taps by users on the player view does not work.

• Calls to pause and play on the player instance pause and resume the VPAID ad.

• VPAID ads do not have a predefined duration, because the ad can be interactive.

  The ad duration and total ad break duration that are specified in the ad server response might not be accurate.

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