VAST complaint mid roll Ads

Hi,
We are using Strobe Media Player on our website and we want to explore the Ad driven monetization thru the same. I did go thru the example file "advertisement-demo.html", to my observation the mid roll ads are playing well for a predefined .flv file.
The below are my questions
1. How can I deliver VAST compliant video advertisements which are mid-roll in nature?
2. Can I also display VAST compliant banner Ads on the SMP player when the video is being played?
Look forward to seeing reply
Thanks,
Flixbuf

Hi,
You can start with the presentation the Brian Riggs did at Max this year:
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/max-2010-develop/making-video-pay-with-advertising-and-analytics
-Andrian

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