Configuring the Player for Ad Server Content

To configure the Player for ad server content:

1. Within Splash, click Configuration then Player Configuration.

This presents a filter search screen for locating player configuration records.

2. Click the button to create a new player configuration or search for an existing one and double click it to edit it.

This presents the Add Player Configurations dialogue box.

3. Scroll down to the Ad Serving section.
4. Enable the Enable Vast Caching check box if the frequency of ad server-sourced designs being skipped is too high.

In that case, you must enter the following mandatory parameters:

• Vast Caching Interval (Seconds) – The default is 30 seconds.
• Vast Caching Expiration (Seconds) – The number of seconds before cached content expires
• Vast Caching Count – The number of designs to be cached. The default is 5. Contact tech support before adjusting this value to mitigate network performance issues.
5. If applicable, define the following settings:
• Vast URL for Unsold Time – Enter a valid ad server URL so that unsold loop time can be sold via ad servers.
• Candidate Creatives URL – If the ad server supports it, entering a URL here allows the player to download media proactively. If the player doesn’t have the file the first time the ad server tells it to play that design, the player will skip that spot, start downloading the file and hopefully have it ready for the loop's next cycle.
• Fetch Candidate Creatives Interval (Seconds) – How often, in seconds, to seek new content from the ad server. This feature is best thought of as design pre-caching and is useful for slower networks.
6. Click Save changes.