Nielsen DCR

ByteArk Player integrates with Nielsen DCR (opens new window) to send playback analytics to Nielsen. This lets websites using ByteArk Video Player report playback statistics to Nielsen DCR with the metadata defined by Nielsen.

Enable

Enable Nielsen DCR via the bytearkNielsen plugin in options:

var player = bytearkPlayer('video-player', {
  fluid: true,
  plugins: {
    bytearkNielsen: {
      appId: '<NIELSEN_APP_ID>',
      sfCode: 'th',
      // ... additional Nielsen config
    }
  },
  sources: [{
    title: 'Big Buck Bunny',
    src: '<MEDIA_URL>',
    type: 'application/x-mpegURL',
    nielsen: {
      // per-source Nielsen metadata
    }
  }]
});

Options

Name	Type	Required	Description
appId	String	Yes	Nielsen App ID
sfCode	String	Yes	Nielsen country SF Code (e.g., th)
nolDevDebug	String	No	Debug flag: DEBUG for development, INFO for production

Source metadata

Each source can include Nielsen-specific metadata via the nielsen key:

Name	Type	Description
channelName	String	Channel name
clientId	String	Nielsen client ID
subBrandId	String	Sub-brand ID
type	String	Content type, e.g., content
assetId	String	Unique asset ID
program	String	Program name
title	String	Episode title
length	Number	Video length in seconds
segB / segC	String	Custom segments
isFullEpisode	String	y or n
adLoadType	String	1 = Linear, 2 = Dynamic

For detailed field descriptions, see the Nielsen DCR documentation (opens new window).