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Ads (VAST)

Pre-roll ads with VAST standard and IAB tracking.

videoVAST

Preview

Try it in the player

Workspace setup

Go to your workspace settings, open "Advertising", enable VAST and paste your tag URL. Applies to all videos in the workspace.

Pre-roll

Ad plays before the video starts. The viewer can skip after a configurable delay. This is the current ad format.

Documentation

The Videas player supports ad insertion via the VAST standard (Video Ad Serving Template), the IAB industry norm for video advertising. Currently, ads are displayed as a pre-roll (before the video starts). The player handles ad parsing, playback, skip logic (skippable after a configurable delay), and click-through URLs. Full IAB tracking events are fired automatically: impression, start, first quartile, midpoint, third quartile, complete, skip, and click. Advertising is configured at the workspace level in the Videas dashboard: go to your workspace settings, open the "Advertising" section, enable VAST ads, and paste your VAST tag URL. Once enabled, the pre-roll applies to all videos in the workspace. Per-video control is not yet available.

Code

HTML
<div style="padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;">
  <iframe
    src="https://app.videas.com/embed/019dcf99-95db-72db-a1de-b927766e96f8/?show_chapters=0"
    width="100%" height="100%"
    frameborder="0" allowfullscreen
    allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture"
    style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0"
  ></iframe>
</div>

Frequently asked questions

Which VAST versions does the player support?

Videas follows the IAB VAST 4.x specification and remains backward-compatible with VAST 3.0 tags. Linear video ads, wrappers, and standard tracking macros (<code>[TIMESTAMP]</code>, <code>[CACHEBUSTING]</code>…) are all handled natively.

Can I disable ads on specific videos?

Ads are currently enabled per workspace, so the VAST tag applies to every video in that workspace. Per-video opt-out is on the roadmap — in the meantime, move the video to a second workspace without advertising for an ad-free experience.

What tracking events are sent to my ad server?

All standard IAB quartile events: <code>impression</code>, <code>start</code>, <code>firstQuartile</code>, <code>midpoint</code>, <code>thirdQuartile</code>, <code>complete</code>, <code>skip</code> and <code>clickThrough</code>. They fire automatically so your reporting in DFP, Smart or any other DSP works out of the box.