Metadata

Increase your video SEO and the efficiency of your video management by adding metadata to your mediaclips. 

1.0 | Add metadata

• Navigate to the “Media Library”
• Select the video and edit the metadata in the “Metadata” tab:

• • Enter a title
    • A maximum of 50 characters is allowed.
    • Consider putting the most important keyword at the beginning of your title to improve your video SEO.
  • Add a description
    • A maximum of 300 characters is allowed.
    • Consider using the most important and relevant keywords in the description to improve your video SEO.
    • The description field accepts simple HTML tages, e.g. <a>, <i> and <u>.

• • Add an author (when applicable)
    • Google displays the author in the search results.
  • Deep link
    Enter the URL of the page you want the video to be indexed on by search engines. This URL will also be selected when viewers click the share button on the control bar (provided that sharing is enabled in the playout settings).
    Tip:

    When you embed a video on your own website, we recommend using the page URL where the video is placed as deep link URL.

• • Add tags
    Consider adding tags with the most important keywords. Add new tags entirely or use the dropdown menu to select one of the tags that are already used in other clips
    Tip:

    You can add a “standard tag”, so mediaclips are automatically added to a playlist. For example: add a “video sitemap” tag to every video and create a playlist that contains all videos with the “video sitemap” tag. Learn more about playlists.

  • Disable commercials
    The Online Video Platform offers numerous opportunities to maximize earnings from video advertisements. However, some (sensitive) video content might not be suitable to be accompanied by advertisement. Select this option to avoid ads/commercials from playing at the start, during or at the end of this mediaclip (only when advertising is enabled in the playout settings).

2.0 | Custom fields

Some videos might require extra metadata fields, for example: “category”, “purpose”, “account manager” or “marketing director”.

Only users with admin permissions are able to access the “Custom Fields” section (learn more about roles and permissions).

To add a custom field:

• Go to publication settings by clicking the gear icon on the top right.
• Select “Custom Fields” in the left menu panel to add or edit a custom field.
  Note:

  The Custom Fields section might not be enabled by default. If you have admin permissions, but are unable to access the custom fields section, please contact your account manager or support@bluebillywig.com

• Customize the following settings:
  • Label: the name of your metadata field.
  • Included in public output: custom fields and their values will be set to “private” by default. Enable this option if the custom metadata field should be publicly available.
  • Shown in public output: by default, custom fields and their values will not be shown in public output such as Channels. Enable this option to make the data show in Channels and other public output.
  • Included in statistics: determines whether or not to include textfield and checkbox data in statistics.
  • Shown in interface: When checked, the custom field will be shown in the OVP interface.
  • Mandatory: make this field required before a mediaclip can be saved/published.
  • Custom Field Types: different types of custom fields can be created, ranging from dropdown menus to pick from, to text fields. The following custom field types are currently available:

• • • Text field
      Add an additional short descriptive label:
    • Number
      Add a single number to your clip metadata:
    • Text area
      Add a longer descriptive text about the video content:
    • Rich text
      Add “rich text” to your video content containing simple HTML styling. When the clip metadata is displayed on your website, the specific styling of your page will be applied to the HTML formatted text.
      Use the style editor to add:
      • Text hierarchy (<h1>, <h2>, <h3> or <p>)
      • Emphasis (bold <b> and italicized <i>)
      • Hyperlinks
      • Numbered or bulleted lists (<ol> or <ul>)
      • Block quote (<blockquote>)
    • Checkbox
      Add a checkbox that OVP users can check and uncheck (for example: “Use as showcase ✅”)
    • List (dropdown menu)
      Add a dropdown menu with a list of options. The dropdown menu can be set with a predetermined or expandable list. When using an expandable list, OVP users can add options themselves. Predetermined lists cannot be changed in the clip metadata itself.
    • Relation (advanced use only)
      Add a related item using the clip selector. For specific use cases only.
    • Date
      Add a date picker:
    • Color (advanced use only)
      Add a HEX color picker. Example use case: your page’s styling inspects the HEX color associated with the clip to determine the styling of certain HTML elements.
• Save your settings to add the custom metadata field to your media clips.

3.0 | Custom field groups

Create a custom field group to manage your collection of custom fields. Custom field groups offer a wide range of benefits:

• Organize custom fields into different categories
• Order custom fields within a group to your liking
• Choose for what entities custom field groups should be shown by default (media clips or interactive projects)
• Toggle the field groups that should be shown within the selected entities

To create a custom field group:

• Go to “Publication settings” by clicking the gear icon in the menu on the left side;
• Select “Custom Fields” in the left menu panel;
• Click on the “Add” button and select the “Field group” option.

To customize a field group, use the following available options:

• Field group title
  • Add a title that functions as the name of the field group.
• Field group description
  • Add a short description to notify other OVP users what the field group is used for.
• Entity
  • Determines in what parts of the OVP the custom fields are applicable. Media clip and Projects are currently supported.
  • The “Show by default” checkbox determines whether Custom field groups are added by default to the selected entities, or whether they can be used on a case by case basis.
• + Add custom field
  • Opens a selector that allows you to add the current available custom fields. After selection the order/sorting of the selected fields can be changed.
• Preview
  • Showcases what the custom field group will look like in supported pages of the OVP.