Introduction
A bumper is typically a very short video (10 secs or less) automatically inserted before any pre-roll ads and your content. A bumper is not used for monetization but instead relays information such as your company logo or branding.
Here is an example of a bumper video playing before the main content.
Requirements
The following requirements are needed for this feature:
Brightcove SDK version
- Native SDK for Android (coming soon)
- Native SDK for iOS 6.11.0 and newer
Functionality
Here are some details about Bumper videos:
- Bumpers are compatible with both Client-Side Advertising (CSAI) and Server-Side Advertising (SSAI)
- Bumpers play before any pre-roll ads and your content
- The player is configurable during bumper video playback:
- Show/hide the player controls
- Prevent seeking during playback
- Change the seekbar color to indicate a bumper
- Analytics data will be tracked the same as for any content video
Configuration
A bumper video can be set for the player or for an individual video.
Player-level bumper
By default, bumper videos are a player-level feature. This means that all videos in a player will have the same bumper.
A bumper consists of a single Video Cloud video, referenced by either:
- Video ID
- Reference ID
Video-level bumper
To assign a bumper to a video, you can define a custom field in Video Cloud Studio. The custom field must have the following:
- Custom field name of
bumper_id - Custom field value must be a valid video ID
Android Implementation
The Native SDK for Android will support bumper videos in the near future.
iOS Implementation
The Native SDK for iOS supports bumper video playback.
For details, see the following: