Banner ads interfere with the interface

[inside83]

Hi
I'm using Google's video ads and if they serve pre-roll, it's all fine.
But if it's a banner, like on the screenshot below, closing an ad (which then minimizes itself) or even if it's up, the interface is unresponsive.
Viewer is unable to click on anything but play/pause, including volume, cast, fullscreen...
Even keyboard shortcuts don't work 🤷‍♂️
There's no error in the console or anything which would point in the right direction.

[kslimani]

There is a known issue. (issue #3). It should happen mainly on iPhone.

EDIT: please note also this plugin is not fully compatible (yet) with Clappr >= 0.4.x.

[inside83]

Thank you for your swift reply.
I can confirm it's happening on Win10/Chrome and on TizenOS's browser.
I'm using clappr/player v0.4.0 since newer versions don't support casting and 0.3.x has issues with respecting playback.hlsjsConfig.maxMaxBufferLength value.

Is it possible to disable non-linear ads altogether, not just on iOS?

[kslimani]

The plugin have no option to disable all non-linear ads, thought it is a good idea (and very simple to implement), i will take a look.

[kslimani]

I released a new version with disableNonLinear plugin configuration option.

[inside83]

wow, that was super fast 😀👍
is it on jsdelivr too?
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/clappr-ima-plugin@latest/dist/clappr-ima-plugin.min.js

[kslimani]

Yes, it should be available on jsDelivr (ie: cache should be purged and it should be available as latest version).

[inside83]

Just a quick follow up:
You said the plugin isn't fully compatible with Clappr >= 0.4.x.
What's the latest Clappr version the plugin is fully compatible and are there any plans on making it compatible to Clappr >= 0.4.x?

[kslimani]

This plugin should work with latest 0.3.x version. (i think it is 0.3.13)

Clappr 0.3.x jsDelivr url : https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/clappr@latest/dist/clappr.min.js

Note: Clappr 0.4.x has many breaking changes. It is one of the reason it is distributed on another npm namespace (@clappr).
Clappr 0.4.x jsDelivr url : https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@clappr/player@latest/dist/clappr.min.js

I have no exact ETA to making this plugin compatible with 0.4.x but it is definitively in my roadmap.
There are still many changes pending (especially with playbacks internal plugins).
I am currently monitoring these changes and waiting for 0.4 to reach some stability before making this plugin compatible.