Pre-upload Content ID risk screen
Upload the soundtrack you plan to use before you build the video around it. Selekt screens the complete audio for recognizable commercial recordings, maps every detected match to the exact locations in your file and the known recording, and creates a report you can keep. It is a private pre-upload check, not YouTube’s Content ID system or a promise about what YouTube will do.
Whole-audio scan · Exact match windows · About 50¢ · PDF to keep + link to share
See both possible results before you scan
When a known recording is identified and the recognition source returns catalog links, the report can show where that recording appears—including Spotify, Deezer, and sometimes YouTube. Those links help you investigate the identified recording; they do not confirm Content ID enrollment or predict a YouTube claim. Open the Match detected example below to see how returned recording details and exact upload-to-source match windows are presented. The no-match example shows what you receive when no represented commercial recording is identified.
Open full reportSee every window that was checked, the exact file that was scanned, total coverage, scan time, the Scan ID, and the link that opens the same result online.
Open previewSee what matched, where it appears in your upload, confidence, release and label details, and the identifiers you need to investigate, edit, clear, or document the track before release.
Drop the music for your YouTube video here
MP3, WAV, FLAC, M4A, OGG · max 10 min / 200MB · every second gets checked
What this scan can answer
Selekt checks consecutive windows from the beginning through the usable end of the audio. When a recording is recognized, the result shows where it appears in your file, the corresponding time in the known recording, and the title, artist, label, identifiers, and catalog references returned by the recognition source.
See the precise sections of the soundtrack that produced a recognition result.
Compare each upload window with the corresponding time range in the recognized recording.
Identifiers, releases, and platform references appear when the recognition source returns them.
Keep the dated report and share the online record without sending your audio file.
Upload the MP3, WAV, FLAC, M4A, or OGG file you plan to place in the video. Each scan accepts up to 10 minutes and 200 MB; split a longer soundtrack into sections.
Selekt checks back-to-back fingerprint windows against ACRCloud’s commercial-recording reference catalog. A complete scan costs 0.5 credits—about 50 cents.
Inspect every returned match window, investigate the identified recording and available metadata, then keep the PDF and online result with your project records.
A soundtrack can become structural to an edit: cuts land on the beat, narration fits around the arrangement, and visual timing follows specific musical moments. Discovering a possible recording match only after the video is finished can mean replacing the music and rebuilding those decisions.
This pre-upload screen lets you investigate the audio first. If the recognition source identifies something, you still have time to verify your license, contact the appropriate rights holder, replace a section, choose different music, or continue only after understanding the risk.
The useful question is not simply whether a song is “copyrighted.” Most modern music is protected automatically. The practical pre-production question is whether the exact audio you intend to use resembles a represented commercial recording strongly enough for this recognition source to identify it.
A returned result is evidence to investigate rather than a legal verdict. It can help you locate the material quickly and collect the recording information you need for a more informed rights decision.
YouTube says its Content ID system automatically scans videos after they are uploaded and compares them with audio and visual reference files supplied by participating copyright owners. A match can lead to tracking, monetization, or blocking according to the owner’s policy.
Selekt instead gives you a private commercial-recording screen before the video reaches YouTube. The databases, thresholds, rights data, and policies can differ, so neither a match nor a no-match predicts the platform’s final decision. Read the complete music copyright checker versus YouTube Content ID comparison.
Open the detailed windows and compare the recognized recording with the exact section of your soundtrack. Then verify why it is present and whether your intended video use is covered. A license, permission, public-domain status, or another valid basis must be evaluated on its own terms.
If anything remains uncertain, remove or replace the section, seek the necessary rights, or investigate the result further. After revising the audio, scan the new version and keep both records. The guide to what to do when a copyright scan finds a match provides a complete workflow.
A no-match report means this recognition source did not identify a represented commercial recording in the windows checked at that time. It does not mean the music has no copyright, that you have permission to synchronize it with a video, or that another database will return the same result.
Keep the report alongside your music license, source URL, receipt, correspondence, and project file. For new material, you can also begin with Selekt’s cleared sample catalog and retain the license certificate supplied with each download.
Copyright Check cluster
Screen a full track for recognizable commercial-recording material and see exactly where a match occurs.
Related checkISRC Lookup by AudioIdentify a recording and see its ISRC, UPC, label, release, and platform references when returned.
Related checkWho Owns a Song?Start a rights investigation with recording identity, label metadata, identifiers, and source links.
You are hereYouTube Copyright CheckerScreen the music for recognizable commercial recordings before you edit or upload a video.
Need the general workflow? Visit the full Copyright Song Checker.
Upload the audio you plan to use and run a pre-upload recognition screen. Selekt can identify represented commercial recordings and show where they occur, but the result is separate from YouTube’s own upload-time Content ID check and cannot guarantee YouTube’s outcome.
No outside tool can honestly claim to run YouTube’s private Content ID database. Selekt uses ACRCloud commercial music recognition and adds whole-audio traversal, exact timeline mapping, recording metadata, and a saved report. YouTube performs its own scan after a video is uploaded.
No. Reference catalogs, recognition thresholds, rights-holder policies, and later manual actions can differ. A no-match is useful screening evidence from one system at one time, not a guarantee of no claim or legal clearance.
No. Copyright and permission are legal questions. A no-match only means that the queried recognition catalog did not identify a represented commercial recording in the checked audio windows.
The result maps every returned match to its location in your audio and, when supplied, the corresponding location in the known recording. Review the title, artist, label, identifiers, confidence, and catalog references, then verify your rights, replace the material, seek permission, or investigate further.
YouTube says the participating copyright owner’s settings can block a matched video, monetize it, or track its viewing statistics, sometimes with geography-specific effects. A Content ID claim is different from a copyright strike.
Yes. Selekt accepts MP3, WAV, FLAC, M4A, and OGG audio files up to 10 minutes and 200 MB per scan. That lets you investigate the soundtrack before rendering or uploading the complete video. Split longer soundtracks into sections so every second is checked.
It can return the identified recording’s title, artist, label, ISRC, UPC, release details, and source links when available. Those fields are useful starting points, but they are not a definitive chain-of-title search and may not identify every current recording or composition rightsholder.
A complete whole-audio screen costs 0.5 credits—about 50 cents. The free trial includes enough credits to test Audio Workshop tools, and each completed check includes a PDF report and an online result.
The audio is divided into temporary scan segments, and those segments are deleted after fingerprinting. Selekt keeps the signed screening result and hashes used to verify the record, not a published copy of your soundtrack.
Scan the whole upload, review every recognized window, and keep the report with your release records.
