ALB Video Element & VideoObject Schema?

Hey Tim,

Thank you for the inquiry.

Are you using the video element? Every element with the avia_markup_helper function in the shortcode file should have the VideoObject schema in them.

$markup_video = avia_markup_helper( array( 'context' => 'video', 'echo' => false, 'custom_markup' => $meta['custom_markup'] ) );

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,

Thank you for the info.

Is the video object properly detected when the JSON-LD schema from yoast-schema-graph is disabled? Looks like more info are retrieved from the yoast JSON-LD instead of the actual document.

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi Tim,

I’ve not really digged into schema.org.

But having a look at https://schema.org/VideoObject and the examples at the bottom of the page the only idea I have would be to add a meta tag like:

<meta itemprop="contentUrl" content="link_to_video" />

right after the opening div of the video element.

Could you check if this helps please?

Best regards,
Günter

Hi,

Thank you for the update.

It seems to work better if we use a separate JSON-LD markup for the video element. In the video.php file, look for this block of code around line 704..

	$output = '';
				$output .= $style_tag;
				$output .= "
<div {$meta['custom_el_id']} class='{$container_class}' {$markup_video} data-original_url='{$src}'>";
				$output .=		$output_html;
				$output .= '</div>';

.., then replace it with this one.

				$json = '    <script type="application/ld+json">
				{
				  "@context": "https://schema.org",
				  "@type": "VideoObject",
				  "name": "Another video object.",
				  "thumbnailUrl": [
					"https://example.com/photos/1x1/photo.jpg",
					"https://example.com/photos/4x3/photo.jpg",
					"https://example.com/photos/16x9/photo.jpg"
				   ],
				  "uploadDate": "2016-03-31T08:00:00+08:00",
				  "duration": "PT1M54S",
				  "contentUrl": "https://www.example.com/video/123/file.mp4",
				  "embedUrl": "https://www.example.com/embed/123",
				  "interactionStatistic": {
					"@type": "InteractionCounter",
					"interactionType": { "@type": "WatchAction" },
					"userInteractionCount": 5647018
				  },
				  "regionsAllowed": "US,NL"
				}
				</script>';

				$output = '';
				$output .= $style_tag;
				$output .= "
<div {$meta['custom_el_id']} class='{$container_class}' {$markup_video} data-original_url='{$src}'>";
				$output .= $json;
				$output .=		$output_html;
				$output .= '</div>';

The validator should be able to recognize the video element as a separate object as shown in the screenshot below.

// https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjjTfXSRbKTvwGG1fhkWkkzFci3X?e=x3G9bb

This is based on the following documentation.

// https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/structured-data/video

Best regards,
Ismael