Pre-Roll Video

Specs for Low Resolution Video
Compression: H.264 Baseline profile, level 3.0
Frame Rate: 23.976 or 24 fps
Minimum Resolution: 640x360
Specs for Medium Resolution Video
Compression: H.264 Baseline profile, level 3.0
Frame Rate: 25 fps
Minimum Resolution: 1024x576
Specs for High Resolution Video
Compression:
- H.264 High profile, level 3.1 (720p)
- H.264 High profile, level 4.0 (1080p)
Frame Rate: 29.970 or 30 fps
Minimum Resolution: 1280x720
Video Specs for all Resolutions
Format: Compressed Quicktime .mov
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Depth: Millions of colors +
Key Frames: Automatic
Note: To run pre or mid-roll video on Smart TV use the high resolution specs
Audio
Format: AAC
Sample Rate: 48.000 kHz
Sample Size: 16-bit
Key Frames: Stereo (L R)
Companion Banner

Format
- .jpg
- .png
- .gif
- .swf
Dimensions: 300x250
Max File Size
- 50K
- Note: for HTML5, file weight may increase up to 200K
Animation
- 1 loop max
- 30-second animation max
- 5 panel max
- User-initiated audio
- Close button available
In-Banner Video

Format: Compressed Quicktime .mov
Dimensions: 300x250
Max File Size
- Max Initial Load: 40K
- Polite File Size
- Flash: 80K
- HTML5
- Low Bandwidth: 500K
- High Bandwidth: 1MB
Animation
- Audio and video length: 15 seconds recommended (30 maximum)
- Cannot exceed 24 frames per second
- Cannot have constantly animating elements
- Audio must be user initiated with standard controls (e.g. play, pause, audio, mute and stop)
- Start, stop and mute buttons are required
Third-Party Ad Servers
Viant supports most third-party ad servers and accepts iFrame and JavaScript tags
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Ad Server Notes
- H.264 (MP4) and WebM video file types may all be included within each video feed (other formats may be included but will not be used)
- SSL-compliant
- JavaScript is required for VPAID feeds