Environment Details

Content
Content length

Content Asset

Single content asset

0h 24m 0s

Preroll cue point

Midroll slot 1 cue point
Midroll slot 2 cue point
Postroll cue point

0m 0s
8m 0s
15m 0s
24m 0s

Preroll ad
Midroll slot 1
Midroll slot 2 ad 1
Midroll slot 2 ad 2
Postroll ad
Total ad duration

0m 20s
0m 20s
0m 30s
0m 20s
0m 30s
2m 0s

Total playlist length

Content length
Cue points (ad breaks)

Versioning
date
version

24m 0s
position: 8m 0s

position: 15m 0s

July 22, 2013

1.4

Playback Timeline
Duration
Stream

0m 20s
AD

8m 0s
SEGMENT 1/3

0m 20s
AD

7m 0s
SEGMENT 2/3

0m 30s 0m 20s
AD
AD

9m 0s
SEGMENT 3/3

0m 30s
AD

0h 26m 0s

Differences between approaches are highlighted in light blue.

Approach 1: Single-clip Assets
Each asset is represented as 1 clip in the Stream Sense playlist.
Assets can be ads or content.
ns_st_it=c
6 clips

Description
Indicator
Playlist length

Playlist translation

clip 1
clip 2
0m 20s
24m 0s
ns_st_pn=1
AD

clip 3
clip 2
0m 20s
ns_st_pn=2
AD

Description
Indicator
Playlist length

clip 4
clip 5
clip 2
0m 30s 0m 20s
ns_st_pn=3
AD
AD

clip 6
0m 30s
AD

Asset type

Asset length Partnumber Part length

(ns_st_el)
(ns_st_pn) (ns_st_cl)

1 preroll ad

0m 20s

0m 20s

2 content

24m 0s

24m 0s

3 midroll ad

0m 20s

0m 20s

2 content

24m 0s

24m 0s

4 midroll ad

0m 30s

0m 30s

5 midroll ad

0m 20s

0m 20s

2 content

24m 0s

24m 0s

6 postroll ad

0m 30s

0m 30s

Playlist translation

clip 1
clip 2
0m 20s
8m 0s
ns_st_pn=1
AD

clip 3
clip 4
0m 20s
7m 0s
ns_st_pn=2
AD

Position
(ns_st_po)
0m 0s
0m 20s
0m 0s
8m 0s
0m 0s
0m 20s
8m 0s
15m 0s
0m 0s
0m 30s
0m 0s
0m 20s
15m 0s
24m 0s
0m 0s
0m 30s

Clip
(ns_st_cn)

Event
(ns_st_ev)
play
end
play
end
play
end
play
end
play
end
play
end
play
end
play
end

Asset type

Asset length Partnumber Part length

(ns_st_el)
(ns_st_pn) (ns_st_cl)

1 preroll ad

0m 20s

0m 20s

2 content

24m 0s

8m 0s

3 midroll ad

0m 20s

0m 20s

4 content

24m 0s

7m 0s

5 midroll ad

0m 30s

0m 30s

6 midroll ad

0m 20s

0m 20s

7 content

24m 0s

9m 0s

8 postroll ad

0m 30s

0m 30s

The legacy approach is used by most of the current Stream Sense implementations.
Legacy Approach: Soft-parted content
Each content asset is represented as 1 clip in the Stream Sense playlist.
Ads are measured with special ad events.
ns_st_it not present or ns_st_it=p
1 clips

Description
Indicator
Playlist length

clip 1

Playlist translation

24m 0s
0m 20s
AD

0m 20s 0m 30s
AD
AD

0m 20s
AD

0m 30s
AD

Legacy Approach: Full cycle measurement example

Clip
(ns_st_cn)

Asset type

Asset length Partnumber Part length

Ad length
(ns_st_el)
(ns_st_pn) (ns_st_cl) (ns_st_adduration)

ad

content

midroll ad

content
1

0m 20s

0m 20s

2
24m 0s

clip 5
clip 6
clip 7
0m 30s 0m 20s
9m 0s
ns_st_pn=3
AD
AD

Approach 2: Full cycle measurement example

Approach 1: Full cycle measurement example

Clip
(ns_st_cn)

Approach 2: Segmented Assets

Each asset segment is represented as 1 clip in the Stream Sense playlist.
Each ad is represented as 1 clip in the Stream Sense playlist.
ns_st_it=s
8 clips

24m 0s

midroll ad

0m 30s

midroll ad

0m 20s

content

postroll ad

0m 30s

Position
(ns_st_po)

Ad position
Event
(ns_st_adposition) (ns_st_ev)
0m 0s
ad_play
0m 0s
0m 20s ad_end
0m 0s
play
8m 0s
pause
0m 0s
ad_play
8m 0s
0m 20s ad_end
8m 0s
play
15m 0s
pause
0m 0s
ad_play
8m 0s
0m 30s ad_end
0m 0s
ad_play
15m 0s
0m 20s ad_end
15m 0s
play
24m 0s
end
0m 0s
ad_play
24m 0s
0m 30s ad_end

Position
(ns_st_po)
0m 0s
0m 20s
0m 0s
8m 0s
0m 0s
0m 20s
0m 0s
7m 0s
0m 0s
0m 30s
0m 0s
0m 20s
0m 0s
9m 0s
0m 0s
0m 30s

Event
(ns_st_ev)
play
end
play
end
play
end
play
end
play
end
play
end
play
end
play
end

clip 8
0m 30s
AD