A music video represents a customary music video that embodies one full sound recording owned or controlled by a YouTube music partner and consists of visual content meant to enhance or promote the sound recording represented in the video.
Content that meets the above definition is eligible to be delivered to YouTube by a YouTube music partner as a music video asset. Content that does not meet this definition, such as non-music content (e.g. comedy, movies, behind-the-scenes footage, interviews and documentaries), or music content that contains multiple songs (e.g. live performances, DJ mixes, and other multi-song videos) or otherwise does not meet the definition above should not be delivered to YouTube as a music video asset. Any user- or partner-provided videos should be claimed by content owners using the appropriate asset type, per the definition provided here.
The reference is a video file that conforms to these specifications.
How to identify & fix embedding issues for music video assets
To identify music video assets which do not embed a sound recording:
- Go to Studio Content Manager
- Select the Assets tab
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- Select these filters:
- Asset Type: Music Video
- Relationships: No
- You’ll get music video assets which don’t embed a sound recording asset. You can export this list.
.To embed a sound recording asset in a music video asset:
- CSV / Content Manager Package Uploader: Populate the audio_isrc column in the 'Music Video - Update' CSV template with the ISRC for the sound recording that you want to embed.
- DDEX: You can find information about how to create an embedded relationship between music video and sound recording in this article.
- API: using assetRelationships.insert() with childAssetId set to the sound recording asset ID and parentAssetId set to the music video asset ID.