Video Chapter Set
Each video chapter is individually marked and part of a set, delineated as such:
<videochapter:set>
<!-- Chapters Go Here -->
</videochapter:set>
Video Chapter Index
Each video chapter is individually marked as an index within the set. To clarify, each video that you are adding chapters to will have a single set of multiple indices. The available and required fields for each chapter are as follows:
|
Field
|
Type
|
Description
|
Required
|
|
guid
|
string
|
The unique identifier for this chapter.
|
YES
|
|
title
|
string
|
The chapter title.
|
YES
|
|
start_time
|
int
|
Timestamp (in seconds) for chapter beginning.
|
YES
|
|
end_time
|
int
|
Timestamp (in seconds) for chapter end.
|
No
|
|
url
|
url
|
The direct URL to access this chapter within this video.
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YES
|
|
thumbnail
|
url
|
The location of a thumbnail image for this chapter.
|
No
|
To demonstrate, here is an example video chapter index:
<videochapter:index>
<videochapter:guid type="string">11111</videochapter:id>
<videochapter:title type="string">First Example Chapter</videochapter:title>
<videochapter:start_time type="int">5</videochapter:start_time>
<videochapter:end_time type="int">20</videochapter:end_time>
<videochapter:url type="url">http://www.mydomain.com/video/ABCDE12345?chapter=11111</videochapter:url>
<videochapter:thumbnail type="url">http://www.mydomain.com/chapter_thumbnail/ABCDE12345_11111.jpg</videochapter:thumbnail>
</videochapter:index>
Putting It All Together
This standard works with both Video Sitemaps and MRSS Feeds without any variance between the two formats. Here is an example of a set of indices for an individual video:
<videochapter:set>
<videochapter:index>
<videochapter:guid type="string">11111</videochapter:id>
<videochapter:title type="string">First Example Chapter</videochapter:title>
<videochapter:start_time type="int">5</videochapter:start_time>
<videochapter:end_time type="int">20</videochapter:end_time>
<videochapter:url type="url">http://www.mydomain.com/video/ABCDE12345?chapter=11111</videochapter:url>
<videochapter:thumbnail type="url">http://www.mydomain.com/chapter_thumbnail/ABCDE12345_11111.jpg</videochapter:thumbnail>
</videochapter:index>
<videochapter:index>
<videochapter:guid type="string">22222</videochapter:id>
<videochapter:title type="string">My Second Chapter</videochapter:title>
<videochapter:start_time type="int">20</videochapter:start_time>
<videochapter:end_time type="int">45</videochapter:end_time>
<videochapter:url type="url">http://www.mydomain.com/video/ABCDE12345?chapter=22222</videochapter:url>
<videochapter:thumbnail type="url">http://www.mydomain.com/chapter_thumbnail/ABCDE12345_22222.jpg</videochapter:thumbnail>
</videochapter:index>
<videochapter:index>
<videochapter:guid type="string">33333</videochapter:id>
<videochapter:title type="string">The Third Chapter</videochapter:title>
<videochapter:start_time type="int">50</videochapter:start_time>
<videochapter:url type="url">http://www.mydomain.com/video/ABCDE12345?chapter=33333</videochapter:url>
<videochapter:thumbnail type="url">http://www.mydomain.com/chapter_thumbnail/ABCDE12345_33333.jpg</videochapter:thumbnail>
</videochapter:index>
</videochapter:set>
MRSS Example
Here is the above sample set appropriate embedded within an MRSS feed:
<rss
version="2.0"
xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
xmlns:videochapter="http://www.videochapters.com/mrss/schema/" >
<channel>
<title>My Video Sitemap</title>
<link>http://www.mydomain.com</link>
<description>Videos Telling the Stories of People and Places</description>
<item>
<guid>http://www.mydomain.com/video/ABCDE12345/</guid>
<title>My Favorite Video</title>
<link>http://www.mydomain.com/video/ABCDE12345/</link>
<description>This is my favorite video.</description>
<media:content url="http://cdn.mydomain.com/ABCDE12345.mp4" type="video/flash">
<media:player url="http://www.mydomain.com/videoplayer.swf?id=ABCDE12345" width="640" height="360" />
<media:title type="plain">My Favorite Video</media:title>
<media:description type="plain">This is my favorite video.</media:description>
<media:keywords>favorite,video</media:keywords>
<media:thumbnail url="http://www.mydomain.com/thumbnails/ABCDE12345_12345.jpg" />
</media:content>
<videochapter:set>
<videochapter:index>
<videochapter:guid type="string">11111</videochapter:id>
<videochapter:title type="string">First Example Chapter</videochapter:title>
<videochapter:start_time type="int">5</videochapter:start_time>
<videochapter:end_time type="int">20</videochapter:end_time>
<videochapter:url type="url">http://www.mydomain.com/video/ABCDE12345?chapter=11111</videochapter:url>
<videochapter:thumbnail type="url">http://www.mydomain.com/chapter_thumbnail/ABCDE12345_11111.jpg</videochapter:thumbnail>
</videochapter:index>
<videochapter:index>
<videochapter:guid type="string">22222</videochapter:id>
<videochapter:title type="string">My Second Chapter</videochapter:title>
<videochapter:start_time type="int">20</videochapter:start_time>
<videochapter:end_time type="int">45</videochapter:end_time>
<videochapter:url type="url">http://www.mydomain.com/video/ABCDE12345?chapter=22222</videochapter:url>
<videochapter:thumbnail type="url">http://www.mydomain.com/chapter_thumbnail/ABCDE12345_22222.jpg</videochapter:thumbnail>
</videochapter:index>
<videochapter:index>
<videochapter:guid type="string">33333</videochapter:id>
<videochapter:title type="string">The Third Chapter</videochapter:title>
<videochapter:start_time type="int">50</videochapter:start_time>
<videochapter:url type="url">http://www.mydomain.com/video/ABCDE12345?chapter=33333</videochapter:url>
<videochapter:thumbnail type="url">http://www.mydomain.com/chapter_thumbnail/ABCDE12345_33333.jpg</videochapter:thumbnail>
</videochapter:index>
</videochapter:set>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
Video Sitemap Example
Here is the same example embedded within a video sitemap:
<urlset
xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"
xmlns:video="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-video/1.1"
xmlns:videochapter="http://www.videochapters.com/sitemap/schema/" >
<url>
<loc>http://www.mydomain.com/video/ABCDE12345/</loc>
<video:video>
<video:content_loc>http://cdn.mydomain.com/ABCDE12345.mp4</video:content_loc>
<video:player_loc allow_embed="yes">http://www.mydomain.com/videoplayer.swf?id=ABCDE12345</video:player_loc>
<video:thumbnail_loc>http://www.mydomain.com/thumbnails/ABCDE12345_12345.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:title>My Favorite Video</video:title>
<video:description>This is my favorite video.</video:description>
<video:publication_date>2010-01-01</video:publication_date>
<video:tag>favorite</video:tag>
<video:tag>video</video:tag>
<video:duration>100</video:duration>
</video:video>
<videochapter:set>
<videochapter:index>
<videochapter:guid type="string">11111</videochapter:id>
<videochapter:title type="string">First Example Chapter</videochapter:title>
<videochapter:start_time type="int">5</videochapter:start_time>
<videochapter:end_time type="int">20</videochapter:end_time>
<videochapter:url type="url">http://www.mydomain.com/video/ABCDE12345?chapter=11111</videochapter:url>
<videochapter:thumbnail type="url">http://www.mydomain.com/chapter_thumbnail/ABCDE12345_11111.jpg</videochapter:thumbnail>
</videochapter:index>
<videochapter:index>
<videochapter:guid type="string">22222</videochapter:id>
<videochapter:title type="string">My Second Chapter</videochapter:title>
<videochapter:start_time type="int">20</videochapter:start_time>
<videochapter:end_time type="int">45</videochapter:end_time>
<videochapter:url type="url">http://www.mydomain.com/video/ABCDE12345?chapter=22222</videochapter:url>
<videochapter:thumbnail type="url">http://www.mydomain.com/chapter_thumbnail/ABCDE12345_22222.jpg</videochapter:thumbnail>
</videochapter:index>
<videochapter:index>
<videochapter:guid type="string">33333</videochapter:id>
<videochapter:title type="string">The Third Chapter</videochapter:title>
<videochapter:start_time type="int">50</videochapter:start_time>
<videochapter:url type="url">http://www.mydomain.com/video/ABCDE12345?chapter=33333</videochapter:url>
<videochapter:thumbnail type="url">http://www.mydomain.com/chapter_thumbnail/ABCDE12345_33333.jpg</videochapter:thumbnail>
</videochapter:index>
</videochapter:set>
</url>
</urlset>
Why should I join?
"Video chapters are the future of how video content is found, watched and shared by end users. Speech to text transcriptions are great, but DVDs are not navigated by what is said within videos." - Christian Sterner
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