examples of mid and post roll

[spormeon]

Hi

Is there any examples / pointers on how to do mid and post roll ads with videojs-ima and contrib ads. I'm drawing an absolute blank on how to do them so far, I have pre-rolls working, just not a clue on mid and post roll ( ideally a 2 mid roll setup)

[Kiro705]

Hello @spormeon ,

I have tested in the videoJS-ima Advanced Example with this VMAP ad containing pre, mid, and post-roll. Ads played back successfully. Does that ad fail to play mid and post-rolls in your setup?

You can find other ad tags to test with in the IMA's sample tag page.

[spormeon]

my setup is prebid, which only returns vast

[Kiro705]

Hello @spormeon ,

I have confirmed that the sample post-roll ad also works for the advanced example. Do you have an example mid or post-roll ad that is failing?

[spormeon]

basically i'm using prebid, i can get a "tag" back from prebid with contrib ads, that looks like this: https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?env=vp&gdfp_req=1&output=vast&unviewed_position_start=1&correlator=1595512070145&sz=640x480&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twentyfournews.com%2Freaders-blog&iu=/1001824/Video-Corner-Units/twentyfournews.com&description_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwentyfournews.com&cust_params=hb_uuid%3Dundefined%26hb_cache_id%3Dundefined

this tag is when there are no prebid bids, it adds the uuid, cache_id and bidder on the string when there are bids

i take that url which gets returned

is generated and insert it into ima, like this:

and push to ima

google adx video ads bid, show when available

but as you can prob tell, i aint very good at this stuff, noobie. I cant work out how to do mid and post rolls though? first hurdle is getting it working i guess, then next hurdle would be so as prebid bids o each pre, mid and post roll?

[Kiro705]

Hi @spormeon ,

I am able to help you with implementing the videojs-ima plugin so that it can handle mid and post-roll, however I am unable to help debug issues with what types of ads are being returned by Google Ads Manager. This Ad Manager guide on Target video line items to positions may be able to assist with that.

In terms of support I can provide, can you verify if your IMA implementation can correctly play this VMAP ad tag containing pre, mid, and post-roll ads?

[spormeon]

ye, i can play that vmap file. I've actually revolved on since asking this question, I can get my own vmap file to play now as well, so got pre, mid and post working in effect

[Kiro705]

Based on that, it sounds like I can close this issue. Please feel free to reopen if the problem continues.