Channel Ad Markers

The Ad Markers tab is only shown for relevant Channels. If an Adaptive or Transcoded Channel has a stream that contains Ad Markers, then information about these markers is shown in the Ad Markers tab. HLS ad markers are written as plaintext into the outgoing XML manifests of the transmuxed HLS.

The following table describes the information shown for each Ad Marker in the stream.

Parameter

Description

Bitrate

The name of the source on which the Ad Marker exists.

Time

The date and time that the ad marker was generated.

Network

The type of ad marker. Possible types are:

  • Cue-out – marks the beginning of the ad insertion opportunity
  • Cue-in – marks the end of the ad insertion opportunity

PTS

The Presentation Timestamp. The time at which the SCTE-35 message insertion request was received. The PTS is a "timer", not a clock time. 

DurationThe duration of the ad break.
ProgramThe elementary program that the SCTE marker is affecting.
Auto-returnSpecifies whether to return from the break.