Video Puppet
Creative
video generation
SHOW HN2020
441points
76comments
#66of 3,028 in 2020
Top 3%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
15 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 32 comments about the project. Thread score +0.29.
Idea: 11 for, 3 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Version control and quick rebuilds make video editing easier
From 2 comments
Getting a real kick out of using Video Puppet. The idea of creating a video from assets and a script is not a new one, I first saw it in the context of Real Estate at a Kaltura…
worldofchris on HNI love this. I've been messing around with Premiere Pro and Audacity for the past couple of days trying to get more into making video. Video puppet looks way easier to debug and…
formalsystem on HN
Useful for tutorials and training videos
From 3 comments
Wow, really nice! I will try using this as an extra resource for teaching my coding classes.
cochne on HNWow, I may be biased because this fills a particular niche usecase for me, but this is truly incredible. I can't stand hearing the sound of my own voice, but do a lot of tutorial…
gavinray on HNI think this would be great for all the professors/teachers who suddenly have to teach courses online. If the lecture can be made beforehand, then the teacher can just focus on…
peter1125 on HN
Objections
Auto-generated voice enables content farm spam
From 2 comments
From a technology point of view, this is really cool. From the view of someone that occasionally watches videos on YouTube, I am trying to figure out a nice way to say... I hate…
gregmac on HNplease delete all those videos on the internet and just post the markdown. the only use case is spam.
0x006A on HN
Markdown is a poor fit for video scripting
From 1 comment
I'm not sure I see why you would want to base this on Markdown. Markdown is designed for a very specific niche, and this falls far outside that niche. It seems it would make a…
DagAgren on HN
Requests
Live preview before final render
From 2 comments
I could see this being really useful for creating product onboarding video tutorials - wondering if there's an ability to preview and edit/adjust before exporting the final video?
npollock on HNI don't know if technically possible, but live preview would be really cool. Maybe javascript rendering to canvas without the roundtrip to the server for encoding to mp4. Easier…
stjo on HN
Bulk upload via curl or Python
From 1 comment
I don't know if technically possible, but live preview would be really cool. Maybe javascript rendering to canvas without the roundtrip to the server for encoding to mp4. Easier…
stjo on HN
Use own recorded voice
From 1 comment
I love this. I've been messing around with Premiere Pro and Audacity for the past couple of days trying to get more into making video. Video puppet looks way easier to debug and…
formalsystem on HN
Questions
Pricing details
From 1 comment
Looks cool, love the idea of using version control for video content. No mention of pricing that I could find easily.
grantlmiller on HN
Whether it is open source
From 1 comment
Yes yes yes! I was literally thinking to implement this myself, but didn't have time. It's a shame doesn't appear to be open source though - I might still end up creating one.
bArray on HN
Alternatives named
Komposition
From 1 comment
I haven't gotten the chance to try it out yet, but an alternative in this space is Komposition, which bills itself as "a video editor built for screencasters". I gather that…
jez on HN
Kinetophone
From 1 comment
If this type of application interests you, have a look at: https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/kinetophone It is an application/shared library for Linux, released as free…
tir-kaval on HN
VideoScribe
From 1 comment
Nice and simple but there are videos that are easily made with hand-writing effect using https://www.videoscribe.co/. For example, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiybniIIvx0 is…
alpb on HN
Magisto
From 1 comment
Getting a real kick out of using Video Puppet. The idea of creating a video from assets and a script is not a new one, I first saw it in the context of Real Estate at a Kaltura…
worldofchris on HN