VPAID Skip Ad Functionality

[jwright04]

Hi All, 

Was running into something that's driving me a little nuts.  I know a VPAID ad is supposed to have the adSkippableState property set to true in order to display the skip ad button (which it is).  I don't have any problems with the skip functionality when it comes to a standard vast tag with a progressive download media file, but with VPAID, i don't get the skip button.  My setup is below...

Handshake version:

public function handshakeVersion(playerVPAIDVersion:String) : String {

     return "2.0";

}

Inside my VPAID Creative:

public function get adSkippableState() : Boolean {
     return true
};

Linear node of my VAST response

<Linear skipoffset="5%">

  <Duration>00:00:30</Duration>

  <TrackingEvents>

    <Tracking event="skip">

      <![CDATA[http://example.com/skip/1x1.gif]]>

    </Tracking>

    <Tracking event="progress" offset="5%">

      <![CDATA[http://example.com/progress/1x1.gif]]>

    </Tracking>

  </TrackingEvents>

  <VideoClicks/>

  <MediaFiles>

    <MediaFile type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="360" delivery="progressive" id="8522588" bitrate="320" maintainAspectRatio="true" apiFramework="VPAID"><![CDATA[https://MEDIA_FILE_HERE]]></MediaFile>

  </MediaFiles>

</Linear>

This seems to be correct according the IAB specs but is there something that I'm possibly overlooking??  Looking forward to your response.

[Tyler Sidell (IMA SDK Team)]

Hi James,

Can you send me your ad tag so that I can take a look?

Also just a few questions to help troubleshoot:

• Can you check to make sure that you are adding adsManager.handshakeVersion("2.0"); before you initialize the adsManager?  
• Do you get the skip button when you pass the VAST through the Video Suite Inspector? 
• What is the behavior when you use one of our Flash examples?
• Also what value gets returned from the Ad.adSkippableState property? 

Thanks,

Tyler Sidell

IMA SDK Team

[jwright04]

Hi Tyler, 

This is just a sample. I have the skip offset at 5% and my adSkippable state is set to true.  

http://jamescwright.com/vast/vast.xml

thanks again for looking into this.

[Tyler Sidell (IMA SDK Team)]

Hi James,

Thank you for supplying the VAST XML.  Would you be able to send your ActionScript code for the VPAID creative for me to take a look at?  If you don't want to post the code on the forum, you can reply privately to send me relevant files.  

I used your VAST XML in our sample flash examples and was not able to view the skip button either.  This leads me to believe that it is either an issue with the VPAID creative or VPAID skip ads functionality isn't supported by the SDK.  I'll investigate deeper into the second issue in the meantime. 

Regards,

Tyler Sidell

IMA SDK Team