u/GreyDoesAI

Auteur starting page

Auteur main workspace

I’ve spent the last six months building a desktop app called Auteur, and I’m finally at the point where I’d like to let people try it and give feedback.

The basic idea is simple: Auteur helps find moments in long-form videos that might be worth turning into short-form clips. So if you work with podcasts, commentary videos, streams, gaming videos, interviews, or other long videos, the goal is to make it easier to find usable moments without manually scrubbing through the whole timeline.

One thing I want to be clear about is that it runs locally. It uses local speech-to-text and local LLM tools rather than sending your video/audio off somewhere. It currently supports Whisper and Qwen ASR for transcription, along with local models like Qwen 2.5 7B and Gemma 2 2B for machines that need something lighter.

Privacy-wise, Auteur does not track user data or analyze usage. The only thing it checks is whether a valid license exists. The actual video/audio processing happens on the user’s machine.

Performance will obviously depend on your hardware, but on my system with an RTX 3080, it usually runs around 3–5x faster than watching the footage in real time.

The app itself is basically done, but I’ve been stuck on the less exciting business side of selling it. A lot of platforms want proof of previous sales, a bigger online presence, or some kind of purchase history before they approve you. So instead of sitting on it forever, I’m releasing a limited demo first so people can actually try the workflow and tell me what does or does not work.

The main thing I’m looking for right now is honest feedback. I’m not really looking for hype or empty praise. I want to know what feels confusing, what feels useful, what feels unnecessary, and whether the core idea actually helps with a real editing workflow.

The demo is limited, so I want to be upfront about that. It is not the full paid release. It has limited exports and uses the default prompt setup, so it is more of a public feedback build than the final version.

The full version already has more features built in, including a built-in editor, auto-generated subtitles, unlimited clip exports, editable prompts, batch exporting, and some other workflow improvements I want to keep expanding over time.

I know people in AI/dev spaces can sometimes have the reaction of “I could probably build this myself,” and honestly, fair enough. But the goal with Auteur is less “AI can find clips” and more “this workflow is packaged into a usable tool so creators do not have to duct-tape a bunch of separate tools together.”

So if anyone here edits long-form content, makes clips, works with podcasts or streams, or just likes testing indie software, I’d really appreciate honest thoughts.

Good feedback, bad feedback, harsh feedback, all of it is useful right now. That is the main reason I’m sharing the demo before doing a proper full release.

I’ll avoid dropping links unless allowed, but I can share more info in the comments.

starting page for Auteur

Main workspace

I spent the last six months (or so) building a desktop app called Auteur, and I’m finally at the point where I feel as though its ready to be tested. it uses only local tools to make all of this work

The short version is that Auteur is meant to help find short-form clips from long-form videos. So if you have a podcast, commentary video, stream, gaming video, interview, or really anything long-form, the idea is that Auteur can help point you toward moments that might be worth turning into clips instead of making you manually scrub through everything yourself.

it uses STT models whisper and Qwen ASR, and qwen 2.57b and Gemma 2-2b for lower end PC's

The app is basically done, but I’ve been stuck on the boring business side of actually selling it. A lot of the platforms I wanted to use want either proof of previous sales, a larger online presence, or some kind of purchase history before they’ll approve me. So rather than just keep sitting on it, I figured I’d release a limited demo first and see what people think.

The main thing I’m looking for right now is feedback. Not hype, not fake praise, not “this is perfect” or anything like that. I genuinely want to know how it feels to use, what parts are confusing, what parts seem useful, what seems unnecessary, and whether the core idea actually helps with a real editing workflow.

The demo is limited, so I want to be upfront about that. It’s not meant to be the full paid release. Right now it’s more of a way to test the main workflow and see what people think of the app itself. It has limited exports and uses the default prompt setup, so it is more of a public feedback/demo build than the final version I plan to release later.

i already have the full version done that has a built in editor that also auto generates subtitles. export as many clips as you like, change the prompt, export all the clips at once, and with the intent to add more later.

I know AI/dev spaces can sometimes have the reaction of “I could probably build this myself,” and honestly, fair enough. But my goal with Auteur is less “look, AI can find clips” and more “here is a workflow that is already packaged into a usable tool so creators do not have to duct-tape a bunch of stuff together themselves.”

So if anyone here edits long-form content, makes clips, works with podcasts, streams, commentary videos, or just likes testing weird indie software, I’d really appreciate honest feedback.

Good feedback, bad feedback, harsh feedback, whatever. That’s honestly the whole reason I’m posting it right now.

please message me if you want the link to any of it!