Manage Automatic Ad Settings for an Episode – Libsyn 5

If your show has automatic ads enabled (also known as dynamic or programmatic ads), then you can manage your ads at the episode level.

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To manage your pre-roll and post-roll settings at the show level, see Manage Pre-Roll and Post-Roll Ad Settings for Your Show.

To manage the automatic ad settings for an episode:

Add or edit an episode.

Click the toggle next to the Advertising section header to turn on advertising for this episode. If your show has automatic ads enabled, you will see options to include mid-roll, pre-roll, and post-roll ads.

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Ad Slot tools work best in a Chrome browser on a Mac or PC.
Any ad blocking plugins must be turned off.
Tools work with CBR (Constant Bit Rate) files; we do not support VBR (Variable Bit Rate) files.

The following options are available:

Slot Picker	After you have uploaded or selected an MP3 audio file for your episode, you can use the waveform to visually select the location of mid-roll ads. Click on the waveform to place a marker. Click to zoom in on the waveform. Click to zoom out from the waveform. Click to play the audio. Audio will begin playing from the marker.
Time	When you are visually selecting the location for a mid-roll ad, the time you have selected displays in a time box below the waveform. You can also use this box to manually type in the time to set the position of the mid-roll ad marker.
1 Ad/ 2 Ads / 3 Ads / 4 Ads	Use this dropdown to select whether you want 1, 2, 3, or 4 ads inserted into the selected mid-roll point of your episode audio.
Add Slot	Click the Add Slot button to insert the selected mid-roll ad slot into your episode. A mid-roll section then displays under the Post-Roll section, and is labeled as Slot 1, Slot 2, etc. The mid-roll ad section includes the selected time location for the ad slot and the number of ads it contains (1, 2, 3, or 4). You can edit these. Click Delete to remove the mid-roll ad slot.
Pre-Roll	Displays whether you have selected 1, 2, or 3 ads to play at the beginning of your episode audio. If you have not set this at the show level, you can change the number of pre-roll ads or turn them off for this episode.
Post-Roll	Displays whether you have selected 1, 2, or 3 ads to play at the end of your episode audio. If you have not set this at the show level, you can change the number of post-roll ads or turn them off for this episode.

After you publish your episode, the Episodes List displays the number of automatic ads in the episode. Mouse over a number to see whether it is the pre-roll, mid-roll, or post-roll ad count. (The mid-roll count is the total number of mid-roll ads across all your configured mid-roll slots.)

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