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title: What is the video tab, and how do I use it?
question: what is the video tab
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related: [how-do-i-create-a-video-folder-and-project, how-do-i-record-footage, who-is-on-the-video-agent-team, why-cant-i-see-the-video-tab, what-are-the-modules]
updated: 2026-07-21
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# What is the video tab, and how do I use it?

The **video** tab is a workspace in codus where you organise your video projects, record or import footage, and run a team of AI specialists that turn a raw recording into a finished, edited video. It appears in the top bar only if your team has the Video module. If you cannot see it, that is almost always why, and not a fault.

## Before you start

- You need the **Video module** on your account. It adds the whole video area, and without it the tab does not show at all. See [What are the modules, and what does each one add?](../modules/what-are-the-modules.md).
- codus is a macOS app, so everything here happens in the desktop app, not in a web browser.
- Recording your screen or camera needs macOS permission the first time. codus walks you through it when you record.

## What you see

Click **video** in the top bar. The screen splits into three columns.

1. **Left column: your folders and projects.** A searchable tree. The header reads **Folders**. Folders can hold other folders, and each folder holds video **projects**. A project is one video you are making.
2. **Centre column: the workspace.** When you open a project, this shows its work across seven sub-tabs: **Brief**, **Script**, **Cut**, **Assets**, **Versions**, **Thumbnails** and **Files**. Along the top you also get a **Run team** button, and a **Film footage** button if this Mac can record.
3. **Right column: Live View and the team.** The top, labelled **Live View**, mirrors whatever page an agent is looking at, live. Below it, under **Team**, is a row of the agents (the **Creative Director** and its specialists) and the terminal for whichever one you select.

Nothing is selected the first time you open the tab, so the centre reads **No project selected** with the hint "Add a folder and a video project from the tree on the left to get started." That is expected.

## What each project tab is for

- **Brief.** The one thing you fill in yourself. It tells the team what the video is for, who it is aimed at, the style, and the length. See [How do I brief the video team?](how-do-i-brief-the-video-team.md).
- **Script.** The spoken words, if your video is a talking-head or narrated one. You can write it, ask the team to, and read it back from a teleprompter view. See [How do I write or generate a script?](how-do-i-write-or-generate-a-script.md).
- **Cut.** The team's read of your recording: every um, filler word, false start and retake it found, and which ranges it keeps. This one fills in on its own as the team works.
- **Assets.** Any clips, photos, graphics, music or sound effects the team sourced or made, each with its attribution.
- **Versions.** Every rendered video, newest first, each with a quality-check verdict and a button to play it or show it in Finder. This is where the finished video lands. See [Where do I find the finished video?](where-do-i-find-the-finished-video.md).
- **Thumbnails.** The cover-image concepts the team designs, if you asked for any. See [How do I get video thumbnails?](how-do-i-make-thumbnails.md).
- **Files.** The plain folder of everything: your source footage and every render. Open it in Finder from here.

## The shortest path to a finished video

1. Add a folder and a project. See [How do I create a video folder and project?](how-do-i-create-a-video-folder-and-project.md).
2. Get your footage into the project, either by recording it or importing a clip. See [How do I record footage for a video?](how-do-i-record-footage.md).
3. Fill in the **Brief** so the team knows what you want.
4. Click **Run team**. The Creative Director and its specialists get to work. See [How do I run the video team?](how-do-i-run-the-video-team.md).
5. Collect the finished cut from the **Versions** tab.

If you record with **Edit automatically** switched on, step 4 is done for you: stopping the recording hands it straight to the team.

## How do I know it worked?

If you can see a tab labelled **video** in the top bar of codus, you have the module and you are in the right place. Opening it should show the three columns described above.

## Common problems

**"There is no video tab."** Your account does not have the Video module. That is the single most common reason. See [Why can't I see the video tab?](why-cant-i-see-the-video-tab.md).

**"I saw every tab on someone else's codus and mine has fewer."** A development or demo build shows all the areas regardless of what is paid for. A normal account only shows the modules it holds, so fewer tabs is expected, not broken.