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Web Video SSAI Quickstart

Get SSAI working end-to-end in a browser player. This guide focuses on the fastest path to a stitched manifest you can play with hls.js, Shaka, dash.js, or Video.js.

Quick Summary

You start with an origin stream (HLS or DASH) and ad break signals. ApexMediation returns a session-specific stitched manifest URL that your web player loads like a normal stream.

Steps

1Confirm prerequisites

Verify your origin manifests, break signals, and segmenting match the SSAI requirements.

Publisher prerequisites

2Choose protocol and player

Pick HLS or DASH based on your distribution setup and player support.

HLS

Play with hls.js, Video.js, Safari

DASH

Play with Shaka or dash.js

3Initialize a session and load the stitched manifest

Use the SSAI session init flow to obtain a per-session manifest URL. Then configure your player to load that URL.

POST /v1/session/init

SSAI overview (request flow)Measurement and reconciliation

4Validate compatibility

Confirm your player/protocol/container combo is certified and understand any limitations.

Certified playback matrix

Next: if you need CDN guidance for cache behavior and headers, see CDN guidance.