Why the video type changes the music
Two videos of the same length can need completely different amounts of music. A thirty-second spot makes one argument and wants one cue behind it; a two-minute drama episode carries three reversals and needs the score to turn with each of them. Handing both the same treatment makes one restless and the other flat.
So the classification is not a label applied after the fact — it happens first, and it decides how the video is divided. Each type carries its own allowance for how many sections it can have, its own basis for where those sections start, and its own tolerance for how long a stretch may run before the analysis goes back to look for something it missed.
Video types with a guide
Each of these is one of the fourteen classifications, and has a page covering what music suits it, where the cues fall, and which licence the work needs.
| Scripted Micro-Drama | Short scripted episodes built on reversals. The most common type our system handles. Cut on emotional turning points, with a floor of five sections — the highest minimum of any type. |
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| Advertisement, Promo & Brand Film | Ads, promos and company films that make one argument and need the music to stay behind it. Cut on edit rhythm, capped at three sections — one of the tightest ceilings in the table. Classified internally as Advertisement / Promo. |
| Cinematic, Short Film & Music Video | Narrative shorts, cinematic pieces and music videos, where scenes carry the structure. Cut on scene changes, across a wide two-to-ten range. Classified internally as Cinematic / Short Film / MV. |
| Event, Live & Sports | Recaps and highlight edits of things that actually happened, in front of people. Cut on rhythm, up to twelve sections, with a short merge window so bursts stay separate. Classified internally as Event / Live / Sports. |
| Vlog & Narrative | A real person doing real things, moving between places and activities. Cut on scene changes at the highest density of all fourteen types, re-examining any stretch past about forty seconds. Classified internally as Narrative / Vlog. |
| Entertainment & Comedy | Sketches, bits and entertainment edits where timing is the joke. Cut on rhythm rather than emotion, across two to eight sections. Classified internally as Entertainment / Comedy. |
| Brand Story & Documentary | One category covering brand films and documentary-style pieces, treated identically. Cut on scene changes, across two to ten sections, at about a third of a vlog’s density. Classified internally as Brand Story / Documentary. |
Other common situations
These two guides are organised around an occasion rather than a video type. There is no wedding or drone classification among the fourteen — a wedding film is usually classified as cinematic or event footage, and aerial work by whatever it is part of. The guides exist because people look for them that way, not because the system has a category for them.
| Wedding video | Ceremony, speeches and first dance — one film that moves through several distinct moods. |
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| Drone and aerial footage | Long continuous shots that want music with scale, and a build under the reveal. |
Types we classify without a guide yet
These are handled exactly like the ones above — classified, given their own segmentation, and scored. They simply do not have a written guide yet, which is a gap in our documentation rather than in the product.
- Product Demo
- Tutorial
- Talking Head
- News / Interview / Podcast
- Unboxing / Review
- Animation
Anything that does not fit one of the fourteen is scored under a general policy rather than being refused.
Do I have to choose the type myself?
No. The classification happens automatically when you upload — you never pick it, and there is no setting for it. These guides exist to explain what the system is doing, not to make you configure it.
Whatever the type, the rest is the same: the video is analysed section by section, matched against the licensed library, and returned as a finished cut. We match existing tracks rather than generating new audio — see how AI Soundtrack works.