Monetize VOD media

Server-side ad insertion (SSAI) facilitates seamless transitions between video content and advertising breaks, eliminating buffering or delays. By enabling this feature on your video-on-demand (VOD) content, you provide viewers with a smooth viewing experience and capitalize on monetization opportunities for your prerecorded media.

Prerequisites

Item	Notes
Property-level enablement	Toggle turning on the feature for an entitled property Follow these steps to enable SSAI: On the Properties page, select a property. The property settings appear. Under Content & ads enhancements, click Media & ads. Under Server-Side Ad Integration, toggle Enable SSAI to ON.
Ad config	Config defining when to show ads within content and where ads are sourced At least one ad config must be set up within the property. NOTE: For VOD media, the ad config defines (1) the default timing between ads in your content and (2) the ad tag URL from which ads are fetched. You can set media-level ad cues to override the ad config’s default timing.

Configure SSAI for VOD media

Preview media with server-side ads (SSAI) toggle

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If you are a developer, you can configure SSAI for VOD using the Delivery API.

Follow these steps to configure SSAI for a VOD media item:

From your Media library, click the name of the media item. The media details page appears.
Under the preview window, click the Preview media with server-side ads (SSAI) toggle to ON. The SSAI settings appear.
From the dropdown menu, select an Ad config.
(Optional) Under Manifest URL, select the HLS protocol.
Copy the Manifest URL.
Embed your VOD content.
Add the Manifest URL from step 5 to your player, platform, or application.

You can now start broadcasting your VOD content.

FAQs

Can I stream VOD assets using the DASH protocol?

Digital Rights Management (DRM) is required to stream VOD assets through DASH.

For more information, get started with Studio DRM.