Answer
How many revision rounds in a video contract?
The number matters less than the definition.
No law or trade body sets the number. It is whatever you and the client sign. What causes disputes is almost never the number itself. It is a contract that never says what one round is. This page gives you wording that defines a round, and a way to keep a count that both sides can see.
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By uncompressed.io · Updated September 2026
The short answer
Pick a number you can deliver,
then define what one round is.
The right number of rounds is the number you can deliver at the price you quoted. Nothing outside your contract decides it. Two contracts with the same number can still produce very different projects. One says what a round is. The other leaves the client to decide that halfway through the edit.
A clause that only says “includes [number] rounds of revisions” leaves four questions open. Does a round mean one email, or everything sent before you start cutting? Does a note sent the next morning start a new round or join the old one? Does a new voiceover script count as a revision? Who decides when a round is over? Each of those turns into an argument late in the project, when everyone is tired and the deadline is close.
So spend less time on the number and more on the definition. The four terms below are what a round needs to mean the same thing to you and to the client.
One consolidated list
A round is one set of notes, sent together, on one version. Notes that arrive after you start working go into the next round.
One voice
One named person on the client side gathers everyone's notes, settles any conflicts and sends the list.
A clear end
A round ends when you deliver the next version. The client's next notes on that version start the next round.
What is not a round
Fixing your own errors is free. Changes to the approved script, brief, music or runtime are new scope and go on a change order.
Sample wording
A revision clause you can start from,
adapt it, then have it reviewed.
This is practical wording to adapt, not legal advice. Contract law depends on where you and your client are based, so have a lawyer review the final text before you rely on it. The square brackets are yours to fill in.
Revisions (sample wording)
1. The fee includes [number] revision rounds. A revision round is one consolidated list of changes to one delivered version, sent by the Client’s designated reviewer, [name], through [the agreed review link].
2. A round begins when the Client submits the first change on a delivered version, and it ends when the Producer delivers the next version. Changes submitted after the Producer has begun work on a round are carried into the following round.
3. The Producer will correct its own technical or factual errors at no charge. These corrections do not use a revision round.
4. Changes to the approved script, brief, music selection, runtime or delivery formats are not revisions. The Producer will quote them as a change order before starting the work.
5. Each revision round beyond the included rounds is billed at [amount] per round. The Producer will confirm the scope of an additional round with the Client before work begins.
6. The Client will send its notes within [number] business days of each delivery. Approval of a version, given through [the agreed review link], closes the review of that version.
Two details in that wording do most of the work. Clause 2 ties a round to a delivered version, so there is one objective moment when a round starts and one when it ends. Clauses 1 and 6 name the place where notes and approval happen. With that, the count comes from a record both sides can open, not from a search through email threads. If notes still arrive by email, this guide covers what that costs and what to send the client.
Term by term
What to write,
and where you will see it.
The review room column describes uncompressed.io as of September 2026. The contract column is sample wording, not legal advice.
Keeping the count visible
Terms your client can see,
with a done check on every note.
A clause only protects you if both sides can check it. On the film’s review page, your included rounds and extra-round price sit above the player, every note is saved on its version, and you mark each note done as you address it.
Set the rounds
In the film's review settings, turn on revision rounds. Enter the included rounds from your contract (0 to 9) and, if you like, your price per extra round.
Send the film's page
Turn feedback on for the film and send its link. The client types a name once and leaves timecoded notes, with drawings if they need them. They do not need an account.
Tick notes done
In your dashboard, mark each note done as you address it. Done notes leave the client's open list. On the film's review page, a version with open notes cannot be approved until they are done.
Upload the next version
Upload the fix as a new version, so the notes on the old cut stay with it and the client reviews and approves the new one.
With revision rounds on, the film’s review page can show a notice before a note posts. It states your price per extra round and says the client will not be charged automatically, because work begins only after you confirm the scope with them. That matches clause 5 of the sample wording. It is information, not billing: uncompressed.io never charges your client, and the invoice stays yours.
When a new engagement starts on the same film, reset the counter from the dashboard. The reset returns the round to zero and clears the approvals, so the room reopens for the new work.
What the room does not decide for you
The room records notes and approvals per version. It does not judge whether a note is a revision or new scope. A note that asks for a new script is still just a note, and your clause 4 decides how to treat it. Also note that replacing the file behind the link keeps the existing notes and approvals on the film, even though the picture changed. If you want each delivery to carry its own notes and approval, send each revision as a new version.
Honest limits
When you may not need
the review room at all.
If your clients already approve through a review platform your team has standardized on, and it tracks versions to your satisfaction, keep it. The clause on this page works with any tool that records notes per version. What matters is that the contract names that tool and the client uses it. For a comparison of review tools, including cases where Frame.io is the better choice, see the review and approval guide.
And if a project is small enough that one person on each side can keep the count in their head, a clear clause alone may be all you need. The room is most useful on projects with several stakeholders, several formats or several weeks of back and forth.
Questions
Frequently asked
Is there a standard number of revision rounds for video?
No rule or professional body fixes one. The number is a commercial choice: you choose it based on the budget, the length of the piece and how many people sign off on the client side. Pick the number you can deliver at the quoted price. Then put your effort into defining what one round is, because a disputed definition costs more than a low number.
Is a revision round the same thing as a new version?
In most contracts it helps to tie them together: the client sends one consolidated set of notes, you deliver one new version, and that pair is one round. If you let a round stay open while notes arrive in pieces over a week, the count stops meaning anything. The sample clause on this page ties the round to the version for that reason.
Should fixing my own mistakes count as a round?
Usually not, and saying so in the contract builds trust. A typo in a lower third, a wrong logo file or an audio glitch is your error, and correcting it should not use up the client's rounds. Changes to the approved script, brief or music choice are different. Those are new scope, and the clause can send them to a change order instead of counting them as a round.
What if several people at the client send conflicting notes?
Name one person on the client side who consolidates the notes and speaks for the client. Conflicting notes then get settled on their side before they reach you, and one consolidated list counts as one round. In the review room each note shows the name the reviewer gave, so you can see whose notes you are working from.
Does uncompressed.io charge my client for extra rounds?
No. The price per extra round that you enter is shown to the client and nothing more. On the film's review page, a notice can state that price before a note posts and says they will not be charged automatically. Billing stays between you and your client, on your own invoice.
What happens if the client approves, then asks for more changes?
A new note on an approved version removes that approval, so the version shows as not signed off again. Under a clause like the one on this page, that note opens a new round. When a new engagement starts on the same film, you can reset the round counter, and the reset also clears the approvals.
Revision terms your client can see
Enter the included rounds and your price per extra round once, and the film's review page shows both to the client, next to per-version approval. It is on every plan, including the free one: 5 GB, one film at a time, no credit card.
Sources
- 1.uncompressed.io, review room (product page, verified)
- 2.uncompressed.io, pricing (product page, verified)