Review a YouTube video

Paste a YouTube link and your client comments on moments in the video, without you uploading the file.

Start a review

1. Press New project and pick YouTube.
2. Paste the link. A normal video link, a youtu.be link and a Short all work.
3. Give the project a name and choose who can open it, then create it.
4. Send your client the review link, as with any project.

YouTube review works on every plan, including the Free plan: the video stays on YouTube, so it uses none of your storage. (Uploading your own video files needs a paid plan.)

For a new version, open the project and paste the new link under Start round 2 with a new YouTube link (the number goes up each time).

What your client sees

• The video plays in YouTube's own player. Nothing loads from YouTube until they press play.
• They pause where something needs to change and press Comment at (the time). Each comment is a marker on the timeline below the video, never on top of it.
• Clicking a comment plays the video from that moment.

If the video won't play

• "This video is not available" or "This video can't be played here": the video is private, removed, or its owner doesn't allow it on other sites. Check the video's settings on YouTube, or upload the video file as a Video project instead.
• "YouTube refused to play the video here": reload the page. If it keeps happening, open the link in another browser.
• Open on YouTube opens the same video on youtube.com.

What an approval proves

The sign-off record of a YouTube project records the link, not the video. YouTube content can change without the link changing. If you need proof of the exact video, upload the file as a Video project.

Privacy

We only store the video's id. We don't look the video up or send YouTube anything. Once a viewer presses play, Google gets their IP address and browser details, and YouTube's terms apply to its player. See Privacy and our Sub-processors.