VASTlint

VAST tracking events / Linear

VAST unmute tracking event

Short answer: Fires when ad audio is restored after mute.

When it fires

Ad audio was unmuted. Count it against mute, not against start. A burst of unmute with no mute usually means the player fired the wrong name.

Where it is valid

2.03.04.04.1+
YesYesYesYes

Legal containers: Linear. An event in the wrong container is not a player error. It is a URL nobody calls.

Using it in a tag

<TrackingEvents>
  <Tracking event="unmute">
    <![CDATA[https://track.example.com/unmute]]>
  </Tracking>
</TrackingEvents>

VAST XML fragment only. This excerpt belongs inside a complete VAST document, so standalone validation will fail until it is wrapped in a full <VAST>response.

Related vastlint rules

Related events

Check the XML, then confirm the beacons fire

Validate the event names and containers on the document. Test a live URL when the XML is clean and reporting is still empty.

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