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Developing Ad Translators

This document describes how to create an Ad Translator. The Ad Translator enables easy integration between Video Cloud players and ad servers. By default, Video Cloud players are set up to integrate with DoubleClick DART for Publishers.

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Developing Ad Display SWFs

This document describes how to create an Ad Display SWF. By default, a Video Cloud player expects ads to be returned in XML format. Using an Ad SWF enables the use of Flash SWF-based ad components or modules. This opens up many possibilities for how an ad can look and behave.

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Developing an Ad Rules SWF

If you need to have more control over your ad delivery (even more than what the Video Cloud Advertising module allows), then read on! This document introduces the Video Cloud Ad Rules SWF feature, which publishers can use to customize when ads are delivered to players and how they are rendered.

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Using External Ad Calls

The standard Video Cloud ad formats are typically displayed within the layout of a Video Cloud player. However, using the Video Cloud external ad API, you can display ads outside in the player, anywhere in your web page. By using external ads, you can synchronize additional ad units with any Video Cloud player, from embedded single video players to large multi-playlist players.

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Google AdSense for Video Integration

This document describes how to integrate Video Cloud with Google AdSense for Video. It is intended for Video Cloud Pro or Enterprise publishers who are using or plan to use Google AdSense for Video Cloud (Google AFV).

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Introduction to VPAID

An overview of VPAID, the Video Player-Ad API Definition from the IAB, with links to information that can help you use VPAID to deliver ads with Video Cloud players.

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Developing VPAID SWFs

This document outlines the steps for building a VPAID SWF, using the example code that is provided with the Video Cloud Ad SDK. The goal is to help developers to get familiar with developing a VPAID SWF, understand the relationship between VAST and VPAID, and understand how to traffick VPAID ads to the Video Cloud players.

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VPAID APIs

A list of all VPAID APIs, describing which ones are currently supported or not supported by Video Cloud.

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Dynamically Setting an Ad Policy

Overriding or dynamically setting a player's ad policy using the setAdPolicy method in the Advertising Module of the Player API.

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Dynamically Making an Ad Request

Using the requestAd method in the Advertising Module of the Player API to dynamically make an ad request, overriding the ad request policy set for the player in the Advertising module.

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