Metadata 16.1

MediaHaven has a wide variety of metadata fields. This table list various information about these fields

  • Profile: If you fill this value out in a MediaHaven Profile this metadata will appear in the user interface (from 16.1 onward)
  • Search / Searchable / Sortable: In the MediaHaven REST API you can search for it using this value if it is searchable and optionally sort the results (sortable).
  • Read-only: This field cannot be modified in the user interface or API calls

Standard Fields

ProfileDescriptionFormatSearchSidecar (xpath)Read-onlySearchableSortable
TitleThe title of the file MediaObjectFragmentTitleSorttitle (tick)(tick)
DescriptionDescription about the file MediaObjectFragmentScriptDescriptiondescription (tick) 
OriginalFilenameThe name of the file as it was ingested into MediaHaven MediaObjectOriginalFilenameSort (tick)(tick)(tick)
ArchiveDateThe date and time the file was ingestedEXIFMediaObjectArchiveDate (tick)(tick)(tick)
CreationDateThe date and time the file was originally createdEXIFMediaObjectFragmentCreationDateMDProperties/CreationDate (tick)(tick)
UploadedByThe name of the user that uploaded the file MediaObjectUploadedBy (tick)(tick)

(tick)

TypeThe type of the file (e.g. video, audio, etc) MediaObjectType (tick)(tick)(tick)
Rights_OwnerThe name of the (copyright) owner of the file MediaObjectFragmentrightsownerMDProperties/rights_owner   
KeywordsSeries of keywords about the fileMultiItemMediaObjectFragmentKeyword (individual value)MDProperties/categories/category (tick) 
CategoriesSeries of categories about the fileMultiItemMediaObjectFragmentcategory (individual value)keywords/keyword (tick) 
PublisherPublisher of the file N/AMDProperties/Publisher
   

Advanced Fields

ProfileDescriptionFormatSearchSidecar (xpath)Read-onlySearchableSortable
OrganisationNameThe name of the organsation to which the file belongs MediaObjectOwnerName (tick)(tick)(tick)
FileSizeThe size of the file in bytes MediaObjectFileSize (tick)(tick)(warning) yes, but lexicographically
LastModifiedDateThe date and time when the file was last editedISO-8601MediaObjectFragmentLastModifiedTime (tick)(tick)(tick)
ExternalIdThe ID of the file in an external platform. This field is only for advanced installations. MediaObjectExternalId (tick)(tick) 
Md5The MD5 checksum of the file MediaObjectMd5md5(tick)(tick) (16.2+) 
DepartmentNameThe name of the department that published the file MediaObjectFragmentDepartmentName (tick)(tick)(tick)

Technical Fields

ProfileDescriptionFormatSearchRead-onlySearchableSortable
WidthThe width of the filepixelsImageWidth(tick)(tick)(warning) yes, but lexicographically
HeightThe height of the filepixelsImageHeight(tick)(tick)(warning) yes, but lexicographically
ImageSizeWidth times height, e.g 1920x1080 ImageSize(tick)(tick) 
VideoTechnicalDescription of the video codec in the media file VideoTechnical(tick)(tick) 
AudioTechnicalDescription of the audio codec in the media file AudioTechnical(tick)(tick) 
VideoFormatThe format of the video (e.g. IMX 30i SD, XDCAMHD) VideoFormat(tick)(tick) 
DurationTimecodeThe duration of the media fileHH:MM:SS:FFDurationTimecode(tick)  
StartTimecodeThe start time of the media fileHH:MM:SS:FFTcInTimecode(tick)  
EndTimecodeThe end time of the media fileHH:MM:SS:FFTcOutTimecode(tick)  

Internal Fields

ProfileDescriptionRemarkSearchRead-onlySearchableSortable
MediaObjectIdThe unique identifier of the file64 charactersMediaObjectId(tick)  
FragmentIdThe unique identifier of the fragments of the file96 charactersMediaObjectFragmentId(tick)(tick) 
TransferStatus
  • If the value is 1016 the file is processed
  • If the value is < 1016, the file is being processed
 MediaObjectStatus(tick)(tick) 
OrganisationIdThe ID of the organisation to which the file belongs MediaObjectOwner(tick)(tick) 
IngestSpaceIdThe ID of the ingest space the file belongs or belonged toUUIDMediaObjectFragmentingestspacename(tick)(tick) 
IsInIngestSpaceWhether the file still belongs to an ingest space0 or 1MediaObjectFragmentisiningestspace(tick)(tick)