# Video Profile The video profile of the xAPI was created to identify and standardize the common types of interactions that can be tracked in any video player. ## Profile Details | Property | Value | | --- | --- | | **ID** | `https://w3id.org/xapi/video` | | **See Also** | https://github.com/liveaspankaj/xapi-video-cop | | **Status** | draft | | **Version** | v1.0.3 | ## Author **xAPI Video CoP** ## Concepts ### paused **Type:** Verb **ID:** `https://w3id.org/xapi/video/verbs/paused` Indicates the actor paused the video being played at a specific point. ### played **Type:** Verb **ID:** `https://w3id.org/xapi/video/verbs/played` Indicates that the actor started experiencing the recorded media object. ### seeked **Type:** Verb **ID:** `https://w3id.org/xapi/video/verbs/seeked` Indicates the actor changed the progress towards a specific point. ### video **Type:** ActivityType **ID:** `https://w3id.org/xapi/video/activity-type/video` A recording of both the visual and audible components made available on a display screen. ### completion-threshold **Type:** ContextExtension **ID:** `https://w3id.org/xapi/video/extensions/completion-threshold` Used to specify the percentage of media that should be consumed to trigger a completion. Value MUST be between 0 and with maximum 3 decimals. If Completion Threshold is not included, it is assumed to be 1, i.e. 100%. If Completion Threshold is not 1, it MUST be included in Video Profile statements with these verbs: initialized, paused, completed, and terminated. ### cc-subtitle-enabled **Type:** ContextExtension **ID:** `https://w3id.org/xapi/video/extensions/cc-subtitle-enabled` Used to expresses whether subtitle or closed captioning is enabled. ### cc-subtitle-lang **Type:** ContextExtension **ID:** `https://w3id.org/xapi/video/extensions/cc-subtitle-lang` Used to express the language of subtitle or closed captioning. The lexical and value spaces of xsd:language are the set of language codes defined by RFC 5646. For example, 'en' for English or 'en-US' for American English. ### frame-rate **Type:** ContextExtension **ID:** `https://w3id.org/xapi/video/extensions/frame-rate` Used to express the frame rate or frames per second of a video (or average rate of frames per second in the case of variable frame-rate). ### full-screen **Type:** ContextExtension **ID:** `https://w3id.org/xapi/video/extensions/full-screen` Used to expresses that the video is played in full screen mode. ### length **Type:** ContextExtension **ID:** `https://w3id.org/xapi/video/extensions/length` The actual length of the media in seconds. Value MUST be a float value with maximum 3 decimals. ### quality **Type:** ContextExtension **ID:** `https://w3id.org/xapi/video/extensions/quality` Used to express the video resolution or quality. Integer Value (e.g., 360, 480, 720, 1080, etc.). ### session-id **Type:** ContextExtension **ID:** `https://w3id.org/xapi/video/extensions/session-id` Used to provide the session identifier associated with the activity. ### screen-size **Type:** ContextExtension **ID:** `https://w3id.org/xapi/video/extensions/screen-size` Used to express the total available screen size for Video playback. ### speed **Type:** ContextExtension **ID:** `https://w3id.org/xapi/video/extensions/speed` Used to express the play-back speed (e.g., 1x,2x,0,-1x,-2x). ### track **Type:** ContextExtension **ID:** `https://w3id.org/xapi/video/extensions/track` Used to identify the name of the audio track in a media object. ### user-agent **Type:** ContextExtension **ID:** `https://w3id.org/xapi/video/extensions/user-agent` Used to identify the User Agent string of the browser, if the video is launched in browser. ### volume **Type:** ContextExtension **ID:** `https://w3id.org/xapi/video/extensions/volume` Used to identify the loudness of sound specified for a media object. ### video-playback-size **Type:** ContextExtension **ID:** `https://w3id.org/xapi/video/extensions/video-playback-size` Used to identify the current video size in Width x Height as viewed by the user. ### played-segments **Type:** ResultExtension **ID:** `https://w3id.org/xapi/video/extensions/played-segments` Played segments reveals potential heat map data for showing parts of the video the actor watched during current registration in chronological order (e.g., 0.000[.]12.000[,]14.000[.]21.000[,]18.000[.]30.000). ### progress **Type:** ResultExtension **ID:** `https://w3id.org/xapi/video/extensions/progress` Used to expresses the percentage of media consumed by the actor. ### time **Type:** ResultExtension **ID:** `https://w3id.org/xapi/video/extensions/time` Used to express the time into the video. (e.g., “00000.000” in seconds and milliseconds). ### time-from **Type:** ResultExtension **ID:** `https://w3id.org/xapi/video/extensions/time-from` Used to identify the point in time the actor changed from in a media object (eg: “200.000” in seconds and milliseconds). ### time-to **Type:** ResultExtension **ID:** `https://w3id.org/xapi/video/extensions/time-to` Used to identify the point in time the actor changed to in a media object (eg: “300.000” in seconds and milliseconds). ## Statement Templates ### Initialized The statement template and rules associated with a video being initialized or started. **Verb:** http://adlnet.gov/expapi/verbs/initialized ### Played The statement template and rules associated with a video being played. **Verb:** https://w3id.org/xapi/video/verbs/played ### Paused The statement template and rules associated with a video being paused. **Verb:** https://w3id.org/xapi/video/verbs/paused ### Seeked The statement template and rules associated with a video seekbar being moved from and to a specific position in the video. **Verb:** https://w3id.org/xapi/video/verbs/seeked ### Completed The statement template and rules associated with a video being completed. **Verb:** http://adlnet.gov/expapi/verbs/completed ### Terminated The statement template and rules associated with a terminating the player. **Verb:** http://adlnet.gov/expapi/verbs/terminated ### Enable Closed Captioning Enable Closed Captioning **Verb:** http://adlnet.gov/expapi/verbs/interacted ### Volume Change Interaction Volume Change Interaction **Verb:** http://adlnet.gov/expapi/verbs/interacted ### Screen Change Interaction Screen Change Interaction **Verb:** http://adlnet.gov/expapi/verbs/interacted ## Patterns ### General Pattern The general pattern and sequence of Statement templates using the Video Profile. ### All Activities Pattern All of the Video Profile statement templates. ### Optional Middle Statements A combined pattern of zero or more Video Profile standard statement templates that can be used with the general pattern. --- *Generated from TLA Toolbox on 4/5/2026*