Slate detection

[Shikhar Jain]

Hi,

Do we have any way to differentiate between ad and slate?

Regards,

Shikhar

[IMA SDK]

Hi,

Thank you for reaching out to us. Slates are parts of an ad period that are not filled with ads, during a slate playback, there's no event at all. However, during the ad playback, you'll get the AD_BREAK_STARTED event then the ad events until the AD_BREAK_ENDED is fired. It's important to note that if the ad period has a remaining spot that is not filled with ad, a slate will be displayed after the AD_BREAK_ENDED then will end once the AD_PERIOD_ENDED is fired. There will be no event during the slate playback.

Regards,
Arnaud Casame
IMA SDK Team
 

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[Shikhar Jain]

Hi Arnaud,

Thanks for the details. One more follow up query,

Does the slates appear always after the AD_BREAK_ENDED or there can be ad slate at the start of a AD BREAK or in the middle?

Best Regards,

Shikhar

[IMA SDK]

Hi Shikhar,

I work along with Arnaud. Thank you for getting back to us.

With regard to your concern, there can be ad slate at the start of a AD BREAK or in the middle. If the ads length doesn't fill the ad break space allocated to it, a slate will fill the remaining space of the ad break. If for some reason, an ad is not found by the server or throw an error, a slate will play in place of the ad. 

Regards,
Teejay Pimentel