What ........... 一只 or 一支 meaning only or a unit

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  Nov 06  •  177 read 
一只给你的视频。 That line was from an author on YouTube. One commenter posted that for video it is not 一只 but 一支.

My thinking was that the author meant: A (or one) video for you only.

Question: Can that line be understood as my interpretation above? Could that be what the author meant?
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Both 只 and 支 could be measure words and sometimes can be interchangeable.

e.g.

一支戒指 一只戒指

兩支光纖模組 兩只光纖模組(Optic module for network device)

From my experience, 只 is commonly used in formal documents, such as contract, quotation, etc.

For objects which is long and straight, you can only use 支 instead of 只.

e.g.

O) 後院有很長的竹竿可以晾衣服。

X) 後院有很長的竹竿可以晾衣服。

O) 我的筷子掉到地上了,幫我拿乾淨的。

X) 我的筷子掉到地上了,幫我拿乾淨的。

For songs, movies or youtube videos, you can use 支. (correct, but a little bit rare.)

e.g.

那支(首、個)動人的歌曲,是我最喜歡的歌星唱的。

你說的那支(部、個)電影,我才剛看而已。

Youtube昨天最熱門的那支(個)影片,我等一下分享給你。

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