VMAP tag does not play in HTML5 IMA SDK

[Arnaud Leyder]

Hi,

I am getting a report that this VMAP tag https://aj1686.online/z0P-G2ZBjBbQLQAaOm0c8cPjZZSLCH2IkfuDD1A9y7jso4xuz188mAnIEx-coi7r0ucxp0R40qSov does not work in HTML5 IMA SDK.

Indeed when tried at https://googleads.github.io/googleads-ima-html5/vsi/ I am seeing error: 

• (10:32:33 AM) Ads loaded.
• (10:32:33 AM) Ad event: adMetadata
• (10:32:33 AM) Ad event: log
• (10:32:33 AM) Non-fatal error occurred: The response does not contain any valid ads.
• (10:32:33 AM) Ad event: allAdsCompleted

I am guessing there is something wrong with the VMAP/VAST XML but the issue is that this VMAP tag works with another VAST parser. You can try at https://demo.theoplayer.com/advertisement-tester selecting "VMAP" and "THEOplayer" under Ad Integration while submitting the above VMAP tag.

Is there anything you can do to help this VMAP tag play with IMA SDK? If not what is the underlying issue with the VMAP tag?

Thanks

Arnaud

[Arnaud Leyder]

Hi IMA team,

Can someone look into this please?

Thanks

Arnaud

[IMA SDK]

Hi Arnaud,

Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. I was able to take the VMAP and test it within our VSI . And received the exact same response as you. Looking at that, I would suggest to the client to bring this to the attention of whoever gave them the VMAP and have them look at it. As it would appear to point to an invalid ad. Which we can do nothing about. But the ad service should be able to.

Regards,

William Pescherine IMA SDK Team

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