Play bumper videos before or after content

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Use the Bumper setting to play a video before and/or after the main content.

This setting is available for video players.

Access the Visual settings

1. Log into your Rich Media CMS and click the Studio tab.



2. From the list, select the player you want to configure.



The settings tab opens.



3. Click the stars icon.



The visual settings display.

Configure bumper videos

1.  Scroll down to Bumper and click the toggle to enable it.

2. Configure the following:

• Bumper entry ID - Enter the entry ID of the video to use as the bumper. The player uses the entry playback URL as the bumper video.

• Bumper external URL - Enter the URL of the video to use as the bumper.
• Click Through URL - (Optional) Enter the URL that users are redirected to when they click the bumper.
• Position - Choose when the bumper plays:
  • 0 - before playback (default)
  • -1 - after playback
  • 0,-1 - before and after playback
• Metadata based bumper video - Enable this option to use bumper settings from entry metadata. When disabled, the values configured in Bumper entry ID, Bumper external URL, Click Through URL, and Position are applied to all entries.
• Custom bumper schema ID - Enter the metadata profile ID that contains the bumper fields. This is required when Metadata based bumper video is enabled. If left empty, the player falls back to the global bumper settings.

3. Click Save at the top right of the settings page.

Bumper display logic

• If Metadata based bumper video is enabled and a valid schema ID is provided, the player uses bumper values defined in the entry's metadata.
• If both BumperEntryId and BumperUrl are provided in the metadata, the player uses BumperEntryId.
• If BumperEntryId can't be resolved, the player uses BumperUrl.
• If neither value is available, no bumper is displayed.
• If Metadata based bumper video is enabled but the schema ID is empty, the player uses the bumper settings configured in the player.
• If Metadata based bumper video is enabled but the schema ID is invalid, metadata-based bumper settings aren't loaded.
• If Metadata based bumper video is disabled, the player always uses the bumper settings configured in the player.

Example video sources

Use a video file from your Rich Media CMS:

1. Click on the entry in Rich Media CMS.
2. On the left menu bar, click Flavors.
3. Click the three-dot menu on the right of the flavor you want to use.
4. Click Preview in the drop-down menu.
5. Right-click on the video, and then click the following according to what browser you're using: 
   • Chrome - click Copy Video Address 
   • Firefox - Copy Video Link
   • Microsoft Edge - click Copy Link
6. Paste it into the Bumper external URL field.

Use a video from Dropbox:

1. Copy the Dropbox link of your file.
2. Paste the link into the Bumper external URL field, but change the end of the link from '=0' to '=1' - this changes the URL from a 'show' to a 'download'.

Use a video from Google Drive:

1. Copy the 'share' link of your file (ie. the link for your file when sharing it).
2. Change the link from a "share" to a "download" link by using the Google Drive Direct Link Generator.
3. Paste the new, "download" link into the Bumper external URL field.

For the user guide, see Bumpers.

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