# STYLE-2428: Step by step video (releases) guidelines thread **URL:** https://community.metabrainz.org/t/style-2428-step-by-step-video-releases-guidelines-thread/685754 **Category:** Style **Tags:** officialstyle, digital-media, music-video, video **Created:** [March 12, 2024, 6:20am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/style-2428-step-by-step-video-releases-guidelines-thread/685754 "2024-03-12T06:20:29Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 39
### Author: ![chaban](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/chaban/32/111349_2.png) [@chaban](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/chaban) #### Post date: [June 15, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/style-2428-step-by-step-video-releases-guidelines-thread/685754/39 "2024-06-15T20:47:06Z")
(Am I too late? What follows is a draft from 2024-03-12T23:00:00Z) * * * Fanmade content is relevant. Sometimes it’s the only kind of music videos you’ll get to see: > **[Fuck the Pain Away | Music videos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuck_the_Pain_Away#Music_videos)** > > Notably, there is no official music video for the song, and Peaches called upon fans to create videos and other performance art pieces which utilize it. One parody shows "Fuck the Pain Away" being performed by Miss Piggy. Another version, directed by Erik Huber, takes footage from The Andy Griffith Show and inserts a dancing woman. But whom to credit and how to name it is a good question I’ve thought about before, eventually I’ve settled for the creator of [fanmade videos](https://musicbrainz.org/collection/9bb51d81-6d1b-41c9-b445-403baf7fc2e2) _mostly_. > we should also add an “official” checkbox to the Music Video This is [assumed](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/youtube-dance-videos/542391/7) to be used exclusively for official videos, so if anything there needs to be an [unofficial attribute](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/ytpmvs-and-mads-the-discussion-thread/609690/7) > PMVs There is another kind of PMV but I’m [not sure](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/MBS-6686) everyone will appreciate those especially if they start appearing on the [front page](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/MBS-11548) (E.g. [NoodleDude](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d8e535b8-86ce-4c6a-b496-fb0a0eeccef8?all=1) who also releases music as part of the duo [YUMMYNOODZ](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/56ae5dff-470b-42ee-ba89-45ba77f0f0b5?all=1)) A competition named “[World PMV Games](https://www.worldpmvgames.com/)” is held yearly. Not to mention official videos with music throughout. * * * [Visualizers](https://musicbrainz.org/tag/visualizer/recording) I have added a few but am still unsure. For example [KSLV](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFyDhQ3yNr8eYl895l7nYJw) who mostly releases singles and each one has visualizer with a similar theme or the [Nothing Is Easy EP](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCXp2rPg8as5MMvnazbZSLID_viInDm2D) where each track has a slightly different visualization (Two of them [are](https://musicbrainz.org/recording/a07fbaf6-cd25-41ae-9c5d-05e5cbc6277d) already [here](https://musicbrainz.org/recording/d20b6179-6d04-4d68-ae77-160b206745ef)). For cases like [Kobaryo](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdOEmZem1Bn_V84wBiFWN6g/videos), [Marsimoto](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnOdSaxu6fQB_GgBn3JtVQw/videos) or [Reinelex Records](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXF4Ya8eLtQcQPB2gAT988A/videos) where each track from an album has a “video”. it’s a no from me, too similar and “unoriginal” for a lack of better words. Same for promo/curator channels such as [Yume](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXjVI0aST9SVirC5LZMwO_g/videos) and [DubstepGutter](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG6QEHCBfWZOnv7UVxappyw/videos) (unless it’s a [more “official”](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG6QEHCBfWZOnv7UVxappyw/search?query=Official+Video) proper video) * * * [Lyric videos](https://musicbrainz.org/tag/lyrics%20video/recording) I have added a little more. There can be [sophisticated](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB1c68B1iLg) or [simple ones](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWVDO842CAY) with [few](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vunm-W-ovLc) if [any animations](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFzmc8hUFcs). Not to mention unofficial lyric videos. E.g. [BTK Halle Neustadt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qk9jaf6hKU) by [Mista Grimm](https://musicbrainz.org/user/MistaGrimm) which uses the [official video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTH5_SnUQGk) in the background. I wouldn’t add such unofficial lyric videos, same reason as above. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/style-2428-step-by-step-video-releases-guidelines-thread/685754)._