HTML5 IMA SDK iOS video src attribute

[Evans Owino]

Hello,

On iOS Safari, where the same video element is reused for both content and ad playback, it appears the IMA SDK modifies the src attribute of the video element when transitioning to and from ad breaks.

This can be problematic in scenarios where the content URL has a short lived expiry token. When CONTENT_RESUME_REQUESTED is triggered, the expired source is auto set on the video element by the SDK which causes a 403 and is subsequently picked up as a playback error in our analytics (Mux).

It seems there's no built-in mechanism to prevent this?

Is it possible for the google.ima.AdDisplayContainer to be extended to optionally leave source resolution to the application integrating IMA?

Regards,

Evans

[IMA SDK]

Hi Evans,

Thank you for contacting the IMA SDK Support team.

To better assist you, I'd appreciate it if you could provide more details about your use case. Specifically, the following information would be very helpful:

• Sample project where the issue is reproducible
• Ad tag
• Screen recording

I would recommend you to refer to the ad rules document for more information.

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This message is in relation to case "ref:!00D1U01174p.!5004Q02vGhSP:ref" (ADR-00273906)

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[Evans Owino]

Hello,

Thanks for getting back to me. The Ad rules doc you shared was really helpful. 

It turns out setting the following prop to false did the trick: adsRenderingSettings.restoreCustomPlaybackStateOnAdBreakComplete = false;