Random Media Viewer Spot
  • 22 Feb 2024
  • 2 Minutes to read

Random Media Viewer Spot


Article summary

Use the Random Media Viewer spot to randomly display media of your choice. This spot provides a template with which you can create a spot that consists of multiple videos or images. At each view, one of these videos or images is randomly selected and displayed.

Use the spot for advertisements

The Random Media Viewer spot works with DOOH. That means, you can use it for advertisements.

Note

Please contact Grassfish for information on how to get this solution.

Upload the spot

You must upload the Random Media Viewer spot to the IXM Platform. To do so, perform the following steps:

  1. In the IXM Platform, go to Content > Playlist.
  2. In the Spot groups pane, select your spot group.
  3. In the Selectable spots pane, click on New.
  4. Select Upload spots.
  5. Upload the Random Media Viewer spot in one of the following ways:
    • Drag and drop the ZIP file into the upload manager window.
    • Click on Add data, select the ZIP file from your files and click on Open.
  6. Click on the Play icon to start the upload.
  7. Once the upload has finished, click on Close to close the upload manager.

Configure the spot

To configure your spot in the HTML Wizard, perform the following steps:

  1. In the IXM Platform, go to Content > Playlist.
  2. In the Spot groups pane, select your spot group.
  3. In the Selectable spots pane, hover over the Random Media Viewer spot and select Edit content. Alternatively, double-click on it.
  4. Configure the spot with the following options:
    • Resolution: select a resolution from the dropdown menu.
    • Spot duration: specify how long the spot should play.
    • Background: select and choose a background color (optional).
    • Player: select a player that should play the spot.
    • Media: edit, delete, or move your media files. 
    • Add medium: select to add another media file.
  5. Configure the following options (available from spot version 1.0.2):
    • Sequential playback: select to play videos in the saved order. That means, not randomly.
    • Playback duration for images [sec]: specify how many seconds each image should be displayed.
  6. Once you’ve finished creating your spot, click Save and Close.

Use the spot for advertisement

You must create a DOOH booking item that contains the spot to play it. To do so, perform the following steps:

  1. In the IXM Platform, go to DOOH > Booking.
  2. In the Bookings panel, click on New.
  3. In the Create new booking dialog, click on New.
  4. In the Edit booking item for product dialog, select your product and specify the booking details as needed.
  5. In the Spot section, click on Select from spot group.
  6. In the Select spot dialog, select your Random Media Viewer spot and click Select.
  7. Configure all other booking settings as needed.
  8. Click Save and Close.

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