---
title: Video Data Metabox
menu_group: Content editor
menu_order: 60
tab: Video Data
tab_order: 10
summary: Media URL, duration, quality, genres, and parental rating on video posts.
---

# Video Data Metabox

**Location:** Post editor on Movies, Short Videos, and Episodes

The **Video Data** metabox contains required technical metadata for IPTV feeds and the HTML5 player.

## Fields

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| **Media URL** | Direct HLS (`.m3u8`) or MP4 URL. YouTube URLs are not supported. |
| **Duration** | Length in seconds — used in feed JSON and players. |
| **Video Format** | Stream type indicator (e.g. HLS, MP4). |
| **Quality** | Resolution label (e.g. HD, FHD, 4K). |
| **Genres** | Comma-separated or selected genres for browse/filter metadata. |
| **Parental Rating** | Content rating for platform compliance (e.g. G, PG, TV-14). |

## Best practices

- Use CDN or Vimeo HLS URLs that allow direct playback on Roku and HTML5.
- Match duration to actual file length — incorrect values break trickplay and ad scheduling.
- Set featured images separately — they appear as thumbnails in feeds.

## Vimeo import

When **Enable Vimeo Integration** is on in General Settings, use the [Vimeo metabox](metabox-vimeo-import.md) **Load Video Data** button to populate URL, duration, quality, tags, and optionally title/description.

## Feed output

Values save to `rovidx_smarttv_*` post meta and appear in the [Content REST API](rest-api-content.md) as the `media`, `taxonomy`, and related fields. Missing Media URL or Duration may cause playback or feed issues on devices.

## Related guides

- [Getting Started](getting-started.md)
- [Series and Episodes](metabox-series-episodes.md)
- [Shortcodes](shortcodes.md)