Google Ad Manger: Video Pre-Roll Setup & Requirements

Google Ad Manger: Video Pre-Roll Setup & Requirements

This Article Is For:

  • All users who have: Manage Mobile App Permissions
  • This is applicable to: Single Tenant App & Multi-Tenant App

Requirements:

  • Station/brand have already purchased the SoCast Mobile App package
  • Have been given the above listed permissions by your SoCast Account Manager.
  • Have admin access to Google DFP

Step-by-step guide

  1. You can upload the following common video formats in your creative set:
    1. WebM files - Vp8 video codec and Vorbis Audio codecs
    2. MPEG4, 3GPP and MOV files - Typically supporting h264, mpeg4 video codecs, and AAC audio codec
    3. AVI - Many cameras output this format - typically the video codec is MJPEG and audio is PCM
    4. MPEGPS - Typically supporting MPEG2 video codec and MP2 audio
    1. WMV
    2. FLV - Adobe-FLV1 video codec, MP3 audio
    3. HLS - (HTTP Live Streaming) Adaptive bitrate standard for live stream video events
  3. Once uploaded, DFP transcodes your video into as many as nine formats and sizes, depending on its resolution.
  4. DFP transcodes a video into all of the supported format/resolution combinations that are the same or smaller resolution than the uploaded video
  5. Audio pre-roll should be turned into video pre-roll by creating a video of a static image.
  6. Video prerolls must be in “AAC” format as it's a requirement.

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