YouTube Shorts Previews

Last updated 6 months ago

Full specs of YouTube Shorts Previews are available here.

YouTube Shorts Previews are defined by the Preview Start Time and Preview End Time. These can be set on any track of a product.

Preview Start Time and Preview End Time set to generate a 23-second YouTube Shorts:

YouTube Shorts Previews can then be sent to YouTube by creating both YouTube Art Track and YouTube Content ID offers :

  • a YouTube Art Track offer must be created in order to fill out the 'YouTube Art Track Shorts' [mandatory] and 'YouTube Art Track Release Time (Shorts)' [optional] fields

YouTube Art Track Shorts fields:

  • a YouTube Content ID offer must be created in order to fill out the 'YouTube Content ID Pre-release Action" with 'block' [mandatory if different from your pre-release action at feed level]

YouTube Content ID Pre-release Action:

Requirement - YouTube Content ID policy The policy 'Block except Shorts Previews' must imperatively added to the list of policies in your YouTube CMS to allow YouTube Shorts to go live on YouTube. (YouTube documentation to add a new policy available here)

A YouTube Content ID offer with a 'block' pre-release action is not necessary if you have set 'block' as your default pre-release action to your YouTube ID Content feed.
(Distributors can contact the Labelcamp Support Team to modify the default pre-release action on your feed.)