Serve mid-roll ads without content ingestion

You can serve mid-roll ads without content ingestion by manually including video duration and cue points in your ad tag, using the following parameters:

Parameter Details
vid_d

(Video duration)

This parameter accepts a variable value which specifies the duration of the content, in seconds. 

The vid_d and allcues parameters are used to serve mid-roll ads without content ingestion. Ad rules are also required to return mid-rolls.

Usage example

Video content duration of 90000 seconds (25 hours):
vid_d=90000

allcues

(All cue points)

This parameter accepts variable values which are a comma-separated list of cue points, in milliseconds. For each value, Ad Manager returns an ad break.

The vid_d and allcues parameters are used to serve mid-roll ads without content ingestion. Ad rules are also required to return mid-rolls.

If time-based cues are used in your ad rules (for example, "Every N seconds" or "At fixed times"), then those set in the ad rule are used, and the cues passed into allcues are ignored. Mid-rolls still require duration, so vid_d must still be passed.

Usage example

Cue points at 10 and 20 seconds:
allcues=10000,20000

 

Examples

https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?sz=640x480&iu=/124319096/external/ad_rule_samples&ciu_szs=300x250&ad_rule=1&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=vmap&unviewed_position_start=1&cust_params=deployment%3Ddevsite%26sample_ar%3Dpremidpostpod&correlator=2342342347&vid_d=90000&allcues=10000,20000

https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?sz=640x480&iu=/124319096/external/ad_rule_samples&ciu_szs=300x250&ad_rule=1&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=vmap&unviewed_position_start=1&cust_params=deployment%3Ddevsite%26sample_ar%3Dpremidpostpod&correlator=2342342347&vid_d=90000&allcues=10000,20000&cmsid=496&vid=long_thirtycue

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