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Enabling ad marker passthrough

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Enabling ad marker passthrough - AWS Elemental MediaTailor

By default for HLS, MediaTailor personalized manifests don't include the SCTE-35 ad markers from the origin manifests. When ad marker passthrough is enabled, MediaTailor passes through the following ad markers from origin manifests into personalized manifests:

  • EXT-X-CUE-IN

  • EXT-X-CUE-OUT

  • EXT-X-SPLICEPOINT-SCTE35

Ad marker passthrough is an optional setting. Use ad marker passthrough if you want the SCTE ad markers to be included in the MediaTailor personalized manifest. Common use cases include the following:

  • Content replacement - Perform content replacement or content restriction.

  • Ad tracking - Trigger ad tracking information based on the presence or absence of one or more ad markers.

  • Player settings - Enable scrubbing or countdown timer functionality in the player's UI, based on the presence or absence of ad markers.

Note

MediaTailor doesn't change the values for these markers. For example, if EXT-X-CUE-OUT has a value of 60 in the origin manifest, but no ads are placed, MediaTailor won't change the value to 0 in the personalized manifest.

Enable ad marker passthrough

You can enable ad marker passthrough using the AWS Management Console or the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI).

To enable ad marker passthrough using the console
  1. Open the MediaTailor console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/mediatailor/.

  2. Select either New Configuration or Edit Configuration.

  3. In the Advanced Settings section, select Enable from the drop down menu.

To enable ad marker passthrough using the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI)

Use the put-playback-configuration command.

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