Instead of listing how long the ad plays in total, display how long it has left. So it would be something like "Your content will begin in 15 seconds." A second later, it would update to say 14 seconds, and so as time goes on.
I don't know if this is possible already, but it would be a nice addition.
Hi Derek, yep - it is actually possible at the moment...
A Flowplayer example of it is here:
http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/open-video-ads/ova-for-flowplayer/13407/ad-notice-with-countdow...
You can find the same type of example for OVA for JW4 and 5.
The configuration option to enable this is:
"ads": {
"notice": {
"type": "countdown"
},
...
}
If you want, you can also change the text of the message with the following option:
"ads": {
"notice": {
"message": "<p class=\"smalltext\" align=\"right\">My New Ad Notice - _countdown_ seconds</p>"
}
}
The keyword "_countdown_" is used to identify where to put the number of seconds counting down in the message.