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Veera_Krithu
Channel Surfer
6 years ago

RAF Ad Pause / Play Feature

We have used RAF for video ads but not able to pause/play the ad. Pressing pause/play button doesn't have any effect while the ad is playing. I have read, it is possible to pause the ad out of the bo...
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renojim
Community Streaming Expert
6 years ago

There shouldn't be anything you have to do.  What version of the RAF library do you have (adIface.getLibVersion()) and what version of firmware do you have?  I can pause ads with version 2.1231 of the library and v9.2 of the firmware.  I think there's even tracking events that can be fired when paused/resumed.  There isn't any kind of indicator like a progress bar - the video just gets paused.

  • Veera_Krithu's avatar
    Veera_Krithu
    Channel Surfer
    6 years ago

    Thanks for the response renojim. The RAF version we use is 2.1231 and firmware v9.2.0. Tried to track the event via setTrackingCallback during ad play but no luck, pressing pause/play doesn't trigger any event other than ad pod start, complete, etc.



    • renojim's avatar
      renojim
      Community Streaming Expert
      6 years ago

      I have seen live streams on the Roku Channel that can't be paused (which is annoying) and sure enough the ads can't be paused either, but I don't know how the ads are integrated into the stream.  NB_ is the RAF expert.

    • NB_'s avatar
      NB_
      Roku Guru
      6 years ago

      are you using raf.showAds() - or is this case of SSAI? 

      if the first, you must be stealing the input focus.

      if the second, not letting RAF handle the events first

      • Veera_Krithu's avatar
        Veera_Krithu
        Channel Surfer
        6 years ago

        NB_ We are using raf.showAds(). I tried to set a focus for RAF task via m.top.setFocus(true) in RAF task init function but no luck. Any idea of how to bring back the input focus in this case?