Does IMA Support VMAP with Embedded VAST (AdSource/VASTAdData)?

[Don Huff]

I am targeting iOS and Android libraries and testing with the HTML5 Video Suite Inspector. We want to display pre-roll, mid-roll (time offset works) and post-roll ad vidoes.

I have accomplished this with a VMAP document referencing VAST documents by URI using AdSource/AdTagURI: http://shoutz.15x10.com/vmap-adtaguri.xml

We would prefer to produce a single XML document. The VMAP spec supports this with AdSource/VASTAdData. My test file, http://shoutz.15x10.com/vmap-vastaddata.xml, fails in HTML 5 and iOS with: adsLoader:failedWithErrorData: Code: 1010, Message: VMAP unsupported node in <vmap:AdBreak>: vmap:AdSource. 

Is there a way to provide multiple ad videos in a single VAST/VMAP document with IMA?

Thanks in advance,

Don Huff

[Shawn Busolits (IMA SDK Team)]

Hi Don,

We're actually rolling out VMAP support in two phases, and this is part of the second phase, which we're still working on. The first phase puts VMAP at parity with our existing ad rules service. I'll be sure to let you know when pahse 2 has been released.

Thanks!

Shawn Busolits

IMA SDK Team

[Shawn Busolits (IMA SDK Team)]

Hi Don,

The latest release of our SDK includes a fix for this embedded VAST issue. I tested with your tag in the sample app and I see that it's working. Could you let me know if you see it working on your end as well?

Thanks,

Shawn Busolits

IMA SDK Team