# Pairing videos (/docs/brands/videos/pairing-videos)

Fix sets by hand on a creator's Videos tab — create a set from selected posts, add or drag posts between sets, unpair, and re-run automatic pairing.

Bloss groups posts into <Term id="set">sets</Term> automatically, but it can't always tell that two posts are the same content — for example, when a creator trims one version or posts it two days later. Fix those by hand on the creator's **Videos** tab.

Read [How sets work](/docs/brands/videos/how-sets-work) first if you're new to sets. On this tab, sets are called **pairs**.

## Find the Videos tab [#find-the-videos-tab]

Open **Creators**, click the creator, and choose the **Videos** tab. Videos are grouped by payout cycle. Unpaired posts that fall in no cycle sit under **No Cycle**.

Each cycle shows its status, when its pay was **Last calculated**, which day's views it used (**Stats as of**), and totals for **Videos**, **Pairs**, **Base**, **Bonus** and **Total Payout**.

<Screenshot name="brands/videos-tab-cycle" alt={"A cycle group on the Videos tab with the Manual Pair, Regenerate Payout and Unpair all buttons"} />

Use the toolbar to filter by **Cycle** (**All cycles**, **Current** or a specific cycle) and **Sort** — for example **Newest date**, **Highest views**, **Highest base payout** or **Custom pay first**.

## Create a set from selected posts [#create-a-set-from-selected-posts]

<Steps>
<Step>

### Turn on pairing mode [#turn-on-pairing-mode]

On the cycle you want, click **Manual Pair**. A banner confirms **Pairing Mode** for that cycle.

</Step>
<Step>

### Select the posts [#select-the-posts]

Click the unpaired posts that belong together. You can pick at most one post per platform — to swap, deselect the one you have first.

</Step>
<Step>

### Create the set [#create-the-set]

Click **Create New Pair** in the selection bar. Bloss creates the set in that cycle and prices it right away.

</Step>
</Steps>

To add posts to a set that already exists instead, select them in pairing mode and click **Add selected** on that set. Click **Exit Pairing** (or **Cancel Pairing**) when you're done.

All posts in a set must belong to the same creator, and a post can only be in one set.

## Drag and drop [#drag-and-drop]

Next to **Manual Pair** you'll see **or drag to pair**. Grab a post by its handle and:

- drop it on another set to **add** it, or **move** it from its current set,
- drop it on another unpaired post to **pair these videos**,
- drop it on the bar at the bottom of the screen to **take it out** of its set.

## Take sets apart [#take-sets-apart]

- **Unpair** on a set splits it back into separate posts.
- The remove button on a single post (**Remove this video from the pair**) takes only that post out.
- **Unpair all** on a cycle splits every set in that cycle.

Unpaired posts are grouped again by the next automatic pairing, unless you pair them by hand first.

<Callout type="warn" title="Custom pay is lost when a set is taken apart">

  If a set has [custom pay](/docs/brands/videos/custom-pay), unpairing it
  deletes that custom amount permanently. Bloss names the amount and asks you to
  confirm first.

</Callout>

## Sets you can't change [#sets-you-cant-change]

Once money has moved, a set is a payment record. You can't unpair it, move its posts, delete its posts or mark them irrelevant when:

- its cycle has been paid,
- its base pay was already sent,
- its bonus was already paid, or a bonus payment is in progress, or
- it has other settled payouts.

Bloss says which of these applies. **Manual Pair**, **Unpair all** and **Regenerate Payout** don't appear on paid cycles, and **Unpair all** is disabled when any set in the cycle is protected. To stop paying for such a set without changing it, use **Mark unpaid**. See [Custom pay and unpaid sets](/docs/brands/videos/custom-pay#mark-a-set-unpaid).

## Re-run pricing and pairing [#re-run-pricing-and-pairing]

- **Regenerate Payout** on a cycle recalculates the pay of every set in it. Use it when a set shows a **stale** amount — one that no longer matches the rules.
- **Auto-Pair All Videos** on **Payouts & Cycles** groups every unpaired post across all unpaid cycles. See [Syncing](/docs/brands/videos/syncing#auto-pair-all-videos).

## Related [#related]

- [How sets work](/docs/brands/videos/how-sets-work)
- [Irrelevant videos](/docs/brands/videos/irrelevant-videos)
- [Custom pay and unpaid sets](/docs/brands/videos/custom-pay)
- [Tags](/docs/brands/videos/tags)