Metadata is the difference between a folder of IMG_4823.mov files and a library you can actually use. The good news: equiReelz only asks for what's useful.
The fields that matter
- Horse — the horse jumping. Used by search, by auto-share rules, and by analytics. Most important field.
- Rider — useful when the same horse is ridden by multiple people, or when you want to compare two riders on the same horse.
- Location — competition or training venue. We auto-fill from GPS if your phone recorded it. Free text, with autocomplete from venues you've used before and a wider equestrian venues database.
- Comments — anything you want to remember. Class, fault count, ground conditions, coach's note.
Keep names consistent
"Donatello", "donatello", "Donatello Z" and "Donatello (mare)" are four different horses to the search index. Pick one spelling and stick to it — autocomplete helps you stay consistent across uploads.
Bulk-edit after a competition
Uploaded 12 rounds from yesterday's show? Select them all in the search page, hit Edit, set Location: Lummen once, save once. See Search and filters for how select-mode works.
Auto-rules are downstream of metadata
If horse and rider are accurate, you can set up rules like "every video of Donatello goes to Sarah and Jan" once, and never share a Donatello round manually again. Sloppy metadata defeats the rules. See What are rules.