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Insert Stings, Jingles & Ads

Add stings, jingles, or ads into your looping livestream playlists

With Upstream, you can insert short branded clips, jingles, or ads into your playlists – either between playlist files or right in the middle of long videos and audio tracks. No need to reorder your playlist or duplicate files. Full insert control with on-the-fly editing.

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Global Inserts

Set rules once, and let Upstream do the work. Inserts automatically play your chosen clip between playlist items with perfect timing.

File Inserts

Cut into longer content with precision: File-based inserts let you define exact timestamps within a video or audio file where your sting, jingle, or ad will play - then resume your original content.

Combine with Ads

Add repeating ads as inserts, or Trigger YouTube Ad Cue points to send a recommendation to YouTube to play an Ad at appropriate times.

Insert Occasional Stings and Jingles

The Insert function lets you set rules to trigger short video or audio files to play during your live stream. Add and automate Inserts for your playlists or individual files – independently. If you decide to change any setting, you can do so while live, without stopping the stream.

  • Play Video Idents / Stings
  • Play Audio Jingles
  • Play Ads
  • Trigger YouTube Ad Breaks
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Global Inserts

Global Inserts let you set rules to trigger Inserts within an Audio or Video Playlist, based on the position in the playlist, or time elapsed from the last insert.

  • Play every Nth Video
  • Play after Time Interval
  • Add multiple Inserts with different rules
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File-based Inserts

File-Based Inserts let you drop a sting, jingle, or ad inside a long video or audio file – right at the timestamp you choose. When the insert finishes, your content continues automatically. Perfect for podcasts, long streams, or scheduled mid-roll ad breaks.

  • Interrupt long files at exact timestamp
  • Add multiple inserts per file
  • Combine Audio and Video Inserts
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Combine Inserts and YouTube Ad Cue Points

You can choose to trigger YouTube Ad Cue Points – recommendations to YouTube that this is a good place to serve an ad. This helps avoid interrupting your stream at awkward times, and serve ads just when they fit.

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Combine Global and File Inserts

You can set both global and file inserts to create a dynamic and unique experiences with your existing content.

  • Embed Graphs
  • Show weather or traffic info
  • Include your view / sub stats
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Use Inserts to Serve Ads and Sponsored Content

If you want to run your own Ads or Sponsored content, use the Insert function to repeat them throughout your playlist or within individual files, based on the rules you set. This way you don’t have to duplicate and scatter your ads all across your playlist, but rather define rules for when they should play.

  • Play your own ads based on preset rules
  • Edit inserts on-the-fly
  • Maintain a FAST channel
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