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Overview Related documentation Access VAST Inspector Plugin Settings Player panel Companion ad preview

Overview

The In-stream Video Showcase allows you to

verify the correct parsing of VAST ad responses
verify the correct firing of the events (quartiles, interaction events etc.)
configure and test Equativ’s video plugin in various video players to test your video strategy

In-stream video plugin documentation – integration and configuration of Equativ’s plugin (for developers)
Create in-stream video insertion – setup of in-stream video insertions in EMP (for campaign managers)

Access

Click here to access the In-stream Video Showcase.

VAST Inspector

On the VAST Inspector tab, you can paste the URL of a VAST ad or an entire VAST XML and click Start Test. If you have no VAST, you can select one of the samples to test the VAST inspector. Choose from: Inline Linear Skippable, Inline Linear Companions, Wrapper Linear Skippable, Wrapper Linear Error, Inline Linear OMSDK.
The Output tab shows the fired VAST events as well as events specific to Equativ. You can interact with the video ad on the Player panel (e. g. click on Mute) and the according interaction events will be logged on the Output tab.

The Share Link option allows you to share the Video Showcase, with the current VAST ad you are testing.
Note that the Share Link option is only available if the VAST source field contains a VAST URL. If you paste an entire VAST XML, the Share Link option is greyed out.

Plugin Settings

On the Plugin Settings tab, you can configure Equativ’s Video Plugin.

The table below describes the fields and indicates the related documentation:

Fields	Description
Ad rules settings	Used to define multiple content duration ranges and to specify the frequency and size of ad breaks for each duration range; typically, you will want to play more/longer video ads for long video content and less/shorter video ads for short content Ad Rules and Video ad rules
Configuration	Used to configure: Publisher settings Player settings (configuration of control buttons) Format settings (related to overlay and companion ads) VPAID settings RTB Settings (video ads served over the programmatic channel) Labels Settings (wording of labels in multiple languages)
Other settings	User Settings – used to enrich the ad call with a 1st-party user identifier that Equativ can leverage for user-related features; see User identification Content Data Settings – used to pass data describing the video content (see Ad Plugin content data)
Placement Data	Video Settings – used to specify the video ad call’s parameters which defines the location within your inventory; see chapters “Video formats” and “Video Inventory” in Create in-stream video insertion and Set keyword targeting for the Targeting field Banner Settings (Optional) – used to specify a format ID and targeting criteria for a non-video banner ad which is shown when the player is paused; see Banner settings

Once you are done with the all plugin settings, click on Start Test to call an in-stream video ad.
The Output tab shows the fired VAST events as well as events specific to Equativ. You can interact with the video ad on the Player panel (e. g. click on Mute) and the according interaction events are logged on the Output tab.

The Share Link option allows you to share the Video Showcase, including all the current Plugin Settings.

Player panel

The player plays a piece of content with the video ad(s), as configured on the VAST Inspector / Plugin Settings tab.
You can play video ads/content with the JW Player or Flowplayer. Alternatively, select the Simple video tag option to play the video in the browser's native video player, using the <video> tag.

Companion ad preview

The Companion ad preview displays video a companion ad from an in-stream video insertion. You can adjust the width and height of the companion ad slot. In case of multiple eligible companion ads from an insertion, Equativ's Video Plugin (and the Video Showcase) will automatically select the companion ad that fits best in the defined ad slot size.