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Pod Duration - is derived from the markers, when ignore markers is selected, the option of setting the pod duration is enabled. The user can set the duration of the pod by seconds or minutes.
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Prefetch
The prefetch mechanism, fetches ads from the ad decision server and prepares them for upcoming ad breaks. Ad prefetching helps to maximize ad fill rates and monetization in live workflows that use SCTE-35 markers, where ad request and transcoding timeouts can occur. Ad prefetching provides more time for programmatic ad trading.
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