setPlayheadPosition (Browser)
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For situations where CMS data is used in conjunction with Nielsen’s SDK, the application needs to call setPlayheadPosition in the SDK every second. For proper reporting, the SDK should:
- Receive a playhead position update every second on the playback of content.
- Not receive playhead updates when the content playback is paused, is being buffered, or stopped.
When streaming VOD (Video On Demand), the playhead position is the current location of the player from the beginning of the asset in seconds (0, 1, 2, 3, …). When streaming live content, the playhead position passed is the current Unix timestamp (seconds since Jan-1-1970 UTC). For Digital Audio streaming Live or On Demand content, the playhead position passed is the current Unix timestamp (seconds since Jan-1-1970 UTC).
Syntax
ggPM('49', playheadposition); //For VA users only
International (Germany) implementation
ggPM("setPlayheadPosition", playheadposition); // Except VA users
Input Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| event | setPlayheadPosition |
| playheadposition | An Integer value representing the time in content in seconds (VOD – Video On Demand) or the current Unix timestamp (seconds since Jan-1-1970 UTC) (live). |
Notes
The playhead position must be passed as an integer in parameter 2. Send the progress event to SDK at an interval not greater than 10 seconds, when the content is playing. An interval of one second is recommended for most implementations. For accurate time tracking, it is important to send the whole range of playhead positions from the player.
- If playing starts at zero, pass the first value as zero (not ‘one’).
- When the player is paused or stopped, send
setPlayheadPositionalong with the respective stop / end to the SDK.
Video On Demand Content
ggPM(setPlayheadPosition, setPlayheadPosition);
Live Content through JavaScript
ggPM(setPlayheadPosition, (Date.now()/1000));
Live Event through Flash
ggCom.getInstance().PM('setPlayheadPosition',Math.floor((new Date()).getTime()/1000));