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Playing Ads

Supported advertisement systems:

  • Client-side advertisements:

    • Google IMA

  • Server-side advertisements

    • Google DAI
    • AWS Media Tailor
    • Yospace

Ads Properties

Use Ads Properties to set all configuration needed to play advertisements for each stream. This property is part of Multi Stream Properties.

  • Ads Mode : Select the types of the advertisement library.
    • DAI
    • MEDIA_TAILOR
    • YOSPACE
    • IMA
    • NONE
  • IMA Config:
    • Ad Tag Uri: Advertisement URL that is going to be played. VAST, VPAID, VMAP are supported. If the IMA ad mode is used this parameter is mandatory.
    • Enable Vpaid: Enables the usage of VPAID. The ads mode must be IMA.
    • Page Url: Adds a parameter to the ad request to keep track of the domain that sent the request. For targeting purposes. The ad mode must be IMA.
  • DAI Config :
    • Asset Key : For LIVE streams. This is used to determine which stream should be played
    • Content Src Id : For VoD (on-demand) streams. Unique identifier for the publisher content, from a CMS
    • Video Id : For VoD (on-demand) streams. Identifier for the video content source
  • Media Tailor Config :
    • Base Url : Base URL for Video and Ads
    • Manifest Url : Video URL to be attached to the baseURL
    • Ads Params : Contains “Params: string” this is the Ad URL to be attached to the baseURL

Client-Side Advertisement

Google IMA

Google IMA SDK is a client-side ad insertion solution offered by Google pre-integrated with HISPlayer that allows to integrate multimedia ads into your websites and apps.

To use Google IMA:

  • It is needed to include the Google IMA SDK
  • It is needed to set Ads Properties > AdsMode : IMA

Include the IMA SDK

Google IMA has a dependency on the IMA SDK. Hence, this library needs to be included in your page, otherwise the playback will start without ads. The following snippets demonstrates how this SDK can be included in your html or javascript file :

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/sdkloader/ima3.js"></script>

Configure the Ads Properties

  • Ads Mode: IMA
  • Ad Tag Uri : "YOUR_AD_URI"

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Please, take into account that your ads must be well configured to avoid cross-origin errors. The server, where your ads are hosted, should set the header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin: "origin used"' appropriately.

Error received when the above header is not set correctly:

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  • Enable Vpaid: optional (true or false).

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Server-Side Advertisement Systems

Google DAI

Google DAI is a server-side ad insertion solution offered by Google pre-integrated with HISPlayer and offers playback for HLS and DASH streams.

To use Google DAI:

  • It is needed to include the Google DAI SDK
  • It is needed to set Ads Properties > AdsMode : DAI

Include the DAI SDK

Google DAI has a dependency on the DAI SDK. Hence, this library needs to be included in your page, otherwise the playback will start without ads. The following snippets demonstrates how this SDK can be included in your html or javascript file :

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/sdkloader/ima3_dai.js"></script>

Configure the Ads Properties

For Live :

  • Ads Mode : DAI
  • DAI Config :
    • Asset Key : "YOUR_ASSET_KEY" (e.g. PSzZMzAkSXCmlJOWDmRj8Q)

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For VoD :

  • Ads Mode : DAI
  • DAI Config :
    • Content Src Id : "YOUR_CONTENT_SRC_ID" (e.g. 2542753)
    • Video Id : "YOUR_VIDEO_ID" (e.g. WNET0056239080000200)

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MediaTailor

MediaTailor is a service that provides scalable ad insertion and channel assembly. It is able to serve targeted ad content to viewers and create linear streams while maintaining broadcast quality in over-the-top (OTT) video applications. It supports HLS and DASH for both VOD and live workflows.

To use MediaTailor:

  • It is needed to set Ads Properties > AdsMode : Media Tailor

Configure the Ads Properties

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Yospace

Yospace is a server-side ad insertion solution pre-integrated with HISPlayer and offers playback for VOD and live HLS and DASH streams.

To use Yospace:

  • Provide a stream that includes Yospace SSAI
  • It is needed to set Ads Properties > AdsMode : Yospace

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Related APIs

Properties

  • public List adsProperties: List of properties to configure advertisement insertions for each player in the scene

  • public class AdsProperties:

    • public enum AdsMode: Types of the advertisement library.
    • public struct ImaConfig: Config for IMA ads mode.
    • public struct DaiConfig: Config for DAI ads mode.
    • public struct MediaTailorConfig: Config for MediaTailor ads mode.

  • public enum AdsMode: Types of the advertisement library.

    • DAI
    • MEDIA_TAILOR
    • YOSPACE
    • IMA
    • NONE

  • public struct ImaConfig: Config for IMA ads mode.

    • public string adTagUri: Client-side ad to be used. AdsMode must be IMA.
    • public bool enableVpaid: Enables the usage of VPAID. AdsMode must be IMA.
    • public bool pageUrl: Adds a parameter to the ad request to keep track of the domain that sent the request. For targeting purposes. AdsMode must be IMA.

  • public struct DaiConfig: Config for DAI ads mode.

    • public string assetKey: For live streams. This is used to determine which stream should be played.
    • public string contentSrcId: For VoD (on-demand) streams. Unique identifier for the publisher content, from a CMS.
    • public string videoId: For VoD (on-demand) streams. Identifier for the video content source.

  • public struct MediaTailorConfig: Config for MediaTailor ads mode.

    • public string baseUrl: Base URL for video and ads.
    • public string manifestUrl: Video URL to be attached to the baseURL.
    • public string adsParams: Contains 'Params: string' this is the ad URL to be attached to the baseURL.

Event and Virtual Functions

  • public enum HISPlayerEvent: The list of events provided by HISPlayer SDK for playing advertisements. You can use the event using the virtual functions in the next section.
    • HISPLAYER_EVENT_AD_BLOCK_STARTED
    • HISPLAYER_EVENT_AD_BLOCK_END
    • HISPLAYER_EVENT_AD_STARTED
    • HISPLAYER_EVENT_AD_STOPPED
    • HISPLAYER_EVENT_AD_PODS_INFO
    • HISPLAYER_EVENT_ID3_METADATA

protected virtual void EventAdBlockStarted(HISPlayerEventInfo eventInfo)

Override this method to add custom logic when HISPlayerEvent.HISPLAYER_EVENT_AD_BLOCK_STARTED is triggered. This event occurs whenever a group of advertisements starts.

protected virtual void EventAdBlockEnd(HISPlayerEventInfo eventInfo)

Override this method to add custom logic when HISPlayerEvent.HISPLAYER_EVENT_AD_BLOCK_END is triggered. This event occurs whenever a group of advertisements ends.

protected virtual void EventAdStarted(HISPlayerEventInfo eventInfo)

Override this method to add custom logic when HISPlayerEvent.HISPLAYER_EVENT_AD_STARTED is triggered. This event occurs whenever a single advertisement starts.

protected virtual void EventAdStopped(HISPlayerEventInfo eventInfo)

Override this method to add custom logic when HISPlayerEvent.HISPLAYER_EVENT_AD_STOPPED is triggered. This event occurs whenever a single advertisement ends.

protected virtual void EventAdPodsInfo(HisPlayerEventAdPodsInfo eventInfo)

Override this method to add custom logic when HISPlayerEvent.HISPLAYER_EVENT_AD_PODS_INFO is triggered. This event occurs whenever there is an advertisement pods information indicating cue points of ad breaks.

Name Description Notes
int startTime Start cue point of ad break in milliseconds
int endTime End cue point of ad break in milliseconds
int param1 Start cue point of ad break in milliseconds Deprecated
int param2 End cue point of ad break in milliseconds Deprecated

protected virtual void EventOnId3Metadata(HISPlayerEventID3Metadata eventInfo)

Override this method to add custom logic when HISPlayerEvent.HISPLAYER_EVENT_ID3_METADATA is triggered. This event is fired when a new Yospace ad cue within the segments is encountered.

Name Description
ID3Metadata metadata Metadata object that contains information about the ad cue
ID3Metadata
Name Description
int startTime Start cue point of ad break in milliseconds
int endTime End cue point of ad break in milliseconds
ID3MetadataPayload payload Contains the Yospace specific ad cue's data. Visit Yospace's Dev Tools for more information: https://developer.yospace.com/login.php
ID3MetadataPayload
Name Description
string decodedData The decoded data ready to be used
string data Base64 data
string description The data description. It might be empty
string key Cue metadata identifier, e.g. "YMID"

Non-virtual Functions

protected float GetAdDuration(int playerIndex)

Get the duration of a certain advertisement in milliseconds (ms). The playerIndex is associated with the index of the element of Multi Stream Properties, e.g. the index 0 is the element 0 in the list.

protected float GetAdRemainingTime(int playerIndex)

Get the remaining time of a certain advertisement in milliseconds (ms). The playerIndex is associated with the index of the element of Multi Stream Properties, e.g. the index 0 is the element 0 in the list.

protected float GetAdCurrentTime(int playerIndex)

Get the current time of a certain advertisement in milliseconds (ms). The playerIndex is associated with the index of the element of Multi Stream Properties, e.g. the index 0 is the element 0 in the list.

protected void ChangeVideoContent(int playerIndex, string url, int resumePosition = 0, AdsProperties ads = null)

Change the video’s url of a certain player. The playerIndex is associated with the index of the element of Multi Stream Properties, e.g. the index 0 is the element 0 in the list. The urlIndex is associated with the index of the element in the list of urls. The resumePosition is time position in milliseconds (ms) where the new content is starting the playback, default value is 0. The AdsProperties is an ads properties to use when loading the new content, default value is null