Need help setting up VAST ad tag using OVA for JWPlayer

Hi,

A new version of OVA is about to be pushed to production.

It's best that you use that version.

Here's what you should do now:

1. Go to the OVA developer site (http://developer.longtailvideo.com/ova)

2. Register on that site and then download the latest Release Candidate from the "Download the Latest" page (it is RC5 or the RC6 development version)

3. Assuming you have JW 5.7 or JW 5.8 installed, use the JW Embedder setup to construct your OVA config. Here's an example of a simple pre-roll setup using a direct ad tag:

4. To use your ad tag, just replace the "tag" in that setup with your ad tag

There is also a simple Tag validator that may help you:

If you pop your ad tag in the text box, it will show you the config you need for a pre-roll and play the ad ...

Hope this helps,

Paul

Thanks for your help Paul.

What if I have JWPlayer 5.3?

When I click on my ad tag, it says publisher ID invalid. Is this normal? This is my first time working with video ads. Also, the network told me to insert the link to the end of the tag, but I don't see an example on the ova documentation that does it.

Anyways I am looking forward to your response. I hope that I can get this up and running so that I can implement it on my various sites.

Hi,

On the JW5.3 question - it *should* work, however you'll have to use the old OBJECT/EMBED approach and an external file to setup.

The latest RCs haven't been tested with 5.3 so that is a bit of a guess to be honest.

It is advisable to upgrade to 5.7 or 5.8 if at all possible.

Do you have a URL that I can have a look at to see your click through issue?

(email it to "enquiries@openvideoads.org" if you don't want to post your URL here)

When the ad publisher says "put the link at the end of the ad tag", they mean replace the "<url of the video file>" part of the ad tag with your page or video URL...

Paul

Hi,

Sorry I should have added that it is possible for OVA to insert the page URL into the ad tag at runtime.. just use the "__page-url__" tag variable as follows in your OVA config: