How to shrink content during ad playback (merge squeeze) - MediaConvert

How to shrink content during ad playback (merge squeeze)

The following procedure describes how to reduce the size of your primary content (to 75 percent) while displaying an advertisement beneath it. In steps 3 through 12, you specify a full screen ad. In steps 12 through 17, you temporarily shrink your base input video.

To add a video overlay by using the MediaConvert console:

  1. Open the Create job page in the MediaConvert console.

  2. Specify an input video. For more information, see Step 1: Input files in Configuring jobs.

  3. In the settings for your input, next to Video overlays, choose Add overlay.

  4. Specify an Input file URL for your ad file.

  5. Specify a Start timecode.

  6. Specify an End timecode.

  7. For Initial position, specify the following: Height: 125, Width: 125, X position: -25, Y position: 0, Unit: Percentage, specify a Start timecode, and specify an End timecode.

  8. Choose Add transition.

  9. In the Transition, specify the following: Height: 100, Width: 100, X position: 0, Y position: 0, Unit: Percentage, specify a Start timecode, and specify an End timecode.

  10. Choose Add transition.

  11. In the Transition, specify the following: Height: 125, Width: 125, X position: -25, Y position: 0, Unit: Percentage, specify a Start timecode, and specify an End timecode.

  12. Optionally add any Input clips for your video overlay.

  13. Add a separate overlay by choosing Add overlay. This overlay provides the animated resizing transitions for your base input video.

  14. Choose Add transition.

  15. In the Transition, specify the following: Height: 75, Width: 75, X position: 25, Y position: 0, Unit: Percentage, specify a Start timecode, and specify an End timecode.

  16. Choose Add transition.

  17. In the Transition, specify the following: Height: 100, Width: 100, X position: 0, Y position: 0, Unit: Percentage, specify a Start timecode some time after the previous transition, and specify an End timecode.

To specify a video overlay using the API, SDK, or AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI), include VideoOverlays in your job settings JSON.

The following is an excerpt of a job settings JSON that specifies a full screen ad and temporarily reduces the size of your base input video:

{
  "Settings": {
    "Inputs": [
      {
        "VideoOverlays": [
          {
            "InitialPosition": {
              "Height": 125,
              "Unit": "PERCENTAGE",
              "Width": 125,
              "XPosition": -25,
              "YPosition": 0
            },
            "Input": {
              "FileInput": "s3://amzn-s3-demo-bucket/advertisement.mov"
            },
            "Transitions": [
              {
                "EndPosition": {
                  "Height": 100,
                  "Unit": "PERCENTAGE",
                  "Width": 100,
                  "XPosition": 0,
                  "YPosition": 0
                },
                "EndTimecode": "00:00:14:00",
                "StartTimecode": "00:00:13:00"
              },
              {
                "EndPosition": {
                  "Height": 125,
                  "Unit": "PERCENTAGE",
                  "Width": 125,
                  "XPosition": -25,
                  "YPosition": 0
                },
                "EndTimecode": "00:00:19:30",
                "StartTimecode": "00:00:18:30"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "Transitions": [
              {
                "EndPosition": {
                  "Height": 75,
                  "Unit": "PERCENTAGE",
                  "Width": 75,
                  "XPosition": 25,
                  "YPosition": 0
                },
                "EndTimecode": "00:00:14:00",
                "StartTimecode": "00:00:13:00"
              },
              {
                "EndPosition": {
                  "Height": 100,
                  "Unit": "PERCENTAGE",
                  "Width": 100,
                  "XPosition": 0,
                  "YPosition": 0
                },
                "EndTimecode": "00:00:19:30",
                "StartTimecode": "00:00:18:30"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}