Content ID on a Short over one minute blocks it globally: keep a cut

The three-minute Short has a sharp edge: length decides how a claim hits it. YouTube's page says a video exceeding one minute with an active Content ID claim is blocked globally, not playable or recommended, and not eligible for monetization (read 2026-10-07). So for any Short over a minute, keep a sub-minute cut ready, which Sume's video-trim makes for $0.02.

The page's wording is "exceeding one minute". I cut to 59 seconds rather than 60 so a rounding quirk never lands on the wrong side, and I check the probe afterward.

What the page says

From YouTube's three-minute Shorts page. For Shorts under one minute it says there are no changes in limitations.

Cut the fallback

A start: 0, duration: 59 trim keeps the opening, where the hook and the point usually sit. If your 3-minute Short's strongest minute is elsewhere, change start. The default precision: exact re-encodes with libx264 and keeps audio, so the music stays. The source can be up to 1800 s and the output up to 900 s.

curl -X POST https://api.sume.com/v1/video-trim \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUME_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: short-59s-001" \
  -d '{
    "video_url": "https://media.sume.com/artifacts/artf_demo/short-180s.mp4",
    "start": 0,
    "duration": 59
  }'

Confirm the length

The job result returns duration_seconds and actual_start_seconds. Use video inspect on the new artifact to confirm the probe's duration_seconds is under 60 and width is not greater than height. A trim of a vertical file stays vertical.

If the fallback does carry a claim, only the owner of the music can resolve it; the trim removes seconds, not rights.

Policy for a series

Render each long Short and its 59-second twin together, tag both artifacts, and upload only the long one first. That costs $0.02 more per episode and gives you something to swap in, if you decide to, without re-rendering anything.

When the fallback is not worth it

If a Short only works at 2 minutes, a 59-second slice is not the same video, and posting both can split your audience. The fallback earns its $0.02 where the opening minute is a complete idea.

For everything else, the better defense is upstream: know where each audio element came from before you render. The page tells you the cost of getting it wrong at length; it does not tell you how likely that is, and I have no figure to offer.