Dacast Team
Ads insertion made easy
A wide variety of ad servers and ad networks can now be used directly with your Dacast player. Simply use your server or ad network account credentials and set this up in your Dacast account!
1/ Compatibility
Dacast’s default player now can support Pre-Roll ads using any VAST 2 and VAST 3, VPAID, VMAP ad networks and ad servers (as well as Double Click).
You can directly insert an ads link using the account dashboard and your embedded player will automatically include the new ads
2/ How to use ads insertion on your account
Option 1 – Per content
1/ Under publish settings in the content of your choice
2/ Add the ad url from your ad server or ad network
3/ Click on preview to make sure the ad has been inserted correctly – If an error has occurred, you will see an error message on the preview as shown below – (tip: clear your cached image and files)
4/ Click save
Option 2 – On several contents at the same time (batch mode)
1/ Select the contents on which you want to see advertisements
2/ On your dashboard for the type of content, click on “Set Ad URL to multiple content” on the batch configuration
3/ Add the ad URL from your ad server
4/ Verify each content was set up correctly by clicking on Preview – If an error has occurred, you will see an error message as shown above – (Tip: clear your cached image and files)
4/ Click save
NOTE: Ads do NOT work with ads blockers enabled
3/ I cannot access the feature, why?
Premium plan, Enterprise plans and Events > 10 TB can access this feature.
Any questions or you want to access this feature? Please contact us.
1.) Do you have a macro which returns a random number/timestamp as this is required for most vast/vpaid/vmap ad requests?
2.) Is there a macro which will pass in the video content ID being played?
3.) Is there a macro for video content duration as this helps manage ad rules?
4.) Do you support including midroll ads dynamically?
Thanks
Mus
Hello Mus,
1) Short answer is yes, this would be possible, but I don’t understand your exact need.
2) Yes and you will find more info on this article: https://dacast.com/player-api-documentation/#a1-getters-1-Metadata-getSrc
3) Again, yes, and more information can be found here: https://dacast.com/player-api-documentation/#a1-getters-2-Media-duration
4) Our new extended VoD feature does that!
Hope I could help, do not hesitate to give me your feedback on what you found on these articles.
Best.
Are there any plans greater than Starter but no so expensive as Premium? Any custom plans?
Hi Chet R, Thank you for your interest. Yes, you can take a look at our calculator tab on the pricing page: https://www.dacast.com/live-streaming-pricing-plans/#tab_calculator Entering the information of your stream (s) you can calculate the recommended plan for your usage. If you need further helps do not hesitate to write to us directly at business@dacast.com
Thank you! Best regards,