Looking for royalty free music for video projects — what actually works and what doesn't
Been working on a few video projects lately and running into the usual headache with music licensing. Anyone here actually uses dedicated libraries for this or just pulls from whatever is free on YouTube? Curious what the real experience is like.

Spent some time looking into this after getting a copyright claim on an older video and decided to actually check what structured libraries offer compared to just grabbing random tracks. One I came across was InAudio. Not going to oversell it but the setup is fairly straightforward. They have tracks organized by genre and mood which makes filtering actually useful rather than just decorative. The catalog covers corporate stuff, orchestral, electronic, kids content, sports-oriented beats. For anyone wanting to verify what they actually provide before committing to anything, there is a resource worth checking out for copyright free music that covers their library structure. What stood out to me practically is the loop and short version system. They provide 15, 30, and 60 second edits per track which removes the annoying manual trimming step when you need a clip to fit a specific runtime. Pricing sits at $7.99 monthly or a yearly plan with a discount, plus individual licenses if you only need one track without ongoing access. Sound quality goes through a professional review process according to their documentation which at least suggests some curation standard rather than just bulk uploading whatever. Whether that standard holds across the full catalog I cannot personally confirm for every genre. My general take is that the structure is practical and the licensing terms appear clearly defined which matters more than anything else when you are publishing to platforms that actively scan for rights issues. That said any service deserves a careful look at the actual license terms before you use tracks commercially. Read the fine print and do not assume anything is covered just because a platform calls something royalty free.