Video (AdVideo)

The Video object (AdVideo) contains a video.

An ad can only have one video (or none at all). You can assign the same video to multiple ads. For more information, see Video extensions in Yandex Direct Help.

Servicing

The AdVideos service is designed to perform operations with videos.

To synchronously upload videos by their URLs or as binary data, use the add operation of the AdVideos method.

The Get operation returns the processing status of uploaded videos.

Video editing is not supported. If you need to edit a video, upload a new video and create a new video extension from it.

You can a create a video extension from a video using the Creatives service. To add a video extension to an ad or remove it from an ad, use the Ads service. See Ad extensions.

A video undergoes moderation only when it is assigned to an ad. See Result of reviewing add-ons.

Requirements for videos uploaded via the API

Format

MP4, WebM, MOV, QT, FLV, AVI

Size

Maximum 100 MB

Duration

From 5 to 60 s
For non-skippable videos, the maximum video duration is 15 s.

Aspect ratio

3:1, 2:1, 1.9:1, 16:9, 4:3, 1.91:1, 1:1, 3:4, 4:5, 9:16, 1:2, 1:3

Minimum resolution

360p

Recommended resolution

1080p

Video frame rate

between 20 and 30 frames/second

Video codecs

H.264, VP6F, VP8, Theora

Number of video tracks

1

Minimum quality

44 kHz, 16 Kbit/s, stereo

Audio codecs

AAC, MP3, Vorbis

Number of audio tracks

0 or 1

File codec

avc1, F4V, isom, M4A, M4V, mp4, mp41, mp42, qt

Cover

No