Open Video Ads
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Documentation
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Guides
- About Open Video Ads
- About the IAB Video Advertising Standards
- Getting Started
- OVA Configuration Guide
- Supported Ad Servers
- Test Video Ad Streams, Overlays and Companions
- 24/7 Real Media OVA Configuration Guide
- AdTech OVA Configuration Guide
- Direct OVA Configuration Guide
- DoubleClick OVA Configuration Guide
- OpenX OVA Configuration Guide
- Tutorials
- Examples
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Guides
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Product Documentation
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OVA for JW Player 5
- Guides
- Tutorials
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Examples
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Ad Formats
- A preroll ad only (http)
- A preroll ad only (rtmp)
- A preroll ad with a show stream (http)
- A preroll ad with a show stream (rtmp)
- A preroll and show stream with an overlay ad (http)
- A preroll and show stream with an overlay ad (rtmp)
- A pre-roll, 2 show streams with post-roll ads after each (http)
- A pre-roll, 2 show streams with post-roll ads after each (rtmp)
- 1 stream with a pre, mid and post-roll (http)
- 1 stream with a pre, mid and post-roll (rtmp)
- A pre-roll with companion and a show stream (http)
- A pre-roll with companion and a show stream (rtmp)
- Overlay with Click to Website
- Click on a linear ad to go to the advertiser website
- Delivering Text Overlay Ads
- Delivering Image Overlay Ads
- Delivering Flash Overlay Ads
- Delivering HTML Overlay Ads
- A Scaled Pre-Roll Linear Interactive Ad that maintains the Aspect Ratio
- A Non-Scaled Pre-Roll Linear Interactive Ad
- A Scaled Pre-Roll Linear Interactive Ad not maintaining the Aspect Ratio
- Delivering Linear Interactive Ad Without Scaling or Aspect Declared
- Multiple pre-rolls followed by multiple overlays during the show stream
- Configuring Overlay Ads
- Configuring the Ad Notice
- Configuring the Ad Servers
- 24/7 Real Media
- Adify
- Adtech
- DoubleClick
- Generic
- LightningCast
- Liverail
- Microsoft
- Mov.ad
- Oasis
- Open.x
- Mixing Ad Servers
- Custom Ad Delivery
- Repeating Ad Positions
- Play ads only once
- Targetted Ad Delivery
- Selective application of ad slots
- Impression serving on an empty Ad VAST response
- Ignoring Ad Duration
- Selection of video media based on mime type
- Selection of media based on bitrate
- Turning off non-linear ad replay
- Retaining a Companion after the ad has played
- Duration-less Scheduling
- JW Player Specific Options
- Inline stream (without a stream duration)
- Inline single stream (with a stream duration)
- Inline single stream (with a stream duration and start time)
- Scheduling ads with a Bits On The Run (BOTR) playlist
- Working with the Google Analytics plugin
- Using SMIL playlists via the OAS shows config
- Using SMIL playlists via the JW Flashvars
- Working with the HD plugin
- Inline OAS Configuration
- Specifying new providers
- Specifying a Start Time
- Supporting Companions
- The JavaScript API
- The VAST XML Wrapper
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Ad Formats
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OVA for JW Player 4
- Guides
- Tutorials
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Examples
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Ad Formats
- A pre-roll ad only (HTTP)
- A pre-roll ad only (RTMP)
- A pre-roll ad with a show stream (HTTP)
- A pre-roll ad with a show stream (RTMP)
- A pre-roll and show stream with an overlay ad (HTTP)
- A pre-roll and show stream with an overlay ad (RTMP)
- A pre-roll, 2 show streams with post-roll ads after each (HTTP)
- A pre-roll, 2 show streams with post-roll ads after each
- 1 stream with a pre, mid and post-roll (HTTP)
- 1 stream with a pre, mid and post-roll (RTMP)
- A pre-roll with companion and a show stream (HTTP)
- A pre-roll with companion and a show stream (RTMP)
- Overlay with 'click to website'
- Click on a linear ad to go to the advertiser website
- Delivering Text Overlay Ads
- Delivering Image Overlay Ads
- Delivering Flash Overlay Ads
- Delivering HTML Overlay Ads
- A Scaled Pre-Roll Linear Interactive Ad that maintains the Aspect Ratio
- A Non-Scaled Pre-Roll Linear Interactive Ad
- A Scaled Pre-Roll Linear Interactive Ad not maintaining the Aspect Ratio
- Delivering Linear Interactive Ad Without Scaling or Aspect Declared
- Multiple pre-rolls followed by muliple overlays during the show stream
- Configuring Overlay Ads
- Configuring the Ad Notice
- Configuring the Ad Servers
- 24/7 Real Media
- Adify
- Adtech
- DoubleClick
- Generic
- LightningCast
- Liverail
- Microsoft
- Mov.ad
- Oasis
- Open.x
- Mixing Ad Servers
- Custom Ad Delivery
- Repeating Ad Positions
- Play ads only once
- Targetted Ad Delivery
- Selective application of ad slots
- Impression serving on an empty Ad VAST response
- Ignoring Ad Duration
- Selection of video media based on mime type
- Selection of media based on bitrate
- Turning off non-linear ad replay
- Retaining a Companion after the ad has played
- Duration-less Scheduling
- A duration-less stream with a pre-roll that does not have a VAST duration
- A duration-less stream with a pre-roll with an incorrect VAST duration
- Duration-less stream with a pre-roll duration set in VAST
- 1 stream with a pre-roll
- 1 stream with a mid-roll
- 1 stream with a post-roll
- 1 stream with an overlay
- JW Player Specific Options
- Inline stream (without a stream duration)
- Inline single stream (with a stream duration)
- Scheduling ads against an inline single stream (with a stream duration and start time)
- Scheduling ads with a Bits On The Run (BOTR) playlist
- Working with the Google Analytics plugin
- Using SMIL playlists via the OAS shows config
- Using SMIL playlists via the JW Flashvars
- Working with the HD plugin
- Inline OAS Configuration
- Specifying new providers
- Specifying a Start Time
- Supporting Companions
- The JavaScript API
- The VAST XML Wrapper
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Ad Formats
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OVA for Flowplayer
- Guides
- Tutorials
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Examples
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Ad Formats
- A pre-roll ad only (HTTP)
- A pre-roll ad with a show stream (HTTP)
- A pre-roll and show stream with an overlay ad (HTTP)
- A pre-roll, 2 show streams with post-roll ads after each (HTTP)
- 1 stream with a pre, mid and post-roll (HTTP)
- A pre-roll with companion and a show stream (HTTP)
- A pre-roll ad only (RTMP)
- A pre-roll ad with a show stream (RTMP)
- A pre-roll and show stream with an overlay ad (RTMP)
- A pre-roll, 2 show streams with post-roll ads after each
- 1 stream with a pre, mid and post-roll (RTMP)
- A pre-roll with companion and a show stream
- Overlay with 'click to website'
- Click on a linear ad to go to the advertiser website
- Delivering Text Overlay Ads
- Delivering Image Overlay Ads
- Delivering Flash Overlay Ads
- Delivering HTML Overlay Ads
- A Scaled Pre-Roll Linear Interactive Ad that maintains the Aspect Ratio
- A Non-Scaled Pre-Roll Linear Interactive Ad
- A Scaled Pre-Roll Linear Interactive Ad not maintaining the Aspect Ratio
- Delivering Linear Interactive Ad Without Scaling or Aspect Declared
- Multiple pre-rolls followed by muliple overlays during the show stream
- Configuring Overlay Ads
- Configuring the Ad Notice
- Changing the "This is an advert" message
- Ad Notice with Countdown Timer
- Turning off the Ad Notice
- Modifying the Linear Ad Clickthrough Message
- Test reposition of ad notice when the controls hids
- Enable/disable of control bar during ad playback (HTTP)
- Small Ad Notice Text
- Turning off the Click-Through Message
- Configuring the Ad Servers
- 24/7 Real Media
- Adify
- Adtech
- DoubleClick
- Generic
- LightningCast
- Liverail
- Microsoft
- Mov.ad
- Oasis
- Open.x
- Mixing Ad Servers
- Custom Ad Delivery
- Repeating Ad Positions
- Play ads only once
- Targetted Ad Delivery
- Selective application of ad slots
- Impression serving on an empty Ad VAST response
- Ignoring VAST Ad Duration
- Selection of video media based on mime type
- Selection of media based on bitrate
- Turning Off Overlay Replay
- Retaining a Companion after the ad has played
- Duration-less Scheduling
- Duration-less stream with a pre-roll that does not have a VAST duration
- A duration-less stream with a pre-roll with an incorrect VAST duration
- Duration-less stream with a pre-roll duration set in VAST
- 1 stream with a pre-roll
- 1 stream with a mid-roll
- 1 stream with a post-roll
- 1 stream with an overlay
- Flowplayer Specific Options
- Integrating with Flowplayer Playlists
- Supporting Custom Player Properties
- Supporting RSS Playlists
- Using Custom Properties to set the Show Title and Description
- Supporting SMIL Playlists
- A mixed RTMP and HTTP playlist (HTTP)
- Delivering mixed MP4/FLV streams and ads
- Excluding Ad from the Flowplayer JS Playlist Plugin
- Serving overlays on separate playlist streams using the modified JS Playlist Plugin
- Configure new providers
- Pseudo-streaming ad and show streams
- Using Flowplayer Common Clip and Playlist settings with the OAS
- Enabling Playlist Skip Buttons for Ads
- Maintaining 4:3 in a 16:9 Player
- Using loop:false on the Playlist Plugin with Ads
- Specifying a Start Time
- Supporting Companions
- Illustrating the JavaScript API
- The VAST XML Wrapper
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Ad Formats
- OVA for AS3
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OVA for JW Player 5
- Developer Tools
Supported Ad Servers
Open VIdeo Ads will work with any VAST (1.0 or 2.0) compliant Video Ad Server. To understand how to configure OVA to work with a generic VAST compliant ad server refer to the "Direct: OVA Configuration Guide"
To ensure ease of use and optimal player configuration, additional support has been built into OVA the following ad servers:
- 24/7 Real Media Open Ad Stream (www.247realmedia.com)
- View the Flowplayer, JW4.x, JW5.x examples
- Review the 24/7 Real Media OVA Configuration Guide
- Adify (www.adify.com)
- View the Flowplayer, JW4.x, JW5.x examples
- AdJuggler (www.adjuggler.com)
- AdTech (www.adtech.com)
- View the Flowplayer, JW4.x, JW5.x examples
- Review the AdTech OVA Configuration Guide
- Google DoubleClick (www.doubleclick.com)
- View the Flowplayer, JW4.x, JW5.x examples
- Review the DoubleClick OVA Configuration Guide
- Lightningcast (www.lightningcast)
- View the Flowplayer, JW4.x, JW5.x examples
- OASIS (oasis.sourceforge.net)
- View the Flowplayer, JW4.x, JW5.x examples
- OpenX (www.openx.org)
- View the Flowplayer, JW4.x, JW5.x examples
- Review the OpenX OVA Configuration Guide
- Microsoft (www.microsoft.com)
- View the Flowplayer, JW4.x, JW5.x examples
- Scanscout (www.scanscout.com)
- View the Flowplayer, JW4.x, JW5.x examples
- Smart Ad Server (www.smartadserver.com)
- View the Flowplayer, JW4.x, JW5.x examples
- Tremor Media (www.tremormedia.com)
- View the Flowplayer, JW4.x, JW5.x examples
Additional ad servers are being added with each new release.
If you find that your ad server is not on the supported list and does not work with the default support for VAST compliant ad servers, please contact enquiries@openvideoads.org and we'll arrange to add your ad server to the list.