Everything you need to serve video ads.

Start here: Your first video ad

A practical 10-minute path from commercial upload to working VAST tag.

What is VAST?

Understand the IAB XML standard and the relationship between ad server and player.

Tube-site owner quickstart

Add your own sponsored and affiliate video spots before tube-site content.

Dashboard and account workflow

A map of Commercials, Ad Pods, rotations, Statistics, and Developer Tools.

Campaigns

8 ARTICLES

Uploading commercials and processing

Creative preparation, encoding status, dimensions and safe delivery.

Individual VAST tags

Understand a tag URL, what it contains, and how to use it.

Sequential Ad Pods

Serve two or more commercials in one VAST ad break.

Ad Rotation versus Ad Pods

Know the difference between weighted selection and sequential playback.

Skip controls and clickable ads

Configure skip offsets and landing pages while respecting player behavior.

Advanced tag parameters and attribution

SID, subid, platform, placement, app and content identifiers.

Custom Tag Studio and stable URLs

Create reusable saved configurations that survive edits.

Statistics, tracking and CSV exports

Understand impressions, completions, skips, clicks, and what they cannot prove.

Players

13 ARTICLES

Intermediate

Video.js + Google IMA

A mainstream HTML5 integration pattern for tube and publisher sites.

JW Player (JWX)

Configure a commercial VAST player, including sequenced Ad Pods.

WP-Script / WordPress tube themes

Practical installation checklist for WordPress tube-site operators.

Fluid Player

Use VAST pre-roll and other player-scheduled ad placements.

Flowplayer

Configure and test VAST tags in a commercial player integration.

Plyr

Understand the distinction between a player UI and an advertising SDK.

Bitmovin Player

Integrate professional VAST ad serving in compatible Bitmovin configurations.

THEOplayer

Advertising integration for OTT and web playback.

Vidstack

Using a modern media UI with a separate VAST advertising layer.

FWD Player

Version-specific configuration for FWD advertising support.

SmartVideo

Evaluate the exact SmartVideo implementation before inserting VAST.

PeterPlayer

Integrating an existing custom player with MEDIARAZZI.

Compatible players: requirements checklist

How to evaluate an unlisted player objectively.

CTV & OTT

2 ARTICLES

Advanced

Roku and connected TV (OTT)

Roku RAF, app identifiers, sequence support and device privacy.

Pre-roll, mid-roll, VMAP and SSAI explained

Understand what MEDIARAZZI serves and what remains player-side.

Developers

6 ARTICLES

Advanced

Developer API overview

Authenticated JSON access to commercials, pods, saved tags and statistics.

Developer API: working request examples

cURL and PowerShell examples grounded in the current endpoints.

Developer API endpoint reference

Current routes, methods, permissions and known limitations.

API security and key management

Scope, revocation, privacy, CORS, and safe integration patterns.

VAST XML anatomy and sample

Read the fields in the VAST 3.0 XML returned by MEDIARAZZI.

Tracking mechanics and signed context

How event beacons and request attribution fit together.

Troubleshooting

3 ARTICLES

VAST Testing Lab and live player verification

Separate XML validation from actual ad playback.

Troubleshooting: no ad, blank video or wrong stats

A step-by-step fault isolation guide for publishers.

Publisher FAQ

Answers to the most common commercial-serving questions.

References

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Glossary of video advertising terms

Plain-English definitions, from VAST to quartile, RAF and SSAI.

Standards and official technical references

Primary sources for understanding VAST, Roku, ad players and privacy.