Licensing

CamGrabber works under a license issued by the CS Play server.

Free license

Granted automatically to every grabber. With a free license CamGrabber photographs only CS Context programmatic shows — every programmatic show is captured and forwarded as playback confirmation (see Programmatic shows).

Photographing shows of your own (non-programmatic) content requires a paid license.

A paid license unlocks photo reporting of your own content, managed centrally from the CS Play web interface:

  • Capture counts per ad — how many first shows of each ad are photographed (default 2, configurable, e.g. first 10). See First shows of each ad.

  • 100% photo coverage for a campaign — every show of the campaign is photographed. See 100% coverage for a campaign.

  • Daily re-shoot schedule — counters reset at a set time and the report is re-taken daily. See Daily re-shoot schedule.

Assigning licenses

  • Cloud: licenses are added and assigned in the admin panel of your CS Play server; when adding or editing a grabber you choose its license type.

  • On-premise: a license key file is issued for installations without cloud access.

Deactivation

If a grabber is deactivated on the server or its licenses run out, the server starts rejecting its uploads (authorization errors). The grabber keeps running and photographing programmatic shows under the free license; re-activate it or assign a license in the admin panel to restore full operation.