Libra
August 10, 2026, 6:38am
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It is not strictly defined. It was like that earlier AFAIK, but now there are users (include me) who try and believe it is better to add video as releases as well such as @UltimateRiff , @RustyNova (Youtube Import as release script) and some others.
Also:
Hi! There seems to be a ton of different views on how MusicBrainz should do video releases. This thread is meant as a very slow but methodical way of working through all the different parts of the topic we need to decide until we have an accepted way of doing video that annoys everyone a little bit but hopefully we can all live with.
This first post is where parts we actually agree on (or I make a final call on) will live:
THE VIDEO GUIDELINES
Releases of music in video form, such as music vi…
besides the “video” flag, some good reasons for seperate recordings is that videos will almost always have different relationships than the audio recordings, such as video producers, editors, directors, etc. and songs can have multiple music videos too (official or not), which are often distinct enough from each other to also warrant different relationships
also, whether a recording on a release is a video or not is an important distinction, at least in more traditional releases, like this Enh…