diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 341711a..3c28cd9 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ import (
 //go:embed res/help.txt
 var helpText string
 
-const SEGMENT_EXTENSION = "mkv"
-const MAX_TITLE_LEN = 100
-const MAX_DESCRIPTION_LEN = 5000
+const segmentExtension = "mkv"
 
 func showHelp() {
 	fmt.Println(helpText)
@@ -196,7 +194,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	// scan for VOD segments
-	vodFiles, err := scanner.ScanSegments(metadata.FootageDir, SEGMENT_EXTENSION)
+	vodFiles, err := scanner.ScanSegments(metadata.FootageDir, segmentExtension)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Failed to fetch VOD filenames: %v", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
@@ -204,7 +202,7 @@ func main() {
 	if len(vodFiles) == 0 {
 		log.Fatalf(
 			"Directory contained no VOD files (expecting .%s)",
-			SEGMENT_EXTENSION,
+			segmentExtension,
 		)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
@@ -223,35 +221,21 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatalf("Failed to build video template: %v", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
-	title, err := yt.BuildTemplate(video, templates.Title)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Failed to build video title: %v", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-	description, err := yt.BuildTemplate(video, templates.Description)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Failed to build video description: %v", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-	if len(title) > 100 {
-		log.Fatalf(
-			"Video title length exceeds %d characters (%d). YouTube may reject this!",
-			MAX_TITLE_LEN,
-			len(video.Title),
-		)
-	}
-	if len(description) > 5000 {
-		log.Fatalf(
-			"Video description length exceeds %d characters (%d). YouTube may reject this!",
-			MAX_DESCRIPTION_LEN,
-			len(description),
-		)
-	}
 	if verbose {
 		enc := json.NewEncoder(os.Stdout)
 		fmt.Printf("\nVideo template: ")
 		enc.Encode(video)
 
+		title, err := yt.BuildTemplate(video, templates.Title)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("Failed to build video title: %v", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		description, err := yt.BuildTemplate(video, templates.Description)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("Failed to build video description: %v", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
 		fmt.Printf(
 			"\n================================\n\n" +
 			"< TITLE >\n%s\n\n" +