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Setting up ad insertion with MediaTailor

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Setting up ad insertion with MediaTailor - AWS Elemental MediaTailor

To insert personalized ads into your channel's stream, your channel's endpoint URL is the content source for AWS Elemental MediaTailor. This guide shows how to set up MediaTailor for ad insertion.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure that you meet the following requirements:

  • Prepare your HLS and DASH streams for MediaTailor ad insertion.

    • If you haven't prepared content streams already, see Step 2: Prepare a stream in the Getting started with MediaTailor ad insertion topic.

  • Have an ad decision server (ADS).

  • Configure Ad break settings in the program. For more information, see the Configuring ad breaks for your program procedure.

As a best practice, consider using a content delivery network (CDN) in between channel assembly and MediaTailor ad insertion. The MediaTailor ad insertion service can generate additional origin requests. Therefore, it's a best practice to configure your CDN to proxy the manifests from channel assembly, then use the CDN prefixed URLs at the content source URL.

Configure MediaTailor for ad insertion

The following shows how to configure MediaTailor console settings so that you can insert personalized ads into your channel's stream.

To configure MediaTailor for ad insertion
  1. Open the MediaTailor console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/mediatailor/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Configurations.

  3. Under Required settings, enter the basic required information about your configuration:

    • Name: The name of your configuration.

    • Content source: Enter the playback URL from your channel's output, minus the file name and extension. For advanced information about MediaTailor configuration, see Required settings.

    • Ad decision server: Enter the URL for your ADS.

  4. You can optionally configure the Configuration aliases, Personalization details, and Advanced settings. For information about those settings, see Optional configuration settings.

  5. On the navigation bar, choose Create configuration.

Now that you've set up MediaTailor for ad insertion, you can also set up ad breaks. For detailed instructions, see Getting started with MediaTailor ad insertion.

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