QR codes on video

Put a scannable QR code on a music video in five styles, with timing controls, and the size rules that decide whether a phone can actually read it from a couch.

A QR code turns a video into something a viewer can act on: a link to the release, a tour page, a pre-save. It is a prop, so you place it, style it and time it.

The five styles

• Classic: hard square modules, the most scannable of all
• Rounded: softened modules and corners
• Dots: circular modules with ring corners
• Fused: neighbouring modules merge into continuous shapes
• Plate: the code sunk into a plate, with an optional caption

Will it actually scan?

Three things decide that, and two of them are handled for you.

1. The quiet zone, the empty margin around a code. It is not optional and it is always included
2. Error correction, which is raised automatically for the styles whose shapes erode most
3. Size, which is up to you. Below roughly 200 pixels in the delivered video a phone struggles to read a code from normal viewing distance, and the panel warns you when your code is under that. Full sizing guidance on how big a QR code needs to be on screen

Is the code an image I have to upload?

No. You type the link and the code is drawn from it at render time, so it stays sharp at 4K and changing the link or the colours is instant rather than a re-upload.

Timing

The same three controls as the subscribe prompts: show at, stays for and repeat every. A code needs longer on screen than a logo, because a viewer has to notice it, pick up a phone and aim. Eight seconds is a sensible minimum.

Last updated 2026-09-15

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