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JW player 7 HTML5 and flash ads

I am currently upgrading from JW6 to JW7, and I am having a hard time figuring out the ads' behavior.

  1. If I set the rendering Mode to HTML 5, will the player be able to play flash ads?
  2. If I set the rendering Mode to flash, will the player be able to play HTML 5 ads?
  3. When rendering Mode is set to HTML 5 will the player be able to load both HTML 5 and flash ads?

Thanks

Solution

  • In JW7 the rendering mode affects which media provider is used - "html5" is the default. Setting renderingMode to "flash" will attempt to use a swf to render video before falling back to a video tag. Ads are rendered using the same provider as the current playlist item when possible.

    • When playing video with Flash, Flash is used to render video ads. In JW Player 7.2 HTML5 VPAID2 ads will play over the Flash provider, and banner overlays will always be rendered in html.
    • When playing video with HTML5, ads that require Flash to play cannot be played. JW Player does not overlay HTML5 video with a swf to play ads.