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By default, Revive Adserver may not be configured in a way to allow external Flash-based video players to request pre-roll, mid-roll or post-roll video ads from Revive Adserver, due to the web server configuration. As a result, you may need to update your web server's configuration to ensure that the correct crossdomain.xml file is used for the delivery of banners (including video ads) from Revive Adserver.
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This only applies to Flash-based video players. HTML5 video players do not require any |
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To deliver pre-roll, mid-roll or post-roll advertising (via Inline Video banners) to a Flash-based video players, the following process is followed:
- The user's client (i.e. web browserthe Flash-based video player) requests the video that the user wants to watch, from the site hosting the video.
- The site hosting the video starts to deliver the video content to the user's client.
- At some point (i.e. pre-, mid- or post-roll), the site hosting the video that user wants to watch instructs the user's client (i.e. web browser) to client to now request a video ad from Revive Adserver.
- The user's client requests the the video ad from Revive Adserver, which is then played.
- The user's client is then directed back to their original video (if required).
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