AI Metadata Settings Reference AI Metadata Settings Reference

AI Metadata Settings Reference

This reference article describes every setting available in AI Metadata Settings (AI Tools → Manage AI Metadata). Use it to understand what each option controls and how to configure it for your catalog.

 

AI Metadata Status Section

SettingDescription
AI Metadata StatusShows whether AI Metadata is currently Enabled or Disabled. Toggle here to activate or pause AI generation globally for your account.
AI Transcriptions StatusRead-only indicator showing whether AI Transcriptions is enabled. AI Metadata requires this to be Enabled. If Disabled, a warning banner explains the dependency.

 

About Your Brand Section

SettingDescription
Brand Description & Editorial GuidelinesFree-text field for describing your brand, content types, editorial tone, and style guidelines. This context is injected into every AI generation prompt. Example: “We are a documentary streaming platform targeting adult audiences. Use an engaging, journalistic tone. Avoid hyperbole.”

 

✅  Tip: The more specific your Brand Description, the more consistent and on-brand your AI-generated metadata will be. Include your target audience, content genre, tone preferences, and any terminology to use or avoid.

 

Metadata Generation Section

SettingDescription
ModelThe AI model used for generation. Default: Amazon Nova 2 Lite. Different models offer different trade-offs between speed and output quality.
Reference VideosAdd up to 5 videos from your library as style references. The AI uses these videos’ existing metadata as examples of your preferred format and tone. No reference videos are required, but adding them improves consistency.
Generate TitlesToggle: when ON, AI will generate a Title for new and bulk-generated videos.
Generate Friendly TitlesToggle: when ON, AI will generate a URL-friendly title slug.
Generate DescriptionsToggle: when ON, AI will generate a long-form Description.
Generate Short DescriptionsToggle: when ON, AI will generate a Short Description.
Generate KeywordsToggle: when ON, AI will generate Additional Keywords (comma-separated tags).
Generate GenresToggle: when ON, AI will suggest a Genre for the video.

 

Usage & Billing Section

AI Metadata generation is a usage-based feature. Processing usage is measured using AI compute tokens generated during transcription and metadata generation workflows.

  • Billing: Usage and associated costs can be monitored from the Usage Dashboard within your Zype account.
  • Free tier: AI Transcriptions include a free tier allotment of 300 minutes. 
  • AI Metadata generation tokens are billed separately.

Click View Usage Dashboard in the settings page for a real-time breakdown of your consumption.

The full Metadata Generation section showing the model selector, Reference Videos, per-field toggles, and the Usage & Billing link.

 

Related Articles

  • Getting Started: Enabling AI Metadata in Zype
  • Using the AI Wand Button on a Video
  • Bulk AI Metadata Generation