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AdBreak - AWS Elemental MediaTailor

AdBreak

Ad break configuration parameters.

Contents

OffsetMillis

How long (in milliseconds) after the beginning of the program that an ad starts. This value must fall within 100ms of a segment boundary, otherwise the ad break will be skipped.

Type: Long

Required: Yes

AdBreakMetadata

Defines a list of key/value pairs that MediaTailor generates within the EXT-X-ASSETtag for SCTE35_ENHANCED output.

Type: Array of KeyValuePair objects

Required: No

MessageType

The SCTE-35 ad insertion type. Accepted value: SPLICE_INSERT, TIME_SIGNAL.

Type: String

Valid Values: SPLICE_INSERT | TIME_SIGNAL

Required: No

Slate

Ad break slate configuration.

Type: SlateSource object

Required: No

SpliceInsertMessage

This defines the SCTE-35 splice_insert() message inserted around the ad. For information about using splice_insert(), see the SCTE-35 specficiaiton, section 9.7.3.1.

Type: SpliceInsertMessage object

Required: No

TimeSignalMessage

Defines the SCTE-35 time_signal message inserted around the ad.

Programs on a channel's schedule can be configured with one or more ad breaks. You can attach a splice_insert SCTE-35 message to the ad break. This message provides basic metadata about the ad break.

See section 9.7.4 of the 2022 SCTE-35 specification for more information.

Type: TimeSignalMessage object

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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