Criteo Retail Media onsite video: 720p, 15 s, a Sume avatar clip

What are Criteo's onsite video guidelines?

Criteo's Retail Media page lists MP4, 720p resolution, a 300 MB maximum and a recommended duration of 15 seconds, with 30 seconds as the maximum. Allowed aspect ratios are 16:9, 1:1 and 9:16. No bitrate requirement is stated on the page.

How does a Sume avatar job line up?

Resolution matches: avatar output is 720p. Three of the five avatar ratios, 16:9, 1:1 and 9:16, are Criteo's three. The job window is 4 to 60 seconds, so you must write the script to be short: a 15 second target is a script you can speak in about 15 seconds. Anything over 30 seconds will be too long for the placement even though Sume accepts it.

A 15 second clip with a product image at plus is 15 x $0.258 = $3.87; at standard, 15 x $0.194 = $2.91.

How do I add the product?

Pass product_image as a fetchable public HTTPS image URL, as in the product_image post. Then confirm the finished file with video inspect, since Criteo's page does not set a codec or frame rate here, and your retailer's ad ops may.

Make one job per ratio. Three ratios of one 15 second script at standard with a product are 3 x $2.91 = $8.73.

curl -X POST https://api.sume.com/v1/avatar-1.0/talking-video \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUME_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: criteo-sku1001-1x1" \
  -d '{"avatar_handle":"your_avatar_handle",
       "script":"This blender crushes ice in ten seconds.",
       "product_image":"https://example.com/img/sku-1001.jpg",
       "aspect_ratio":"1:1","quality":"standard"}'