video advertisement networks working with video.js - video.js

Recnetly, I have seen a video.js plugin (https://github.com/videojs/videojs-contrib-ads) that provides common functionality needed by video advertisement libraries.
Since I'm pretty new to this area, not sure what kind kinds of video networks can be used here, in addition to Google Video Adsense.
Could you list all possible (and well-known) video networks that can be used with this library?
Thanks!

videojs-contrib-ads is just a framework for ad support, you do need an additional plugin that builds off that to interact with the ad server and act on the response. Google's IMA plugin is an example of that, and should work not only with DFP but with other VAST-compliant ad servers.

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How to track google ads conversion on desktop app install

I have a desktop app for Windows. it's written in C++. We're promoting the software using Google Adwords.
We would like to count installations of the software as a conversion on Google Ads, so the algorithm can optimize for it. But all I can find is for Mobile Apps, hooking up with Firebase or Google Analytics, but in the set up it's asking for App ID's on Google Play or Apple's AppStore which doesn't fit my case.
Has anyone done this before? or could some point in the right direction?
I haven't tried the standard pixel approach, because cookies are in the browser that generates the download, but not in the installed software itself, so there is no way for attribution to work correctly
The easiest option here is to use Google Analytics if you can. You can use the measurement protocol with GA to send the conversion, then import your GA conversions into Google Ads.
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/protocol/ga4
The UA version is pretty stable, but the new one linked above is working well too.

Broadcast live audio on my website

I am having a requirement to broadcast live audio on my website. Scenario is
1) one user will talk/sing in my application and
2) his followers will have to listen that live audio instantly in the same application.
Can you please suggest me any 3rd party libraries for this?
Note: I am developing my web application in ASP.Net MVC5.
Thanks in advance.
Towards that goal, if you plan on using WebRTC, you'll need to add media servers that route media around.
Look at Kurento, Jitsi or Janus for open source alternatives - especially if you plan on adding video support to it.
You can also try using Asterisk or FreeSWITCH - these are telephony based solutions but can be re-purposed to use WebRTC and offer a conference call like experience where you mute everyone and have a single speaker "broadcast" his audio to all the rest.

Device tells us we need Google Play Services to Use Maps on Android device

we've been working with a 3rd party Android device that uses API 17. We want to make a native Google API app so that we can map data for our customers. What happens is the app crashes and it says "Google Play Services required". Is there a workaround to this? can we somehow embed or package a file that is good enough to use Maps? We've spoken with the hardware company and they made a decision to not allow google play services. We are partnering with them to release the device with a couple of apps we offer with the device. Any help is appreciated
Google Play services enables Maps to run on your Android devices, as per Google statement:
With Google Play services, your app can take advantage of the latest,
Google-powered features such as Maps, Google+, and more, with
automatic platform updates distributed as an APK through the Google
Play store. This makes it faster for your users to receive updates and
easier for you to integrate the newest that Google has to offer.
That means you need Google Play services to make Google Maps work.
Download it here.

Spotify Web API to control playback on connect devices

Is there any way to use an API to control playback on my registered spotify connect devices? I'm not trying to create or add a new connect devices but control playback to them.
Is there any official or reverse engineering discussion on how to do this?
As far as I can tell, there is no way to do this currently.
That said, it's also unclear if or when this feature will be added. Spotify hasn't updated its api code in months. It also appears that the login functionality is broken on my app too. Spotify doesn't seem to be easy to work with.

What can we do with UCWA API (Lync)? and What can we not do with UCWA API?

Please explain what are features available in UCWA API (Lync)? I'm interested in the following:
Screen Sharing?
Video Chatting?
Voice Chatting?
Send a file?
I want to access UCWA API in android code, is it possible?
As per the About link of UCWA, API helps you to do the following things,
-Anonymous Web Chat.
-Support audio conferencing
-Light up IM & Presence in your Line-Of-Business app, including Windows 8, iPad, and others
-Inline Instant Messaging into your application (Contextual Communications)
-Search for Skype and/or business contacts
-Better together with UCMA Customer Care family of apps
Also you can refer this site UCWA Capabilities
A good wealth of information surrounding UCWA is available at http://ucwa.lync.com paying specific attention to the Documentation menu. A good rundown of features can be found at Core-Features which do not currently (CU3+) include screen sharing, video, voice, data collaboration (sending a file).
It is possible to place a audio call using a feature named Call-Via-Work which requires the user provide a callback number that Lync will use to connect you with the remote party, but it is not exactly the same as an audio call between two parties.
I want to access UCWA API in android code, is it possible?
There are sample libraries available (UCWA Helper Libraries) in JavaScript, but it is quite possible to use the libraries to construct code to run on an Android platform (Java, etc).