I've read the instructions a few times. I've set up other plug-ins (Facebook, HD). I've set up a LiveRail account. But ... I'm just not understanding how this thing works for OVA. Is there a different set of instructions somewhere else?
Can I use OVA with the swfobject.js approach?
Where in the embed code do I put the actual video URL and where do I put the ad code?
Do I need an xml file if I only want a pre-roll with no companion graphic ad?
Thanks,
Adam
That's a huge help. Very easy to follow your instructions. Thank you!
I still haven't gotten it to work, though. I'm probably really close, though.
I used the Validator here:
http://static.openvideoads.org/qa/latest/ova.jwplayer.5x/examples/pages/jw-specific/vast-validator/b...
I entered my tag and the player on the page worked:
http://ad4.liverail.com/?LR_ORDER_ID=57282215&LR_PUBLISHER_ID=8620&LR_SCHEMA=vast2&LR_TAGS=program_w...
I tried to copy your HTML out (replacing the relative paths with files on my server, of course) with no luck.
http://vpt.vo.llnwd.net/o36/mediaplayer/adtest.html
Do I need the "ova-examples.js" file?
What's the difference between the file parameter ("the-black-hole.mp4") and the holdingClipUrl ("http://content.bitsontherun.com/videos/CWV6XUu0-8ULb9uN9.mp4")?
Thanks again!
Hi Adam,
Ok, quite a few things wrong in that setup, so I created a clean example for you with your ad tag:
http://static.openvideoads.org/support/adam/liverail/jwplayer.html
A few things to note:
1. Please don't reference/run the files directly from our QA server - that will fail eventually as we move the files around all the time. Make sure you grab the JW Player SWF and JS file and the OVA SWFs and load them up on your server and reference them accordingly
2. Just change the "file" setting in this setup to point to your actual show file (e.g. replace the "the-black-hole.mp4" setting with your own show
3. For more detailed info on how to setup JW Player, there's a good amount of documentation here to help:
http://developer.longtailvideo.com
And specifically a guide to embedding here:
Hope that helps,
Paul
Perfect! The clean HTML did the trick. Everything is referenced from our own server now and it's looking good.
Thank you, Paul.
Hi Adam,
Ok, a couple of instructions to help get you going:
1. Yes, you can use OVA with SWFObject - but actually, if you're going for a Javascript based embed approach, it's better to use it with the native JW Embedder
2. Here's an example of an OVA setup for a simple pre-roll using JW Embedder:
http://static.openvideoads.org/qa/latest-qa-rc/ova.jwplayer.5x/examples/pages/setup/jw-embedder.html
Where it says "tag", just replace the contents of that "tag" variable with your liverail ad tag.
3. Please also grab the very latest version of OVA from the OVA Developer Site (http://developer.longtailvideo.com/ova) - register on there and then download RC5 or RC6 from the "Download the Latest" page. Load that SWF up onto your server and reference it in your setup
If you are running RC6, please note the SWF name is "ova-jw.swf" - RC5 and earlier uses "ova.swf"
4. For completeness, here's a SWFObject example:
http://static.openvideoads.org/qa/latest-qa-rc/ova.jwplayer.5x/examples/pages/setup/swfobject.html
Does that help?
You can find a lot more examples here if you are searching for illustrations of some of the settings:
http://static.openvideoads.org/qa/latest/ova.jwplayer.5x/examples/index.html
5. You may also find the OVA Tag Validator useful. If you put your ad tag in here, it will play as a pre-roll and show you the config to use:
http://static.openvideoads.org/qa/latest/ova.jwplayer.5x/examples/pages/jw-specific/vast-validator/b...
Paul