At this time Revelator only supports metadata-only videos: video assets with no associated video file. These assets are not meant to be distributed; they are needed in order to be able to report royalties on your video assets uploaded to VEVO, YouTube (if you want to create a Music Video asset — otherwise there is no need to create a video) or distributed through another distributor. 

  • To submit videos for upload to VEVO please read our guide here.
  • To create a Music Video asset on YouTube in order to use that asset to generate claims (vs. just using the Sound Recording asset you distributed through Revelator), please use one of these templates:


Once the above is done (or you simply need to process a royalties report from another source), please follow these steps to add metadata-only videos to your account. 


  1. Please go to the new dashboard (this isn't supported in the old dashboard).
  2. Go to Assets > Videos (if you do not have a Videos section, please email Support to request it be enabled for your account).
  3. Click on Create new.
    IMPORTANT: Note that Revelator videos are video albums, meaning that they can contain multiple videos (called "video tracks"). Video albums are similar to audio releases in that they can have more than 1 track. A basic video is simply a 1 track video. 
  4. Create a video track. The only required fields are:
    1. The video title
    2. An artist (at least one)
    3. A video ISRC (vISRC). Do not enter an audio ISRC here. Since these are meant to be assets used for reporting, you must provide the vISRC of your distributed video. If you have not yet distributed your video, please email support to request an ISRC for your video (we can also provide you with multiple ISRCs ahead of time if you need to create multiple videos).
  5. Fill out the release metadata. The only required fields are:
    1. Metadata language
    2. The video title. Note that for basic videos (video albums of only 1 video), the title of the video track must match the title of the video album.
    3. An artist (at least one)
    4. A UPC. Since these are meant to be assets used for reporting, you must provide the UPC of your distributed video. If you have not yet distributed your video, please email support to request a UPC for your video (we can also provide you with multiple UPCs ahead of time if you need to create multiple videos).
    5. A vISRC (same guidelines as for the video ISRC in the track section above).