# Music videos
Source: https://docs.aden.space/docs/help/release/music-videos

Attach multiple music videos to a track (official video, lyric video, visualizer, live take), as a YouTube/Vimeo link or an uploaded file, then leave timestamped feedback on the video timeline exactly like audio version comments. Share a single video for external feedback via a link.
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## What it is [#what-it-is]

**Music videos** let you keep every video for a track in one place. The official
video, a lyric video, a visualizer, a live take, behind-the-scenes, and give
**timestamped feedback** on each one, exactly like leaving comments on an audio
version. Add a video as a **YouTube/Vimeo link** or **upload a file**.

## Using it [#using-it]

1. Open a track and go to the **Music videos** tab (next to Media, Covers,
   Banners, Inspiration).
2. Click **Add music video**. Give it a title (or pick a preset like "Official
   Video"), then either **paste a link** or **upload a file**.
3. Click **Feedback** on any video to open the player. Scrub the timeline, then
   **Pin to time** to attach your comment to the exact moment. Click a comment's
   timestamp to jump back there. Replies, @mentions, reactions and attachments
   work just like version comments.
4. Click the **link icon** on a video to copy a **feedback share link**: anyone
   with the link can watch and leave timestamped feedback without an account.

## Scheduling the video premiere [#scheduling-the-video-premiere]

At the top of the **Music videos** tab you can set the **video premiere**: the
exact date *and time* the music video goes live. It is deliberately separate
from the track's release date, so the video can premiere before, with, or after
the track itself. The calendar opens on the release month, and picking a day
defaults the time to 18:00 until you change it. Changes save immediately; the
✕ next to the field clears the premiere.

Until that moment passes, the track's public video page shows a **countdown**
with the premiere date and time instead of the video, and flips to the video by
itself the second the premiere lands. With no premiere set, the video page
behaves exactly as before. Visible as soon as a video URL exists.

## Publishing to YouTube [#publishing-to-youtube]

If the team has connected a **YouTube channel** (Team settings → Integrations),
any music video you **uploaded** to Aden can be published straight to that
channel: the red YouTube button on the video's card. You set the title,
description and visibility; Aden streams the file up and links the resulting
video back on the card.

Videos added as a **link** can't be published. They already live on someone
else's platform.

If the track has an upcoming **video premiere**, the publish dialog offers to
hold the video until then: it uploads immediately but stays private, and YouTube
itself makes it public at the premiere minute. That way a slow upload can never
make the premiere late.

Note: until Aden's Google project passes YouTube's API compliance audit, every
video uploaded through the API stays private on YouTube's side no matter which
visibility you pick. That is a YouTube restriction, not a bug.

## What people are saying [#what-people-are-saying]

Once a video is on YouTube, Aden shows its **views, likes and comments**
read live from YouTube each time you open the page. Nothing is copied into
Aden: delete a comment on YouTube and it is gone here too. You'll find them:

* on the track's **Analytics** tab, under **YouTube audience**,
* across every track on **Team → Analytics → Audience**.

Each comment is labelled positive / neutral / negative so you can see the shape
of the reaction at a glance. That label comes from a keyword-and-emoji
heuristic, **not** a language model: sarcasm, slang and other languages get
miscounted, so read the comments before drawing conclusions from the bar.

Because it reads live, you see a recent window (the latest 100 comments per
video, up to 10 videos on the team tab) rather than the full history, and if
YouTube can't be reached, the page says so instead of showing an empty list.

YouTube links and uploaded files get a full feedback timeline. Other embeds
(Vimeo, TikTok, …) are shown for viewing; you can still leave general feedback.

When you share a whole track, the share page now also shows **Music videos**,
**Media**, **Covers** and **Banners** tabs alongside Versions and Inspiration.