diff --git a/src/app/channel/page.tsx b/src/app/channel/page.tsx
index 5ad87fcf557f64f8105abf7bc00bccc66065440c..d75c3c924f72a68d7124d502e7c957ebf88166aa 100644
--- a/src/app/channel/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/channel/page.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { AppQueryProps } from "@/types"
+import { AppQueryProps } from "@/types/general"
 
 import { Main } from "../main"
 import { getChannel } from "../server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getChannel"
diff --git a/src/app/config.ts b/src/app/config.ts
index 2595b9fcd47a83cdde8241b591908a39fe5a8360..c51c9f5d3faac9e9d247bf82acc32e85a787ccf8 100644
--- a/src/app/config.ts
+++ b/src/app/config.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { VideoGenerationModel, VideoOrientation } from "@/types"
+import { VideoGenerationModel, VideoOrientation } from "@/types/general"
 
 export const showBetaFeatures = `${
   process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SHOW_BETA_FEATURES || ""
diff --git a/src/app/interface/channel-card/index.tsx b/src/app/interface/channel-card/index.tsx
index c9c8bcfc9c8f91a1e82af446edd8f65885a876b4..8cedbebb48f1462594e7f1642989ffcbe442c345 100644
--- a/src/app/interface/channel-card/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/interface/channel-card/index.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { RiCheckboxCircleFill } from "react-icons/ri"
 import { IoAdd } from "react-icons/io5"
 
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
-import { ChannelInfo } from "@/types"
+import { ChannelInfo } from "@/types/general"
 import { isCertifiedUser } from "@/app/certification"
 import { DefaultAvatar } from "../default-avatar"
 import { formatLargeNumber } from "@/lib/formatLargeNumber"
diff --git a/src/app/interface/channel-list/index.tsx b/src/app/interface/channel-list/index.tsx
index 971b8a3571901e2960f0213a863fbba5b5f37630..58517e62cc334aa95543ed9d6ecdeeb22eb3bfd4 100644
--- a/src/app/interface/channel-list/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/interface/channel-list/index.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
-import { ChannelInfo } from "@/types"
+import { ChannelInfo } from "@/types/general"
 
 import { ChannelCard } from "../channel-card"
 
diff --git a/src/app/interface/collection-card/index.tsx b/src/app/interface/collection-card/index.tsx
index 6b673d058de98f08be9eacb954bd6c846ef3437e..864e760e3555d2533506c4a78e82bce5e7282129 100644
--- a/src/app/interface/collection-card/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/interface/collection-card/index.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import Link from "next/link"
 import { RiCheckboxCircleFill } from "react-icons/ri"
 
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
-import { CollectionInfo } from "@/types"
+import { CollectionInfo } from "@/types/general"
 import { formatDuration } from "@/lib/formatDuration"
 import { formatTimeAgo } from "@/lib/formatTimeAgo"
 import { isCertifiedUser } from "@/app/certification"
diff --git a/src/app/interface/collection-list/index.tsx b/src/app/interface/collection-list/index.tsx
index 18c704e9cdc14aaa2775b720e712a9542e7a8e18..8996fa7737c12b244ad3078970e946a1c9a5120c 100644
--- a/src/app/interface/collection-list/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/interface/collection-list/index.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
-import { CollectionInfo } from "@/types"
+import { CollectionInfo } from "@/types/general"
 
 import { CollectionCard } from "../collection-card"
 
diff --git a/src/app/interface/comment-card/index.tsx b/src/app/interface/comment-card/index.tsx
index 99ae827aab5dd98a096a6fe46079b47aefcd2cfa..4f15c91e2855e68b6d7d4115ca1437847cb4f111 100644
--- a/src/app/interface/comment-card/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/interface/comment-card/index.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
-import { CommentInfo } from "@/types"
+import { CommentInfo } from "@/types/general"
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react"
 import { DefaultAvatar } from "../default-avatar"
 import { formatTimeAgo } from "@/lib/formatTimeAgo"
diff --git a/src/app/interface/comment-list/index.tsx b/src/app/interface/comment-list/index.tsx
index 44d6628de75b062cd39d26c512057a1257a175b8..3e1c5d117994562d589a9c7c4964503e7008a44d 100644
--- a/src/app/interface/comment-list/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/interface/comment-list/index.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 "use client"
 
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
-import { CommentInfo } from "@/types"
+import { CommentInfo } from "@/types/general"
 import { CommentCard } from "../comment-card"
 
 export function CommentList({
diff --git a/src/app/interface/equirectangular-video-player/index.tsx b/src/app/interface/equirectangular-video-player/index.tsx
index 21f6224018f7e7f4f263c6a92b3662a36348b40f..7639930cab2ec246b8193c776e1c61c3b0fe0869 100644
--- a/src/app/interface/equirectangular-video-player/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/interface/equirectangular-video-player/index.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import AutoSizer from "react-virtualized-auto-sizer"
 
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
-import { VideoInfo } from "@/types"
+import { VideoInfo } from "@/types/general"
 
 import { VideoSphereViewer } from "./viewer"
 
diff --git a/src/app/interface/equirectangular-video-player/viewer.tsx b/src/app/interface/equirectangular-video-player/viewer.tsx
index 12bec3dd67b608c7a22ffb949a93aa646714f51d..1cfe8f93de8b8cfdeafe1cde4708fb598c1cbdd7 100644
--- a/src/app/interface/equirectangular-video-player/viewer.tsx
+++ b/src/app/interface/equirectangular-video-player/viewer.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { PanoramaPosition, PluginConstructor, Point, Position, SphericalPosition
 import { EquirectangularVideoAdapter, LensflarePlugin, ReactPhotoSphereViewer, ResolutionPlugin, SettingsPlugin, VideoPlugin } from "react-photo-sphere-viewer"
 
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
-import { VideoInfo } from "@/types"
+import { VideoInfo } from "@/types/general"
 
 type PhotoSpherePlugin = (PluginConstructor | [PluginConstructor, any])
 
diff --git a/src/app/interface/like-button/index.tsx b/src/app/interface/like-button/index.tsx
index 3f98d954a2c167424e9609bc7aa51fdc5d5bf234..c92279900e23280b1df2533b6428cf0e39dee3d7 100644
--- a/src/app/interface/like-button/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/interface/like-button/index.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useEffect, useState, useTransition } from "react"
-import { VideoInfo, VideoRating } from "@/types"
+import { VideoInfo, VideoRating } from "@/types/general"
 
 import { GenericLikeButton } from "./generic"
 import { getVideoRating, rateVideo } from "@/app/server/actions/stats"
diff --git a/src/app/interface/media-list/index.tsx b/src/app/interface/media-list/index.tsx
index 415d5d6b1657245cd843eace40b4c0d3eb785855..a3d891c6981e8418a35f98d203fae011d45f8601 100644
--- a/src/app/interface/media-list/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/interface/media-list/index.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
-import { MediaDisplayLayout, VideoInfo } from "@/types"
+import { MediaDisplayLayout, VideoInfo } from "@/types/general"
 import { TrackCard } from "../track-card"
 import { VideoCard } from "../video-card"
 
diff --git a/src/app/interface/pending-video-card/index.tsx b/src/app/interface/pending-video-card/index.tsx
index 57b31220d30936f23f8068cdce3c1f76429ee4ca..d41917489eac8fd93cef66b0df6d181f5a5587c0 100644
--- a/src/app/interface/pending-video-card/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/interface/pending-video-card/index.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { PiTrashBold } from "react-icons/pi"
 import { TableCell, TableRow } from "@/components/ui/table"
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
 import { MdLockClock } from "react-icons/md"
-import { VideoInfo } from "@/types"
+import { VideoInfo } from "@/types/general"
 import { truncate } from "./truncate"
 
 export function PendingVideoCard({
diff --git a/src/app/interface/pending-video-list/index.tsx b/src/app/interface/pending-video-list/index.tsx
index e9f3373feaf342fb7280d24a49c42cfa7cbfc1f9..4f5d387c61d74b1d5593a2c308c02e61bd41fb43 100644
--- a/src/app/interface/pending-video-list/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/interface/pending-video-list/index.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
-import { VideoInfo } from "@/types"
+import { VideoInfo } from "@/types/general"
 import { Table, TableBody, TableCaption, TableCell, TableHead, TableHeader, TableRow } from "@/components/ui/table"
 
 import { PendingVideoCard } from "../pending-video-card"
diff --git a/src/app/interface/playlist-control/index.tsx b/src/app/interface/playlist-control/index.tsx
index bbdf644708bc3fc78770cfb1d6f32cc1308e88c4..bd62db944b6f626d48fe2906b2b1cb7aff4630dd 100644
--- a/src/app/interface/playlist-control/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/interface/playlist-control/index.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { IoIosPause } from "react-icons/io"
 
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
 import { usePlaylist } from "@/lib/usePlaylist"
-import { VideoInfo } from "@/types"
+import { VideoInfo } from "@/types/general"
 
 export function PlaylistControl() {
   const playlist = usePlaylist()
diff --git a/src/app/interface/recommended-videos/index.tsx b/src/app/interface/recommended-videos/index.tsx
index 16549bc8a384a64bb8d7942ad9e9a102a995fd25..18e46a653e1cf7c42ec44963989168868833833a 100644
--- a/src/app/interface/recommended-videos/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/interface/recommended-videos/index.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { useEffect, useTransition } from "react"
 
 import { useStore } from "@/app/state/useStore"
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
-import { VideoInfo } from "@/types"
+import { VideoInfo } from "@/types/general"
 
 import { VideoList } from "../video-list"
 import { getVideos } from "@/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getVideos"
diff --git a/src/app/interface/track-card/index.tsx b/src/app/interface/track-card/index.tsx
index d32f448e40018749977e65395d1f0a1097b5c5ec..7afb2c96262ce0a3aded7e84011f80b05ed37831 100644
--- a/src/app/interface/track-card/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/interface/track-card/index.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import Link from "next/link"
 import { RiCheckboxCircleFill } from "react-icons/ri"
 
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
-import { MediaDisplayLayout, VideoInfo } from "@/types"
+import { MediaDisplayLayout, VideoInfo } from "@/types/general"
 import { formatDuration } from "@/lib/formatDuration"
 import { formatTimeAgo } from "@/lib/formatTimeAgo"
 import { isCertifiedUser } from "@/app/certification"
diff --git a/src/app/interface/video-card/index.tsx b/src/app/interface/video-card/index.tsx
index d3a9e0ee1e95cc88357af3acf68037dc6258f8a6..5407335b14690dfb258aaf5126390153cd5e4573 100644
--- a/src/app/interface/video-card/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/interface/video-card/index.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import Link from "next/link"
 import { RiCheckboxCircleFill } from "react-icons/ri"
 
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
-import { MediaDisplayLayout, VideoInfo } from "@/types"
+import { MediaDisplayLayout, VideoInfo } from "@/types/general"
 import { formatDuration } from "@/lib/formatDuration"
 import { formatTimeAgo } from "@/lib/formatTimeAgo"
 import { isCertifiedUser } from "@/app/certification"
diff --git a/src/app/interface/video-player/cartesian.tsx b/src/app/interface/video-player/cartesian.tsx
index 50ac3be005c5f8ba24a77f2a0ca35a0045c410f7..35a987e1155f21938099f3478d4a893f48524c5e 100644
--- a/src/app/interface/video-player/cartesian.tsx
+++ b/src/app/interface/video-player/cartesian.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { Player } from "react-tuby"
 import "react-tuby/css/main.css"
 
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
-import { VideoInfo } from "@/types"
+import { VideoInfo } from "@/types/general"
 
 export function CartesianVideoPlayer({
   video,
diff --git a/src/app/interface/video-player/equirectangular.tsx b/src/app/interface/video-player/equirectangular.tsx
index 04354d8553f5927b065b16952285a921188b5bbd..fb6602792621568c4974a9b26a9b1359e9d3f002 100644
--- a/src/app/interface/video-player/equirectangular.tsx
+++ b/src/app/interface/video-player/equirectangular.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { PanoramaPosition, PluginConstructor, Point, Position, SphericalPosition
 import { EquirectangularVideoAdapter, LensflarePlugin, ReactPhotoSphereViewer, ResolutionPlugin, SettingsPlugin, VideoPlugin } from "react-photo-sphere-viewer"
 
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
-import { VideoInfo } from "@/types"
+import { VideoInfo } from "@/types/general"
 
 type PhotoSpherePlugin = (PluginConstructor | [PluginConstructor, any])
 
diff --git a/src/app/interface/video-player/index.tsx b/src/app/interface/video-player/index.tsx
index 748890bb7eb8c683aa94b0a3df7e876cc9d76bfd..e2751feceb10bdd0a10c7d1dc37fe828d51b4ffc 100644
--- a/src/app/interface/video-player/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/interface/video-player/index.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import AutoSizer from "react-virtualized-auto-sizer"
 
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
-import { VideoInfo } from "@/types"
+import { VideoInfo } from "@/types/general"
 import { parseProjectionFromLoRA } from "@/app/server/actions/utils/parseProjectionFromLoRA"
 
 import { EquirectangularVideoPlayer } from "./equirectangular"
diff --git a/src/app/main.tsx b/src/app/main.tsx
index b2aac959fe477f4df1d2ff801ea763c649b544c2..6434295da21442c8d6d5f2c8dbf64796135ce19a 100644
--- a/src/app/main.tsx
+++ b/src/app/main.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { UserChannelView } from "./views/user-channel-view"
 import { PublicVideoView } from "./views/public-video-view"
 import { UserAccountView } from "./views/user-account-view"
 import { NotFoundView } from "./views/not-found-view"
-import { ChannelInfo, InterfaceView, VideoInfo } from "@/types"
+import { ChannelInfo, InterfaceView, VideoInfo } from "@/types/general"
 import { useEffect } from "react"
 import { usePathname, useRouter } from "next/navigation"
 import { TubeLayout } from "./interface/tube-layout"
diff --git a/src/app/music/page.tsx b/src/app/music/page.tsx
index f8dbf5e8bfda8ccf50f29f9f664d3bb256014c65..a8413a3550d6d0910163d0c776ead7a625b2f9d8 100644
--- a/src/app/music/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/music/page.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-import { AppQueryProps } from "@/types"
+import { AppQueryProps } from "@/types/general"
 import { Main } from "../main"
 import { getVideos } from "../server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getVideos"
 import { getVideo } from "../server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getVideo"
diff --git a/src/app/page.tsx b/src/app/page.tsx
index 9c923df87995de557eabdcd31fde87011abc223b..de422020af14a8dbcbf3994c1387d4efed15869d 100644
--- a/src/app/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/page.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-import { AppQueryProps } from "@/types"
+import { AppQueryProps } from "@/types/general"
 
 import { Main } from "./main"
 import { getVideo } from "./server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getVideo"
diff --git a/src/app/playlist/page.tsx b/src/app/playlist/page.tsx
index e1fb5bc14496cf00d191ee65341fc2b442433d89..0940171086e2aa477c4189d7cfd6b3225c7f661e 100644
--- a/src/app/playlist/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/playlist/page.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-import { AppQueryProps } from "@/types"
+import { AppQueryProps } from "@/types/general"
 import { Main } from "../main"
 import { getVideos } from "../server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getVideos"
 import { getVideo } from "../server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getVideo"
diff --git a/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/deleteVideoRequest.ts b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/deleteVideoRequest.ts
index 8a98ebb7eeb51b16dbfeaff9a1fe78b67571329c..cc30f36183d112e4386fb11de3835434a9eb7c64 100644
--- a/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/deleteVideoRequest.ts
+++ b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/deleteVideoRequest.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-import { VideoInfo } from "@/types"
+import { VideoInfo } from "@/types/general"
 
 import { deleteFileFromDataset } from "./deleteFileFromDataset"
 import { formatPromptFileName } from "../utils/formatPromptFileName"
diff --git a/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/downloadClapProject.ts b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/downloadClapProject.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9f2739b2dca31aeac0e53f9238cb06264d5cf8e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/downloadClapProject.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid"
+
+import { ClapProject } from "@/types/clap"
+import { ChannelInfo, VideoInfo, VideoRequest } from "@/types/general"
+import { defaultVideoModel } from "@/app/config"
+
+import { parseClap } from "../utils/parseClap"
+import { parseVideoModelName } from "../utils/parseVideoModelName"
+import { computeOrientationProjectionWidthHeight } from "../utils/computeOrientationProjectionWidthHeight"
+
+import { downloadFileAsText } from "./downloadFileAsText"
+import { downloadFileAsBlob } from "./downloadFileAsBlob"
+
+export async function downloadClapProject({
+  path,
+  apiKey,
+  channel
+}: {
+  path: string
+  apiKey?: string
+  channel: ChannelInfo
+}): Promise<{
+  videoRequest: VideoRequest
+  videoInfo: VideoInfo
+  clapProject: ClapProject
+}> {
+  // we recover the repo from the cnannel info
+  const repo = `datasets/${channel.datasetUser}/${channel.datasetName}`
+
+  // we download the clap file (which might be in a private repo)
+  const clapString = await downloadFileAsBlob({
+    repo,
+    path,
+    apiKey,
+    expectedMimeType: "application/gzip"
+  })
+
+  const clapProject = await parseClap(clapString)
+
+  const id = uuidv4()
+
+  const videoRequest: VideoRequest = {
+    id,
+    label: clapProject.meta.title || "Untitled",
+    description: clapProject.meta.description || "",
+    prompt: "", // there is no prompt - instead we use segments
+    model: parseVideoModelName(clapProject.meta.defaultVideoModel, channel.model),
+    style: channel.style,
+    lora: channel.lora,
+    voice: channel.voice,
+    music: channel.music,
+    thumbnailUrl: "",
+    clapUrl: `https://huggingface.co/${repo}/resolve/main/${path}`,
+    updatedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+    tags: channel.tags,
+    channel,
+    duration: 0, // will be computed automatically
+    ...computeOrientationProjectionWidthHeight({
+      lora: "",
+      orientation: clapProject.meta.orientation,
+      // projection, // <- will be extrapolated from the LoRA for now
+    }),
+  }
+
+  const videoInfo: VideoInfo = {
+    id,
+    status: "submitted",
+    label: videoRequest.label || "",
+    description: videoRequest.description || "",
+    prompt: videoRequest.prompt || "",
+    model: videoRequest.model || defaultVideoModel,
+    style: videoRequest.style || "",
+    lora: videoRequest.lora || "",
+    voice: videoRequest.voice || "",
+    music: videoRequest.music || "",
+    thumbnailUrl: videoRequest.thumbnailUrl || "", // will be generated in async
+    clapUrl: videoRequest.clapUrl || "",
+    assetUrl: "", // will be generated in async
+    assetUrlHd: "",
+    numberOfViews: 0,
+    numberOfLikes: 0,
+    numberOfDislikes: 0,
+    updatedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+    tags: videoRequest.tags,
+    channel,
+    duration: videoRequest.duration || 0,
+    ...computeOrientationProjectionWidthHeight({
+      lora: videoRequest.lora,
+      orientation: videoRequest.orientation,
+      // projection, // <- will be extrapolated from the LoRA for now
+    }),
+  }
+
+  return {
+    videoRequest,
+    videoInfo,
+    clapProject
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/downloadFileAsBlob.ts b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/downloadFileAsBlob.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a39be349d18e9dee55f6644725301a733e9bc143
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/downloadFileAsBlob.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { downloadFile } from "@/huggingface/hub/src"
+import { getCredentials } from "./getCredentials"
+
+export async function downloadFileAsBlob({
+  repo,
+  path,
+  apiKey,
+  expectedMimeType = "text/plain",
+  renewCache = false,
+  neverThrow = false
+}: {
+  repo: string
+
+  path: string
+
+  apiKey?: string
+
+  expectedMimeType?: string
+
+  /**
+   * Force renewing the cache
+   * 
+   * False by default
+   */
+  renewCache?: boolean
+
+  /**
+   * If set to true, this function will never throw an exception
+   * this is useful in workflow where we don't care about what happened
+   * 
+   * False by default
+   */
+  neverThrow?: boolean
+}): Promise<Blob> {
+  try {
+    const { credentials } = await getCredentials(apiKey)
+
+    const response = await downloadFile({
+      repo,
+      path,
+      credentials,
+      requestInit: renewCache
+        ? { cache: "no-cache" }
+        : undefined
+    })
+    
+    if (!response) {
+      throw new Error("missing response")
+    }
+    const blob = await response.blob()
+
+    return blob
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (neverThrow) {
+      console.error(`downloadFileAsBlob():`, err)
+
+      const blobResult = new Blob([""], { type: expectedMimeType })
+      return blobResult
+    } else {
+      throw err
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/downloadPlainText.ts b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/downloadPlainText.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..df2132894061f4ddca1c0da2d2b8045ec72c3dbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/downloadPlainText.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+export async function downloadPlainText(url: string): Promise<string> {
+  // Fetch the plain text file
+  const response = await fetch(url)
+
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    throw new Error(`Failed to download the plain/text file: ${response.statusText}`)
+  }
+
+  const plainText = await response.text()
+
+  return plainText
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/extendVideosWithStats.ts b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/extendVideosWithStats.ts
index c3a0d648c3842bcda0841a8d99f8437dd5d33ca2..b86d9e8c644f15a90b9191741cd8a9cd98cf6414 100644
--- a/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/extendVideosWithStats.ts
+++ b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/extendVideosWithStats.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use server"
 
-import { VideoInfo } from "@/types"
+import { VideoInfo } from "@/types/general"
 
 import { getStatsForVideos } from "../stats"
 
diff --git a/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getChannel.ts b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getChannel.ts
index 903c74286a536a6dfab02e3c92190a54fc000fef..4e2dff45145c31fddf7ba3aa2db3932272b5253a 100644
--- a/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getChannel.ts
+++ b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getChannel.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 "use server"
 
 
-import { ChannelInfo } from "@/types"
+import { ChannelInfo } from "@/types/general"
 
 import { getChannels } from "./getChannels"
 
diff --git a/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getChannelVideos.ts b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getChannelVideos.ts
index 49b31a31589438262118fbea6710e5c4af818b09..d1a4de70cd156d0f888b0126d65ac7828f821810 100644
--- a/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getChannelVideos.ts
+++ b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getChannelVideos.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 "use server"
 
-import { ChannelInfo, VideoInfo, VideoStatus } from "@/types"
+import { ChannelInfo, VideoInfo, VideoStatus } from "@/types/general"
 
 import { getVideoRequestsFromChannel  } from "./getVideoRequestsFromChannel"
 import { adminApiKey } from "../config"
 import { getVideoIndex } from "./getVideoIndex"
 import { extendVideosWithStats } from "./extendVideosWithStats"
 import { computeOrientationProjectionWidthHeight } from "../utils/computeOrientationProjectionWidthHeight"
+import { defaultVideoModel } from "@/app/config"
 
 // return 
 export async function getChannelVideos({
@@ -40,16 +41,18 @@ export async function getChannelVideos({
     let video: VideoInfo = {
         id: v.id,
         status: "submitted",
-        label: v.label,
-        description: v.description,
-        prompt: v.prompt,
-        thumbnailUrl: v.thumbnailUrl,
-        model: v.model,
-        lora: v.lora,
-        style: v.style,
-        voice: v.voice,
-        music: v.music,
+        label: v.label || "",
+        description: v.description || "",
+        prompt: v.prompt || "",
+        thumbnailUrl: v.thumbnailUrl || "",
+        clapUrl: v.clapUrl || "",
+        model: v.model || defaultVideoModel,
+        lora: v.lora || "",
+        style: v.style || "",
+        voice: v.voice || "",
+        music: v.music || "",
         assetUrl: "",
+        assetUrlHd: "",
         numberOfViews: 0,
         numberOfLikes: 0,
         numberOfDislikes: 0,
diff --git a/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getChannels.ts b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getChannels.ts
index cca7322ecf23e603a72691006a8b1f14a83555f8..454a1d539fb5c2195cc5e763c0439f3d4b99e914 100644
--- a/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getChannels.ts
+++ b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getChannels.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use server"
 
-import { ChannelInfo } from "@/types"
+import { ChannelInfo } from "@/types/general"
 
 import { adminUsername } from "../config"
 
diff --git a/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getPrivateChannels.ts b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getPrivateChannels.ts
index 748c286d8f72cec07ef133c2521a2328b4066e8c..c32de22e3a1f7e5380b84dc68853fde7f40b997d 100644
--- a/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getPrivateChannels.ts
+++ b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getPrivateChannels.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 "use server"
 
 import { Credentials, listDatasets, whoAmI } from "@/huggingface/hub/src"
-import { ChannelInfo } from "@/types"
+import { ChannelInfo } from "@/types/general"
 
 import { adminCredentials } from "../config"
 import { parseChannel } from "./parseChannel"
diff --git a/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getVideo.ts b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getVideo.ts
index e51fb66aafddee16ead83c827a7dcb1a01aadc8a..b5318449c852a8b177e3a82c9fcb69733097b4eb 100644
--- a/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getVideo.ts
+++ b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getVideo.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use server"
 
-import { VideoInfo } from "@/types"
+import { VideoInfo } from "@/types/general"
 
 import { getVideoIndex } from "./getVideoIndex"
 import { getStatsForVideos } from "../stats"
diff --git a/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getVideoIndex.ts b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getVideoIndex.ts
index 467c908d3627b8f2d094c89ab22c664e7010f4bd..2dafdc9df6947340f8d00f16db0e9e9532a75e73 100644
--- a/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getVideoIndex.ts
+++ b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getVideoIndex.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { VideoInfo, VideoStatus } from "@/types"
+import { VideoInfo, VideoStatus } from "@/types/general"
 
 import { adminUsername } from "../config"
 
diff --git a/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getVideoRequestsFromChannel.ts b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getVideoRequestsFromChannel.ts
index 1f1538092ba9c471956815d7a5a318c1418d9674..66bba2eaf7524fd041d698c09a0abc640b18f7d7 100644
--- a/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getVideoRequestsFromChannel.ts
+++ b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getVideoRequestsFromChannel.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 "use server"
 
-import { ChannelInfo, VideoRequest } from "@/types"
+import { ChannelInfo, VideoRequest } from "@/types/general"
 import { getCredentials } from "./getCredentials"
 import { listFiles } from "@/huggingface/hub/src"
 import { parsePromptFileName } from "../utils/parsePromptFileName"
 import { downloadFileAsText } from "./downloadFileAsText"
 import { parseDatasetPrompt } from "../utils/parseDatasetPrompt"
 import { computeOrientationProjectionWidthHeight } from "../utils/computeOrientationProjectionWidthHeight"
+import { downloadClapProject } from "./downloadClapProject"
 
 /**
  * Return all the videos requests created by a user on their channel
@@ -42,89 +43,115 @@ export async function getVideoRequestsFromChannel({
         ? { cache: "no-cache" }
         : undefined
     })) {
-
-      // TODO we should add some safety mechanisms here:
-      // skip lists of files that are too long
-      // skip files that are too big
-      // skip files with file.security.safe !== true
-
-      // console.log("file.path:", file.path)
-      /// { type, oid, size, path }
-      if (file.path === "README.md") {
-        // console.log("found the README")
-        // TODO: read this readme
-      } else if (file.path.startsWith("prompt_") && file.path.endsWith(".md")) {
-        
-        const id = parsePromptFileName(file.path)
-
-        if (!id) { continue }
-
-        const rawMarkdown = await downloadFileAsText({
-          repo,
-          path: file.path,
-          apiKey,
-          renewCache,
-          neverThrow: true,
-        })
-
-        if (!rawMarkdown) {
-          // console.log(`markdown file is empty, skipping`)
-          continue
-        }
-
-        const {
-          title,
-          description,
-          tags,
-          prompt,
-          thumbnail,
-          model,
-          lora,
-          style,
-          music,
-          voice,
-          orientation,
-        } = parseDatasetPrompt(rawMarkdown, channel)
-
-        if (!title || !description || !prompt) {
-          // console.log("dataset prompt is incomplete or unparseable")
-          continue
-        }
-        // console.log("prompt parsed markdown:", { title, description, tags })
-        let thumbnailUrl =
-          thumbnail.startsWith("http")
-            ? thumbnail
-            : (thumbnail.endsWith(".jpg") || thumbnail.endsWith(".jpeg"))
-            ? `https://huggingface.co/${repo}/resolve/main/${thumbnail}`
-            : ""
-
-        
-        const video: VideoRequest = {
-          id,
-          label: title,
-          description,
-          prompt,
-          thumbnailUrl,
-          model,
-          lora,
-          style,
-          voice,
-          music,
-          updatedAt: file.lastCommit?.date || new Date().toISOString(),
-          tags: Array.isArray(tags) && tags.length ? tags : channel.tags,
-          channel,
-          duration: 0,
-          ...computeOrientationProjectionWidthHeight({
+      try {
+        const filePath = file.path.toLowerCase().trim()
+        // TODO we should add some safety mechanisms here:
+        // skip lists of files that are too long
+        // skip files that are too big
+        // skip files with file.security.safe !== true
+
+        // console.log("file.path:", file.path)
+        /// { type, oid, size, path }
+        if (filePath === "readme.md") {
+          // console.log("found the README")
+          // TODO: read this readme
+        } else if (filePath.endsWith(".clap")) {
+          const clap = await downloadClapProject({
+            path: file.path,
+            channel,
+            apiKey
+          })
+          console.log("got a clap file:", clap.clapProject.meta)
+          
+          // in the frontend UI we want to display everything,
+          // we don't filter stuff even if they are incomplete
+
+          videos[clap.videoRequest.id] = clap.videoRequest
+        } else if (filePath.startsWith("prompt_") && filePath.endsWith(".md")) {
+          
+          const id = parsePromptFileName(filePath)
+
+          if (!id) { continue }
+
+          const rawMarkdown = await downloadFileAsText({
+            repo,
+            path: file.path, // be sure to use the original file.path (with capitalization if any) and not filePath
+            apiKey,
+            renewCache,
+            neverThrow: true,
+          })
+
+          if (!rawMarkdown) {
+            // console.log(`markdown file is empty, skipping`)
+            continue
+          }
+
+          const {
+            title,
+            description,
+            tags,
+            prompt,
+            thumbnail,
+            model,
             lora,
+            style,
+            music,
+            voice,
             orientation,
-            // projection, // <- will be extrapolated from the LoRA for now
-          }),
+          } = parseDatasetPrompt(rawMarkdown, channel)
+
+          /*
+          on ai-tube side (not the ai-tube robot) we are okay with partial video requests,
+          ie. drafts
+          if (!title || !description || !prompt) {
+            // console.log("dataset prompt is incomplete or unparseable")
+            // continue
+          }
+          */
+
+          // console.log("prompt parsed markdown:", { title, description, tags })
+          let thumbnailUrl =
+            thumbnail.startsWith("http")
+              ? thumbnail
+              : (thumbnail.endsWith(".webp") || thumbnail.endsWith(".jpg") || thumbnail.endsWith(".jpeg"))
+              ? `https://huggingface.co/${repo}/resolve/main/${thumbnail}`
+              : ""
+
+          // TODO: the clap file is empty if
+          // the video is prompted using Markdown
+          const clapUrl = ""
+
+          const video: VideoRequest = {
+            id,
+            label: title,
+            description,
+            prompt,
+            thumbnailUrl,
+            clapUrl,
+            model,
+            lora,
+            style,
+            voice,
+            music,
+            updatedAt: file.lastCommit?.date || new Date().toISOString(),
+            tags: Array.isArray(tags) && tags.length ? tags : channel.tags,
+            channel,
+            duration: 0,
+            ...computeOrientationProjectionWidthHeight({
+              lora,
+              orientation,
+              // projection, // <- will be extrapolated from the LoRA for now
+            }),
+          }
+
+          videos[id] = video
+
+        } else if (filePath.endsWith(".mp4")) {
+          // console.log("found a video:", file.path)
         }
-
-        videos[id] = video
-
-      } else if (file.path.endsWith(".mp4")) {
-        // console.log("found a video:", file.path)
+      } catch (err) {
+        console.error("error while processing a dataset file:")
+        console.error(err)
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getVideos.ts b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getVideos.ts
index c185c1627c1549610640f8146256360f04c85e04..a7ca24d65f0763f7083fb477b0926361ec1118ec 100644
--- a/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getVideos.ts
+++ b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getVideos.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use server"
 
-import { VideoInfo } from "@/types"
+import { VideoInfo } from "@/types/general"
 
 import { getVideoIndex } from "./getVideoIndex"
 import { extendVideosWithStats } from "./extendVideosWithStats"
diff --git a/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/parseChannel.ts b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/parseChannel.ts
index 807bb4687c626f6b3800a1fa3eaaa16f2e4359aa..3e4380cd07ae3557245b173c102ceffa456d4732 100644
--- a/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/parseChannel.ts
+++ b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/parseChannel.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import { Credentials, downloadFile, whoAmI } from "@/huggingface/hub/src"
 import { parseDatasetReadme } from "@/app/server/actions/utils/parseDatasetReadme"
-import { ChannelInfo, VideoGenerationModel, VideoOrientation } from "@/types"
+import { ChannelInfo, VideoGenerationModel, VideoOrientation } from "@/types/general"
 
 import { adminCredentials } from "../config"
 import { defaultVideoModel, defaultVideoOrientation } from "@/app/config"
diff --git a/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/uploadVideoRequestToDataset.ts b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/uploadVideoRequestToDataset.ts
index a8d95076c570aacec53a173fd9ce41abe7f20c1c..5faec7b61ab86886e54fbc1f436afa318522cd0b 100644
--- a/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/uploadVideoRequestToDataset.ts
+++ b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/uploadVideoRequestToDataset.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import { Blob } from "buffer"
 
 import { Credentials, uploadFile, whoAmI } from "@/huggingface/hub/src"
-import { ChannelInfo, VideoGenerationModel, VideoInfo, VideoOrientation, VideoRequest } from "@/types"
+import { ChannelInfo, VideoGenerationModel, VideoInfo, VideoOrientation, VideoRequest } from "@/types/general"
 import { formatPromptFileName } from "../utils/formatPromptFileName"
 import { computeOrientationProjectionWidthHeight } from "../utils/computeOrientationProjectionWidthHeight"
 
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ ${prompt}
     voice,
     music,
     thumbnailUrl: channel.thumbnail,
+
+    // for now AI Tube doesn't support upload of clap files
+    clapUrl: "",
+
     updatedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
     tags,
     channel,
@@ -149,7 +153,12 @@ ${prompt}
     voice,
     music,
     thumbnailUrl: channel.thumbnail, // will be generated in async
+
+    // for now AI Tube doesn't support upload of clap files
+    clapUrl: "",
+    
     assetUrl: "", // will be generated in async
+    assetUrlHd: "",
     numberOfViews: 0,
     numberOfLikes: 0,
     numberOfDislikes: 0,
diff --git a/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-robot/updateQueue.ts b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-robot/updateQueue.ts
index c860f89c0398f56b87d41f1e1db25b5064117c36..a74729ccb196c197ba035dc08fda43c2d1d21ec4 100644
--- a/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-robot/updateQueue.ts
+++ b/src/app/server/actions/ai-tube-robot/updateQueue.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use server"
 
-import { ChannelInfo, UpdateQueueResponse } from "@/types"
+import { ChannelInfo, UpdateQueueResponse } from "@/types/general"
 
 import { aiTubeRobotApi } from "../config"
 
diff --git a/src/app/server/actions/comments.ts b/src/app/server/actions/comments.ts
index e63f1b94e6a6c6c996e8a553b25de95168daa237..1b3cd9ce503245542c9663274a22b1067586ece3 100644
--- a/src/app/server/actions/comments.ts
+++ b/src/app/server/actions/comments.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid"
 
-import { CommentInfo, StoredCommentInfo } from "@/types"
+import { CommentInfo, StoredCommentInfo } from "@/types/general"
 import { stripHtml } from "@/lib/stripHtml"
 import { getCurrentUser, getUsers } from "./users"
 import { redis } from "./redis"
diff --git a/src/app/server/actions/stats.ts b/src/app/server/actions/stats.ts
index 067dbebe0750e1554824ed2cd943ec4f175de276..5031e27f4f6191f45cfeb57dc9351510f8475eaf 100644
--- a/src/app/server/actions/stats.ts
+++ b/src/app/server/actions/stats.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import { developerMode } from "@/app/config"
 import { WhoAmIUser, whoAmI } from "@/huggingface/hub/src"
-import { VideoRating } from "@/types"
+import { VideoRating } from "@/types/general"
 import { redis } from "./redis";
 
 export async function getStatsForVideos(videoIds: string[]): Promise<Record<string, { numberOfViews: number; numberOfLikes: number; numberOfDislikes: number}>> {
diff --git a/src/app/server/actions/submitVideoRequest.ts b/src/app/server/actions/submitVideoRequest.ts
index d93466d0d47be53f7024d757d5bb67a7fc958b5a..611e5c4ae24c0333d6c4a0cec29924e3ff249bf4 100644
--- a/src/app/server/actions/submitVideoRequest.ts
+++ b/src/app/server/actions/submitVideoRequest.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use server"
 
-import { ChannelInfo, VideoGenerationModel, VideoInfo, VideoOrientation } from "@/types"
+import { ChannelInfo, VideoGenerationModel, VideoInfo, VideoOrientation } from "@/types/general"
 
 import { uploadVideoRequestToDataset } from "./ai-tube-hf/uploadVideoRequestToDataset"
 
diff --git a/src/app/server/actions/users.ts b/src/app/server/actions/users.ts
index 8549dec8434b458fb4ad2b7d0e197e5fddae4f91..f09902e1ff44be4e397dfa5e1f2bcb36977e9861 100644
--- a/src/app/server/actions/users.ts
+++ b/src/app/server/actions/users.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 "use server"
 
 import { WhoAmIUser, whoAmI } from "@/huggingface/hub/src"
-import {  UserInfo } from "@/types"
+import {  UserInfo } from "@/types/general"
 import { adminApiKey } from "./config"
 import { redis } from "./redis"
 
diff --git a/src/app/server/actions/utils/computeOrientationProjectionWidthHeight.ts b/src/app/server/actions/utils/computeOrientationProjectionWidthHeight.ts
index f1a04fbda199c31637f5dbe1dc2c778b4df4bb29..ea56dd5909bad14ed236728c2d99113250ca06b9 100644
--- a/src/app/server/actions/utils/computeOrientationProjectionWidthHeight.ts
+++ b/src/app/server/actions/utils/computeOrientationProjectionWidthHeight.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { VideoOrientation, VideoProjection } from "@/types"
+import { VideoOrientation, VideoProjection } from "@/types/general"
 
 import { parseVideoOrientation } from "./parseVideoOrientation"
 import { parseProjectionFromLoRA } from "./parseProjectionFromLoRA"
diff --git a/src/app/server/actions/utils/isAntisocial.ts b/src/app/server/actions/utils/isAntisocial.ts
index dc1fd4a8d87b2a59db5789dde9cfdf1695478046..ef88c3f236ebe368ea740c602a4a68c7a38848f6 100644
--- a/src/app/server/actions/utils/isAntisocial.ts
+++ b/src/app/server/actions/utils/isAntisocial.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { VideoInfo } from "@/types"
+import { VideoInfo } from "@/types/general"
 
 const winners = new Set(`${process.env.WINNERS || ""}`.toLowerCase().split(",").map(x => x.trim()).filter(x => x))
 
diff --git a/src/app/server/actions/utils/isHighQuality.ts b/src/app/server/actions/utils/isHighQuality.ts
index 945d66638fd12fb160c495c399dcfbac54b7ff71..6d4e5ef9c9b61dd4a457715e2ba0e932debe2a70 100644
--- a/src/app/server/actions/utils/isHighQuality.ts
+++ b/src/app/server/actions/utils/isHighQuality.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { VideoInfo } from "@/types"
+import { VideoInfo } from "@/types/general"
 
 export function isHighQuality(video: VideoInfo) {
   const numberOfViews = Math.abs(Math.max(0, video.numberOfViews))
diff --git a/src/app/server/actions/utils/parseClap.ts b/src/app/server/actions/utils/parseClap.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..eb7b3376c8a1b532090ea29fd05c8929f45f989f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/server/actions/utils/parseClap.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import YAML from "yaml"
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid"
+
+import { ClapHeader, ClapMeta, ClapProject, ClapSegment } from "@/types/clap"
+import { getValidNumber } from "@/lib/getValidNumber"
+
+/**
+ * import a Clap file (from a plain text string)
+ * 
+ * note: it is not really async, because for some reason YAML.parse is a blocking call like for JSON,
+ * they is no async version although we are now in the 20s not 90s
+ */
+export async function parseClap(inputStringOrBlob: string | Blob): Promise<ClapProject> {
+
+  // Decompress the input blob using gzip
+  const decompressor = new DecompressionStream('gzip');
+
+  const inputBlob =
+    typeof inputStringOrBlob === "string"
+    ? new Blob([inputStringOrBlob], { type: "application/x-yaml" })
+    : inputStringOrBlob;
+
+  const decompressedStream = inputBlob.stream().pipeThrough(decompressor);
+
+  // Convert the stream to text using a Response object
+  const text = await new Response(decompressedStream).text();
+  
+  // Parse YAML string to raw data
+  const rawData = YAML.parse(text);
+
+  if (!Array.isArray(rawData) || rawData.length < 2) {
+    throw new Error("invalid clap file (need a clap format header block and project metadata block)")
+  }
+
+  const maybeClapHeader = rawData[0] as ClapHeader
+
+  if (maybeClapHeader.format !== "clap-0") {
+    throw new Error("invalid clap file (sorry, but you can't make up version numbers like that)")
+  }
+
+  const maybeClapMeta = rawData[1] as ClapMeta
+
+  const clapMeta: ClapMeta = {
+    id: typeof maybeClapMeta.title === "string" ? maybeClapMeta.id : uuidv4(),
+    title: typeof maybeClapMeta.title === "string" ? maybeClapMeta.title : "",
+    description: typeof maybeClapMeta.description === "string" ? maybeClapMeta.description : "",
+    licence: typeof maybeClapMeta.licence === "string" ? maybeClapMeta.licence : "",
+    orientation: maybeClapMeta.orientation === "portrait" ? "portrait" : maybeClapMeta.orientation === "square" ? "square" : "landscape",
+    width: getValidNumber(maybeClapMeta.width, 256, 4096, 1024),
+    height: getValidNumber(maybeClapMeta.height, 256, 4096, 1024),
+    defaultVideoModel: typeof maybeClapMeta.defaultVideoModel === "string" ? maybeClapMeta.defaultVideoModel : "SVD",
+  }
+
+  const maybeSegments = rawData.slice(2) as ClapSegment[]
+
+  const clapSegments: ClapSegment[] = Array.isArray(maybeSegments) ? maybeSegments.map(({
+    id,
+    track,
+    startTimeInMs,
+    endTimeInMs,
+    category,
+    modelId,
+    prompt,
+    outputType,
+    renderId,
+    status,
+    assetUrl,
+    outputGain,
+    seed,
+  }) => ({
+    // TODO: we should verify each of those, probably
+    id,
+    track,
+    startTimeInMs,
+    endTimeInMs,
+    category,
+    modelId,
+    prompt,
+    outputType,
+    renderId,
+    status,
+    assetUrl,
+    outputGain,
+    seed,
+  })) : []
+
+  return {
+    meta: clapMeta,
+    segments: clapSegments
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/server/actions/utils/parseDatasetPrompt.ts b/src/app/server/actions/utils/parseDatasetPrompt.ts
index b97147dc45d73cb29b912732549a32a5f04753aa..c2eef8de8d3c08e4fc22eea43a6d5a467d459bed 100644
--- a/src/app/server/actions/utils/parseDatasetPrompt.ts
+++ b/src/app/server/actions/utils/parseDatasetPrompt.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-import { ChannelInfo, ParsedDatasetPrompt } from "@/types"
+import { ChannelInfo, ParsedDatasetPrompt } from "@/types/general"
 import { parseVideoModelName } from "./parseVideoModelName"
 import { parseVideoOrientation } from "./parseVideoOrientation"
 import { defaultVideoModel, defaultVideoOrientation } from "@/app/config"
diff --git a/src/app/server/actions/utils/parseDatasetReadme.ts b/src/app/server/actions/utils/parseDatasetReadme.ts
index 48510fa9b57785baa7728db624b5c0420f53eb76..a25088ca055cc078ea374c2d4236239601816410 100644
--- a/src/app/server/actions/utils/parseDatasetReadme.ts
+++ b/src/app/server/actions/utils/parseDatasetReadme.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 import metadataParser from "markdown-yaml-metadata-parser"
 
-import { ParsedDatasetReadme, ParsedMetadataAndContent } from "@/types"
+import { ParsedDatasetReadme, ParsedMetadataAndContent } from "@/types/general"
 import { parseVideoModelName } from "./parseVideoModelName"
 import { parseVideoOrientation } from "./parseVideoOrientation"
 import { defaultVideoModel, defaultVideoOrientation } from "@/app/config"
diff --git a/src/app/server/actions/utils/parseProjectionFromLoRA.ts b/src/app/server/actions/utils/parseProjectionFromLoRA.ts
index f747e2e8df62c7489df2e4c5106d8f9fffc07397..7b8a1ed61abf193f73956e9afa5dede15a9cfb6a 100644
--- a/src/app/server/actions/utils/parseProjectionFromLoRA.ts
+++ b/src/app/server/actions/utils/parseProjectionFromLoRA.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { VideoProjection } from "@/types"
+import { VideoProjection } from "@/types/general"
 
 export function parseProjectionFromLoRA(input?: any): VideoProjection {
  const name = `${input || ""}`.trim().toLowerCase()
diff --git a/src/app/server/actions/utils/parseVideoModelName.ts b/src/app/server/actions/utils/parseVideoModelName.ts
index 04d7584a35d8d60995c373cc6191393c55cf7a24..8f406705552535930bbcdde5436420e487d59d9a 100644
--- a/src/app/server/actions/utils/parseVideoModelName.ts
+++ b/src/app/server/actions/utils/parseVideoModelName.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { VideoGenerationModel } from "@/types"
+import { VideoGenerationModel } from "@/types/general"
 
 export function parseVideoModelName(text: any, defaultToUse: VideoGenerationModel): VideoGenerationModel {
   const rawModelString = `${text || ""}`.trim().toLowerCase()
diff --git a/src/app/server/actions/utils/parseVideoOrientation.ts b/src/app/server/actions/utils/parseVideoOrientation.ts
index 2aa76a5896769a97a3b02cd631088890504d4cf5..d5b50f4ec961d1d1b26f40c76773068c1e0b294c 100644
--- a/src/app/server/actions/utils/parseVideoOrientation.ts
+++ b/src/app/server/actions/utils/parseVideoOrientation.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { defaultVideoOrientation } from "@/app/config"
-import { VideoOrientation } from "@/types"
+import { VideoOrientation } from "@/types/general"
 
 export function parseVideoOrientation(text: any, defaultToUse?: VideoOrientation): VideoOrientation {
   const rawOrientationString = `${text || ""}`.trim().toLowerCase()
diff --git a/src/app/state/defaultSettings.ts b/src/app/state/defaultSettings.ts
index 50cc0dcb5e208f4cc1775a875da6a9fb16a77637..d6140174c8dc5d8b47aff9927d7bef5b9376d93a 100644
--- a/src/app/state/defaultSettings.ts
+++ b/src/app/state/defaultSettings.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Settings } from "@/types"
+import { Settings } from "@/types/general"
 
 export const defaultSettings: Settings = {
   huggingfaceApiKey: "",
diff --git a/src/app/state/localStorageKeys.ts b/src/app/state/localStorageKeys.ts
index cf68537a6be5ea54ce94b9b5bdb021619e37ce33..73a36213c9579b1c65c812d1c6368e7d799a8d4b 100644
--- a/src/app/state/localStorageKeys.ts
+++ b/src/app/state/localStorageKeys.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Settings } from "@/types"
+import { Settings } from "@/types/general"
 
 export const localStorageKeys: Record<keyof Settings, string> = {
   // important: prefix with AI_TUBE to avoid collisions when running the app on localhost
diff --git a/src/app/state/useStore.ts b/src/app/state/useStore.ts
index 76cd033dbb918b647ee8f13dfdac63bd7665e2ce..1bb0fb203d8d223105893221a4b47505390d710e 100644
--- a/src/app/state/useStore.ts
+++ b/src/app/state/useStore.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import { create } from "zustand"
 
-import { ChannelInfo, VideoInfo, InterfaceDisplayMode, InterfaceView, InterfaceMenuMode, InterfaceHeaderMode, CommentInfo, UserInfo } from "@/types"
+import { ChannelInfo, VideoInfo, InterfaceDisplayMode, InterfaceView, InterfaceMenuMode, InterfaceHeaderMode, CommentInfo, UserInfo } from "@/types/general"
 
 export const useStore = create<{
   displayMode: InterfaceDisplayMode
diff --git a/src/app/state/userCurrentUser.ts b/src/app/state/userCurrentUser.ts
index 7c2d47e2719b8d6cd2dc286bc788facbe2ba223d..cd06432229b57b8359754592d509662b5edec8c3 100644
--- a/src/app/state/userCurrentUser.ts
+++ b/src/app/state/userCurrentUser.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useEffect, useTransition } from "react"
 
-import { UserInfo } from "@/types"
+import { UserInfo } from "@/types/general"
 
 import { useStore } from "./useStore"
 import { useLocalStorage } from "usehooks-ts"
diff --git a/src/app/views/home-view/index.tsx b/src/app/views/home-view/index.tsx
index ffe28dce3bbd82452670a11c1015c83339ff0769..30cd502edbcfe35d3e03bb1960bd5485ce66c674 100644
--- a/src/app/views/home-view/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/views/home-view/index.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { useEffect, useTransition } from "react"
 
 import { useStore } from "@/app/state/useStore"
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
-import { VideoInfo } from "@/types"
+import { VideoInfo } from "@/types/general"
 import { getVideos } from "@/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getVideos"
 import { VideoList } from "@/app/interface/video-list"
 import { getTags } from "@/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getTags"
diff --git a/src/app/views/public-music-videos-view/index.tsx b/src/app/views/public-music-videos-view/index.tsx
index 4d1b06bbb5ac75746e20d7a0c0520ae8683c2601..3ed1f11c56bd44f405176d6428671a88bf4fb653 100644
--- a/src/app/views/public-music-videos-view/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/views/public-music-videos-view/index.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { useEffect, useTransition } from "react"
 
 import { useStore } from "@/app/state/useStore"
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
-import { VideoInfo } from "@/types"
+import { VideoInfo } from "@/types/general"
 import { getVideos } from "@/app/server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getVideos"
 import { TrackList } from "@/app/interface/track-list"
 import { PlaylistControl } from "@/app/interface/playlist-control"
diff --git a/src/app/views/report-modal/index.tsx b/src/app/views/report-modal/index.tsx
index fb6025d21308f397f25a7826575cb124b8991298..78086a2d3b3a2abb08de3375b890d45dea449958 100644
--- a/src/app/views/report-modal/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/views/report-modal/index.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { LuShieldAlert } from "react-icons/lu"
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"
 import { Dialog, DialogContent, DialogDescription, DialogFooter, DialogHeader, DialogTrigger } from "@/components/ui/dialog"
 
-import { ChannelInfo, VideoInfo } from "@/types"
+import { ChannelInfo, VideoInfo } from "@/types/general"
 import { ActionButton } from "@/app/interface/action-button"
 
 // modal to report a video or channel
diff --git a/src/app/views/user-account-view/index.tsx b/src/app/views/user-account-view/index.tsx
index 5b554ceefe97333adef66bc25226b3e91d8ec74c..f2935749a54548fdd24a41eeacb6de3cc79c6e9c 100644
--- a/src/app/views/user-account-view/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/views/user-account-view/index.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export function UserAccountView() {
     defaultSettings.huggingfaceApiKey
   )
   const setView = useStore(s => s.setView)
+  const userChannel = useStore(s => s.userChannel)
   const setUserChannel = useStore(s => s.setUserChannel)
 
   const userChannels = useStore(s => s.userChannels)
@@ -26,23 +27,23 @@ export function UserAccountView() {
   const [isLoaded, setLoaded] = useState(false)
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!isLoaded) {
       startTransition(async () => {
-        try {
-          const channels = await getPrivateChannels({
-            apiKey: huggingfaceApiKey,
-            renewCache: true,
-          })
-          setUserChannels(channels)
-        } catch (err) {
-          console.error("failed to load the channel for the current user:", err)
-          setUserChannels([])
-        } finally {
-          setLoaded(true)
+        if (!isLoaded && huggingfaceApiKey) {
+          try {
+            const newUserChannels = await getPrivateChannels({
+              apiKey: huggingfaceApiKey,
+              renewCache: true,
+            })
+            setUserChannels(newUserChannels)
+          } catch (err) {
+            console.error("failed to load the channel for the current user:", err)
+            setUserChannels([])
+          } finally {
+            setLoaded(true)
+          }
         }
       })
-    }
-  }, [isLoaded, huggingfaceApiKey, setUserChannels, setLoaded])
+  }, [isLoaded, huggingfaceApiKey, userChannels.map(c => c.id).join(","), setUserChannels, setLoaded])
 
   return (
     <div className={cn(`flex flex-col space-y-4`)}>
diff --git a/src/app/views/user-channel-view/index.tsx b/src/app/views/user-channel-view/index.tsx
index ffab738fc650c223d62bc8f10f6abbbb28dcb308..f969ea941002c401c5cd6f3e4b04eebec41597e0 100644
--- a/src/app/views/user-channel-view/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/views/user-channel-view/index.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { useEffect, useState, useTransition } from "react"
 
 import { useStore } from "@/app/state/useStore"
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
-import { VideoGenerationModel, VideoInfo } from "@/types"
+import { VideoGenerationModel, VideoInfo } from "@/types/general"
 
 import { useLocalStorage } from "usehooks-ts"
 import { localStorageKeys } from "@/app/state/localStorageKeys"
diff --git a/src/app/watch/page.tsx b/src/app/watch/page.tsx
index 48b6432135862de02451a8e53877164bad934f4b..adfdb8a4b8c4f85482f7e8c444b081a7b6dab530 100644
--- a/src/app/watch/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/watch/page.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 import { Metadata, ResolvingMetadata } from "next"
 
-import { AppQueryProps } from "@/types"
+import { AppQueryProps } from "@/types/general"
 
 import { Main } from "../main"
 import { getVideo } from "../server/actions/ai-tube-hf/getVideo"
diff --git a/src/lib/getChannelRating.ts b/src/lib/getChannelRating.ts
index 79dbd5fa70c696cd1ae280a54d5756dcc2c5e1ff..f23f77443f5a19e7469b82b467ab37285f3d4553 100644
--- a/src/lib/getChannelRating.ts
+++ b/src/lib/getChannelRating.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ChannelInfo } from "@/types"
+import { ChannelInfo } from "@/types/general"
 
 const winners = new Set(`${process.env.WINNERS || ""}`.toLowerCase().split(",").map(x => x.trim()).filter(x => x))
 
diff --git a/src/lib/getInitialRenderedScene.ts b/src/lib/getInitialRenderedScene.ts
index 7c0739bf8bebdaf16aa4acf610eb6bdad9c15fd2..119337f9f6e80d7e92ffdf822edf3ff7a84666c2 100644
--- a/src/lib/getInitialRenderedScene.ts
+++ b/src/lib/getInitialRenderedScene.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { RenderedScene } from "@/types"
+import { RenderedScene } from "@/types/general"
 
 export const getInitialRenderedScene = (): RenderedScene => ({
   renderId: "",
diff --git a/src/lib/usePlaylist.ts b/src/lib/usePlaylist.ts
index ede3450b711af6d3b0fee884e44f4753a666066b..eb3de6fc3fa4da270bc05437d20dcce8bc9546eb 100644
--- a/src/lib/usePlaylist.ts
+++ b/src/lib/usePlaylist.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef } from "react";
 import { create } from "zustand";
 
-import { VideoInfo } from "@/types";
+import { VideoInfo } from "@/types/general";
 
 // Define the new track type with an optional playNow property
 interface PlaybackOptions<T> {
diff --git a/src/types/clap.ts b/src/types/clap.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cce54d029c408ed9a41c50c217f845eda4113fa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/types/clap.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+export type ClapHeader = {
+  format: "clap-0"
+}
+
+export type ClapMeta = {
+  id: string
+  title: string
+  description: string
+  licence: string
+  orientation: string
+  width: number
+  height: number
+  defaultVideoModel: string
+}
+
+export type ClapSegment = {
+  id: string
+  track: number
+  startTimeInMs: number
+  endTimeInMs: number
+  category: "render" | "preview" | "characters" | "location" | "time" | "era" | "lighting" | "weather" | "action" | "music" | "sound" | "dialogue" | "style" | "camera" | "generic"
+  modelId: string
+  prompt: string
+  outputType: "text" | "movement" | "image" | "video" | "audio"
+  renderId: string
+  status: "pending" | "completed" | "error"
+  assetUrl: string
+  outputGain: number
+  seed: number
+}
+
+export type ClapProject = {
+  meta: ClapMeta
+  segments: ClapSegment[]
+}
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types/general.ts
similarity index 94%
rename from src/types.ts
rename to src/types/general.ts
index b1ceee38f2fa3e06f4176934b7f56bc65a4cd39b..b98992fd5ae0effb4cb6aa9e396121989b81c92b 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types/general.ts
@@ -239,9 +239,12 @@ export type ChannelInfo = {
 }
 
 export type VideoStatus =
-  | "submitted" // the prompt has been submitted, but is not added to the index queue yet
-  | "queued" // the prompt has been added to the index queue, but is not processed yet. Once queued it cannot be modified.
+  | "draft" // the video should be ignored for now
+  | "submitted" // the video has been submitted, but is not added to the index queue yet
+  | "queued" // the video has been added to the index queue, but is not processed yet. Once queued it cannot be modified.
   | "generating" // the video is being generated
+  // TODO add a state to indicate the audio is being generated
+  // this will be useful in case generation fails
   | "published" // success!
   | "error" // video failed to generate
 
@@ -277,6 +280,11 @@ export type VideoRequest = {
    */
   thumbnailUrl: string
 
+  /**
+   * URL to a clap file
+   */
+  clapUrl: string
+
   /**
    * When was the video updated
    */
@@ -369,11 +377,28 @@ export type VideoInfo = {
    */
   thumbnailUrl: string
 
+  /**
+   * URL to a clap file
+   */
+  clapUrl: string
+  
   /**
    * URL to the binary file
+   * 
+   * This is the standard format
+   * 
+   * see width and height for details
+   * 
+   * (it will be something like 1024x576, 576x1024, 1024x512)
+   * 
    */
   assetUrl: string
 
+  /**
+   * This is contain the storage URL of the higher-resolution video
+   */
+  assetUrlHd: string
+
   /**
    * Counter for the number of views
    *