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I am trying to build a cloud automation for making short tutorial videos... mainly with real screenshots, real screen recordings. Not those generic AI generated clips.

The main problem I was trying to solve was pretty simple.

If I use Claude Code to do generate a video, it can do pretty well. But my computer still has to be running, the browser has to be open, terminal etc. I wanted to move this whole thing to the cloud.

So I started building this with n8n and Claude connectors.

For screenshots I have been using Firecrawl and Browserless. Firecrawl is doing a pretty good job for taking screenshots from websites for every action. Even on some websites where you have Cloudflare in front of them, it can still work which I found pretty useful.

I have Heygen Hyperframes but it does work in cloud, the avatar video, the screenshots and hyperframes motion graphics never clipped together.

Also, another part comes when I need to interact with a website... for example, login and then take screenshots of something inside the website.

Firecrawl can do this with its interact mode, but it can burn through credits pretty quickly. So for a tutorial video workflow, the cost can become a problem.

And then there is another thing I am not completely comfortable with sharing my credentials on cloud-based browser.

If I need to log in to a website through a cloud browser, I have to think about where those credentials are going and how safe it really is.

I do not really want to give my personal login credentials to some cloud browser just so my automation can take a few screenshots.

So the automation itself is working pretty nicely... the main thing I am still trying to figure out is the best way to handle authenticated browser sessions in the cloud without making the whole thing expensive or risky.

I am trying to build a cloud automation for making short tutorial videos... mainly with real screenshots, real screen recordings. Not those generic AI generated clips.

The main problem I was trying to solve was pretty simple.

If I use Claude Code to do generate a video, it can do pretty well. But my computer still has to be running, the browser has to be open, terminal etc. I wanted to move this whole thing to the cloud.

So I started building this with n8n and Claude connectors.

For screenshots I have been using Firecrawl and Browserless. Firecrawl is doing a pretty good job for taking screenshots from websites for every action. Even on some websites where you have Cloudflare in front of them, it can still work which I found pretty useful.

I have Heygen Hyperframes but it does work in cloud, the avatar video, the screenshots and hyperframes motion graphics never clipped together.

Also, another part comes when I need to interact with a website... for example, login and then take screenshots of something inside the website.

Firecrawl can do this with its interact mode, but it can burn through credits pretty quickly. So for a tutorial video workflow, the cost can become a problem.

And then there is another thing I am not completely comfortable with sharing my credentials on cloud-based browser.

If I need to log in to a website through a cloud browser, I have to think about where those credentials are going and how safe it really is.

I do not really want to give my personal login credentials to some cloud browser just so my automation can take a few screenshots.

So the automation itself is working pretty nicely... the main thing I am still trying to figure out is the best way to handle authenticated browser sessions in the cloud without making the whole thing expensive or risky.

I run an OTT platform.

So far we have produced horizontal content. And that's going well.

But I have noticed vertical formats are really blowing up now. Platforms like ReelShort, DramaBox, ShortMax, they are doing really well. So we added vertical video support with a no code builder. Player and UI are ready.

Problem is content. We need premium vertical short-form content. I reached out to some providers but they are not ready to sell the exclusive content to my offer.

I want short episodes, 1-3 min, with big hooks. But most of what I find online is just UGC or low-budget stuff. Could not find that cinematic quality we want.

We are small. We can't do a big upfront Minimum Guarantee (MG) deal. Right now, we can't spend tens of thousands per series.

So, I want to know where do I find B2B marketplaces for this kind of content and for smaller platform like us? do they deal for AVOD/SVOD rev share? Or low-MG plus backend split?

also, thinking should I directly approach production houses or webnovel platforms to adapt IP, and split costs instead?

If you have done content sourcing for vertical OTT, please help.

I run an OTT platform.

So far we have produced horizontal content. And that's going well.

But I have noticed vertical formats are really blowing up now. Platforms like ReelShort, DramaBox, ShortMax, they are doing really well. So we added vertical video support with Muvi shorts. Player and UI are ready.

Problem is content. We need premium vertical short-form content. I reached out to some providers but they are not ready to sell the exclusive content to my offer.

I want short episodes, 1-3 min, with big hooks. But most of what I find online is just UGC or low-budget stuff. Could not find that cinematic quality we want.

We are small. We can't do a big upfront Minimum Guarantee (MG) deal. Right now, we can't spend tens of thousands per series.

So, I want to know where do I find B2B marketplaces for this kind of content and for smaller platform like us? do they deal for AVOD/SVOD rev share? Or low-MG plus backend split?

also, thinking should I directly approach production houses or webnovel platforms to adapt IP, and split costs instead?

If you have done content sourcing for vertical OTT, please help.

I run an OTT platform.

So far we have produced horizontal content. And that's going well.

But I have noticed vertical formats are really blowing up now. Platforms like ReelShort, DramaBox, ShortMax, they are doing really well. So we added vertical video support with Muvi shorts. Player and UI are ready.

Problem is content. We need premium vertical short-form content. I reached out to some providers but they are not ready to sell the exclusive content to my offer.

I want short episodes, 1-3 min, with big hooks. But most of what I find online is just UGC or low-budget stuff. Could not find that cinematic quality we want.

We are small. We can't do a big upfront Minimum Guarantee (MG) deal. Right now, we can't spend tens of thousands per series.

So, I want to know where do I find B2B marketplaces for this kind of content and for smaller platform like us? do they deal for AVOD/SVOD rev share? Or low-MG plus backend split?

also, thinking should I directly approach production houses or webnovel platforms to adapt IP, and split costs instead?

If you have done content sourcing for vertical OTT, please help.

We run a video streaming app (AVOD). We have automated most of our pipeline like metadata generation, video processing, social posting etc., with our in-house AI system. What we are missing is a human checkpoint before anything goes live.

The Role

We have decided on this brand-new position. The responsibilities at its core: you sit between our AI system and publication. This may evolve later. Right now, our automated system drafts metadata, processes video, and prepares content for our platform and social channels. For this role, you review it before it goes out.

What you will actually do:

• Review AI-generated metadata for accuracy before it's published
• Spot-check videos for technical issues (playback breaks, buffering, sync problems) before customers do
• Flag anything that raises a compliance issues
• Escalate anything you can not resolve to the content, design, or tech team
• Attend a daily morning team meeting

What you will NOT find in this role:

• No high volume tasks, so no workload.
• We will not monitor you every minute. You have your full independence.
• Supportive team members.
• Not a part-time gig.

Requirements

• Reliable internet connection
• A laptop or desktop computer (we will provide all equipment only after the training period)
• Responsible and clear communication
• No prior experience required (but it is not a side-hustle).

Training & Trial Period

• 3-month trial period for validating the role
• Move to permanent posting after three months.

Pay: £300/month for 28 hours work per week.

To Apply Send me a DM with:

• A short intro
• Your time zone
• Are you comfortable in a face to face virtual meeting?

We run a video streaming app (AVOD). We have automated most of our pipeline like metadata generation, video processing, social posting etc., with our in-house AI system. What we are missing is a human checkpoint before anything goes live.

The Role

We have decided this brand-new position. The responsibilities at its core: you sit between our AI system and publication. This may evolve later. Right now, our automated system drafts metadata, processes video, and prepares content for our platform and social channels. For this role, you review it before it goes out. It is a full-time role and remote.

What you will actually do:

• Review AI-generated metadata for accuracy before it's published
• Spot-check videos for technical issues (playback breaks, buffering, sync problems) before customers do
• Flag anything that raises a compliance issues
• Escalate anything you can not resolve to the content, design, or tech team
• Attend a daily morning team meeting

What you will NOT find in this role:

• No high volume tasks, so no workload.
• We will not monitor you every minutes. You have your full independence.
• Supportive team members.
• Not a part-time gig.

Requirements

• Reliable internet connection
• A laptop or desktop computer (we will provide all equipment only after the training period)
• Responsible and clear communication
• No prior experience required (but it is not a side-hustle).

Training & Trial Period

• 3-month trial period for validating the role
• Move to permanent posting after three months.

Pay: £800/month for 28 hours work per week.

To Apply Send me a DM with:

• A short intro
• Your time zone
• Are you comfortable in a face to face virtual meeting?

I am looking for advice on automating a content management for a small project.

Context: I recently launched a short-form vertical video app (think like DramaBox). My app is in its early stage.  Very small audience (invite only). I built it with a lot of help from Claude Code and a couple of developer friends.

They set up the frontend on AWS and content layer on Muvi as the CMS. Before we were using Vimeo OTT fully. Now Muvi hosts, stores, and manages my video content. It also exposes a REST API via Muvi's developer's platform that I use to pull content into my own app.

Let me tell you why I am stuck now. As I mentioned we previously used Vimeo OTT and automated content complete content pipeline, and it worked well. But the person who built that automation was one of my tech partners. He is not part of a formal team, and he is no longer available to help.

Since we switched to Muvi, I honestly don't know exactly how the old Vimeo automation was done. I am not a core developer myself. I am more of a vibe code guy, understands the architecture but can't build all of it solo.

So right now, we manually upload and manage content on Muvi. Like new episodes, metadata, publishing,  and more, I don't even an idea.

Has anyone automated a similar pipeline with any OTT platform? If you can help please don't hesitate approach.

Should we go with custom script or any no code tools like n8n or Make?

Appreciate any pointers 🙏

I am looking for advice on automating a content management for a small project.

Context: I recently launched a short-form vertical video app (think like DramaBox). My app is in its early stage.  Very small audience (invite only). I built it with a lot of help from Claude Code and a couple of developer friends.

They set up the frontend on AWS and content layer on Muvi as the CMS. Before we were using Vimeo OTT fully. Now Muvi hosts, stores, and manages my video content. It also exposes a REST API via Muvi's developer's platform that I use to pull content into my own app.

Let me tell you why I am stuck now. As I mentioned we previously used Vimeo OTT and automated content complete content pipeline, and it worked well. But the person who built that automation was one of my tech partners. He is not part of a formal team, and he is no longer available to help.

Since we switched to Muvi, I honestly don't know exactly how the old Vimeo automation was done. I am not a core developer myself. I am more of a vibe code guy, understands the architecture but can't build all of it solo.

So right now, we manually upload and manage content on Muvi. Like new episodes, metadata, publishing,  and more, I don't even an idea.

Has anyone automated a similar pipeline with any OTT platform? If you can help please don't hesitate approach.

Should we go with custom script or any node code tools?

Appreciate any pointers 🙏

I am looking for advice on automating a content management for a small project.

Context: I recently launched a short-form vertical video app (think like DramaBox). My app is in its early stage.  Very small audience (invite only). I built it with a lot of help from Claude Code and a couple of developer friends.

They set up the frontend on AWS and content layer on Muvi as the CMS. Before we were using Vimeo OTT fully. Now Muvi hosts, stores, and manages my video content. It also exposes a REST API via Muvi's developer's platform that I use to pull content into my own app.

Let me tell you why I am stuck now. As I mentioned we previously used Vimeo OTT and automated content complete content pipeline, and it worked well. But the person who built that automation was one of my tech partners. He is not part of a formal team, and he is no longer available to help.

Since we switched to Muvi, I honestly don't know exactly how the old Vimeo automation was done. I am not a core developer myself. I am more of a vibe code guy, understands the architecture but can't build all of it solo.

So right now, we manually upload and manage content on Muvi. Like new episodes, metadata, publishing,  and more, I don't even an idea.

Has anyone automated a similar pipeline with any OTT platform? If you can help please don't hesitate approach.

Should we go with custom script or any node code tools like n8n?

Appreciate any pointers 🙏

I run a short film app on Vimeo OTT and host my membership videos on Vimeo. But now, I want to switch.

For me, Vimeo's pricing and support are very rough. I have been watching this subreddit for a couple of weeks now to get a solid solution for me.

I came to know about Lipid from this community, but it only handles standard video hosting, not OTT. I don't want to stitch together multiple tools. I would rather have one platform that can handle both OTT and standard web hosting.

Unfortunately, I am still confused about which platform I should migrate to.

I came to know about a few platforms like Muvi. They have Muvi One, which handles the OTT side, and Muvi Flex for video hosting. This is close to what I want, but I could not find enough information about Muvi Flex.

Then I came to know about Uscreen. I watched their YouTube channel, and from my research, they are good at hosting paid memberships, but again, I'm not sure about OTT.

I ruled out Brightcove, as you know, it is owned by the same company as Vimeo.

From my network, I was suggested to use either VdoCipher or Dacast.

Do you have any recommendations or platform suggestions, looking at my current situation?

I created and deployed an MCP server for Claude. I built it using Claude itself. It's basic job is to retrieve the transcript of a YouTube video.

Initially, I built a complete Node.js MCP server and deployed it on my Coolify instance. But, it did not work because the requests were getting blocked by YouTube. I am not exactly sure why.

Then I used a proxy using a Cloudflare Worker. So, Claude sends a request to my MCP server, my server forwards it to the Cloudflare Worker, the Worker retrieve the transcript, sends it back to my server, and my server returns it to Claude. It was working, until.

Now it is not working. When I checked logs in my server I can see the incoming requests, but I don't see any thing in the Cloudflare Worker. I am not sure whether Cloudflare is blocking the request or if something else is broken.

In Claude desktop I can see MCP server is connected but it makes me waiting for minutes and then 'no transcript'.

How should I debug this?

I have tried other open-source severs, I see the same issues.

Any help would be appreciated.

I need an ai tool that can help me automate generating compliance-related elements in videos. Let's say I want to put disclaimers in certain section, put warnings, blur some area or mute a part of audio, so for that is there any tools available.

I found few options like Synthesia but it is very limited, I don't think it can meet my requirements. I also found Truecomply which is also ai compliance tool for videos but for mid-market and enterprise. One more I found caseguard which is for enterprise.

At the moment I am using capcut pro's ai feautues just for tracking some blur sections. It is very limited, time taking and you have to do scene by scene.

Do you know any such tools which is not enterprise-focused and also less expensive?