What is Video Metadata and why is it important?

In the competitive world of streaming, having great content is king. However, ensuring that content reaches the right audience and offers an unparalleled viewing experience is equally crucial. This is where the power of video metadata shines, and AINAR’s video to metadata cognitive AI technology is the market leader. Essentially, video metadata represents the informational DNA of a video, capturing vital elements such as its title, description, tags, and beyond. For streaming platforms, metadata serves as the connective tissue between the content and its audience, fueling search algorithms and recommendation systems.

Types of Video Metadata

There are six or more different types of metadata serving different kinds of content and industries, but only three of these apply to videos:

• Administrative Metadata: As the name implies, administrative metadata includes all the information relevant to video administrators. It contains all the data necessary for managing a video, such as the hardware and software used to capture the video, the name of the file creator, the creation date, and more.
• Structural Metadata: With the vast number of video assets available on the internet, we need a method for organizing and categorizing them. Structural video metadata serves as the basis for doing so, containing all the relevant information and data used to organize video assets.
• Descriptive Metadata: Descriptive metadata is the most crucial type, especially for optimizing metadata for SEO. It contains all the relevant information about a video asset, making it easier for search engines to identify, discover, and select them. Key attributes, such as the video title, keywords, author, etc., are examples of descriptive metadata.

In essence, while administrative metadata is about managing the resource, structural metadata is about how different components of a resource relate to each other, and descriptive metadata is about identifying and discovering resources.

Why Vionlabs Focuses on Descriptive Metadata

Vionlabs was founded with a mission to address the challenges associated with the quality of data used to describe content. In the media industry, having accurate and high-quality descriptive metadata is pivotal. It empowers media businesses to make informed decisions at every stage, from video production and acquisition to distribution and content recommendation. As the competition in streaming services has skyrocketed, the importance of this data has grown exponentially. This heightened competition directly influences customer retention, making top-notch descriptive metadata not just beneficial, but essential.

The History of Descriptive Metadata

The history of descriptive metadata for video is linked to the evolution of broadcasting, film, and digital media. As early as the days of film reels, cataloging and indexing systems were developed to keep track of extensive film libraries, though these were primarily manual and paper-based. With the rise of television broadcasting, the need to manage large volumes of video content appeared. The digital revolution of the late 20th and early 21st centuries was a pivotal moment. As videos started to be digitized, metadata was integrated into file formats, allowing for more structured and detailed descriptors. Companies like Adobe and Apple introduced metadata fields into their video editing software, allowing creators to input key information directly. With the rise of the internet and platforms like YouTube, descriptive metadata became vital not only for organization but also for searchability, discoverability, and monetization. Standards such as MPEG-7 were developed to provide a rich set of descriptors for multimedia content. Today, with the proliferation of video content across multiple platforms, from streaming services to social media, descriptive metadata has become indispensable, serving as the backbone for algorithms, recommendation systems, and content management tools.

Why Video Metadata Matters for Streaming Platforms

1. Personalized Content Recommendations: Optimized metadata ensures that viewers are presented with content tailored to their preferences, enhancing engagement and retention.
2. Streamlined Content Discovery: With accurate metadata, search functions become more efficient, allowing viewers to find their desired content effortlessly.
3. Data-Driven Insights: Metadata provides streaming platforms with valuable insights into content performance, viewer preferences, and potential areas for expansion.

AINAR’s Edge in Enhancing User Experience

AINAR’s video to metadata technology is specifically designed to elevate the viewer experience on streaming platforms. Here’s how:

• Precision in Content Tagging: AINAR’s advanced algorithms extract and assign not only the most relevant metadata directly from the video file, it also adds genres and sub genres more than 2300 timecoded keywords and 700 emotional mood tags ensuring content recommendations are spot-on.
• Automated Efficiency: Manual metadata input is time-consuming and prone to errors. AINAR automates this process, ensuring consistency and accuracy.
• Adaptive Learning for Evolving Viewer Preferences: AINAR can continually learn from viewer interactions, refining its metadata generation to align with changing viewer tastes.

Supercharging Streaming Platforms with AINAR

For platform owners, integrating AINAR’s solution is a strategic move:

• Enhanced Viewer Retention: By offering personalized content recommendations through accurate metadata, platforms can ensure viewers stay engaged longer.
• Increased Viewer Acquisition: A seamless content discovery experience can be a unique selling point, attracting more users to the platform.
• Optimized Content Libraries: AINAR’s insights can guide platform owners in curating their content libraries to better match viewer preferences.

Conclusion

For streaming platform owners, the goal is clear: offer an unmatched viewing experience that keeps users coming back. With AINAR’s video to metadata technology, platforms can achieve this by harnessing the power of optimized metadata. In the world of streaming, where user experience is paramount, our AINAR emerges as the trusted partner for success.