Videos have a dedicated workflow
Video publishing lives in /dashboard/video because videos require upload, processing, provider-specific settings, and separate validation.
- Quick Publish remains for lightweight text and image posts.
- One video can have different settings per platform.
- Each channel shows its own state: upload, processing, scheduled, published, retry, or failed.
Instagram Reels and Facebook video
Meta videos
Instagram Reels and Facebook video use the existing Meta connection, but media readiness is checked before publishing.
- You need a publish-ready Meta connection.
- Caption and video preview are checked before publishing.
- If media attachment fails, the video must not fall back to a text-only post.
YouTube Shorts
YouTube metadata
YouTube needs title, description, visibility, and often thumbnail plus made-for-kids selection in addition to the video.
- An unaudited Google project may restrict uploads to private visibility.
- Thumbnail can be handled as a separate step after video upload.
- The YouTube connection needs both upload and channel discovery permissions.
TikTok
TikTok Direct Post
TikTok publishing requires creator info, privacy options, and several confirmations before direct publishing.
- Direct Post is available only when the TikTok connection and approvals allow it.
- Required choices can include privacy, comments, duet, stitch, branded content, and AI-generated content.
- TikTok can return a pending state that the worker polls for a bounded period.
Publish and schedule
Once the video is ready, select platforms, complete required fields, and publish now or schedule. Each platform gets its own publish attempt.
- Check each selected channel’s connection, destination, required choices and media readiness before publishing.
- One platform failure does not overwrite another platform's success.
- If a publication is still processing or its outcome is unclear, check the existing publication’s status before another attempt. Do not blindly create the same publication again.
Limits
The video workspace does not trim, caption or generate video; it publishes prepared videos safely. If Gunvald offers compression for an oversized file, approve it separately. Compression attempts to create a smaller copy without changing the original; if it cannot meet the limit, reduce the file before uploading again.
- One video per video publishing draft.
- The application’s video-duration ceiling is 3 minutes. The displayed file-size or duration requirement and individual channel limits can be stricter.
- Providers can still reject videos under their own rules.