What's New? (Release Candidate December 16 2010)

The following product versions have been issued as "release candidates".

• OVA for AS3 -
• OVA for JW Player 4
• OVA for JW Player 5
• OVA for Flowplayer

This release candidate contains the following major functional additions:

• VAST 2 wrapper support
• VPAID 1.1 Linear Ad support (JW only. Flowplayer support will be in the next RC along with non-linear VPAID support)
• An ability to configure a "Skip Ad" button
• Dramatically simplified configuration for pre-roll only setups

1. Download the Release Candidates

You can download the full release candidate package via the following links:

•  ova.as3-rc.tar.gz (0.6.0)
•  ova.flowplayer-rc.tar.gz (0.6.0)
•  ova.jwplayer.4x-rc.tar.gz (0.5.0)
•  ova.jwplayer.5x-rc.tar.gz (0.5.0)

If you just want the OVA.swf or AS3 framework library file, download via these links:

• OVA for JW Player 5 (SWF)
• OVA for JW Player 4 (SWF)
• OVA for Flowplayer (SWF)
• OVA for AS3 (SWC)

Finally, the latest release candidate code can be found in the SVN "packages" directory, or the "tags" directory.

2. VAST2 wrapper support

Support has been added for the VAST 2 wrapper. For more information on the format of VAST 2 wrappers, refer to the  IAB site.

For an example of the VAST 2 wrapper in action, click  here.

3. VPAID support

Support has been added for VPAID 1.1 linear ads. At this time the support has been added to the AS3 framework, OVA for JW4 and OVA for JW5 plugins.

To see an example VPAID linear ad in action (JW5), click  here.

4. Configuring the Skip Ad Button

The ability to "skip" on a linear ad has been added along with a set of examples illustrating how to configure OVA to activate the button ( flowplayer,  JW4,  JW5 examples)

A "skip" button can be enabled as follows:

{
     "ads": {
          "controls": {
               "skipAd": {
                   "enabled": true
               }
          },
          ....
     }
}

4.1 The Standard Skip Ad Button

By default a button with a pre-defined image is used.

To see the standard "skip ad" button in action, click here ( flowplayer,  JW4,  JW5).

That image can be overridden.

4.2 Using a Custom Image for the Skip Ad Button

To override the standard skip ad button image, use the "image" property and specify the new image "width" and "height":

{
    "ads": {
         "controls": {
                "skipAd": {
                     "enabled": true,
                     "image": "../../images/my-new-skip-button.jpg",
                     "width": 65,
                     "height": 15
                }
        },
        ....
    }
}

An example of an overridden button image can be found here ( flowplayer,  JW4,  JW5).

4.3 Using Region Attributes with the Skip Ad Button

It is also possible to use the region attributions to declare a skip button - background color, margins, borders and html content can be specified to construct the look of the button.

{
     "ads": {
           "controls": {
                "skipAd": {
                     "enabled": true,
                     "html": "<p>SKIP!</p>",
                     "region": {
                            "id": "my-new-skip-ad-button",
                            "verticalAlign": 3,
                            "horizontalAlign": 3,
                            "backgroundColor": "#FF3300",
                            "opacity": 0.8,
                            "borderRadius": 15,
                            "padding": "0 1 1 13",
                            "width": 60,
                            "height": 20
                     }
                }
           },
           ....
      }
}

An example of a HTML button can be found here ( flowplayer,  JW4,  JW5)

4.4 Showing the Skip Button on Ads with a minimim duration

It is possible to configure the "skip ad" button so that it only shows on ads that are longer than a specific duration.

For example, the following configuration configures the "skip ad" button to show only on ads that are 10 seconds or longer in duration.

{
     "ads": {
          "controls": {
               "skipAd": {
                   "enabled": true,
                   "minimumAdDuration": 10
               }
          },
          ....
     }
}

If you want to see this option in action, view these examples ( flowplayer,  JW4,  JW5)

5. Simplified Configuration

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