What’s new in HLS Interstitials

7:58 - Client schedules an ad pod at 10s into primary asset

// Client schedules an ad pod at 10s into primary asset
 let player  = AVPlayer( url: movieURL )  // no ads in primary asset
 let controller = AVPlayerInterstitialEventController( primaryPlayer: player )
 let adPodTemplates = [AVPlayerItem( url: ad1URL ), AVPlayerItem( url: ad2URL )]
 let event = AVPlayerInterstitialEvent( primaryItem: player.currentItem,
                              time: CMTime( seconds: 10, preferredTimescale: 1 ),
                                      )
 event.templateItems = adPodTemplates
 event.identifier = "Ad1"
 event.restrictions = []
 event.resumptionOffset = .zero
 event.playoutLimit = .invalid
 event.cue = .none
 
 controller.events = [event]
 player.currentItem.translatesPlayerInterstitialEvents = true
 let vc = AVPlayerViewController()
 vc.player = player
 player.play()