r/aitubers

What ai app are you guys use to make long videos like 6 mins video?

For free if it's possible.

I'm starting another YouTube channel, but this time I want to use AI voiceover instead of my voice. My question is: will it ever get monetized? Or will YouTube reject monetization?

I think it's one use case that makes sense and it's not too annoying as it's about tech and the goal is informative.

I want to check before putting tons of effort for months into it, so any suggestion or info here is welcome.

I'll obviously declare that there is AI in the video when I upload it

I have been running open-weight video models locally for quite some time; to me managing the hardware limits is the most challenging part, to say the least. Feeding complex generation pipelines into local node setups crashes my graphics card. On the other hand, moving to standard cloud platforms is just as annoying because you have to constantly upload and juggle heavy reference files across different tabs.

I dug through forums on reddit to see how people run it without overloading their GPUs. Some posts have mentioned the MiniMax Design desktop app, which lets you orchestrate your production workflow inside a native app, offloading the heavy H3 model generation to the cloud so it stops blowing up your local GPU. I downloaded it to see if I could get my workflow out of the browser, and it ended up bridging the gap ok, though it is definitely not at all rosy.

It does this by packaging all its capabilities into a full production workflow, from idea to final deliverable by indexing and handling local reference images and audio on the machine like a normal desktop agent. H3 then generates video with audio in one pass,

However, there are some real trade-offs to running a hybrid setup. With its limitations on its UI, you lose the low-level control that you may get from a node-based interface. If you are someone who likes to inject custom code into the rendering pipeline or wire up highly specific custom nodes, this will be restrictive. Essentially, you are trading off control with a streamlined production. You also have to be mindful as though the pay by the meter usage is lighter than a dedicated cloud virtual machine, it still adds up. So liberally testing loose ideas will end up costing you.

To me it is still a pragmatic middle ground if you have hardware limitations (many of us do).

Is anyone playing around with mixed AI + real content?

I commented on another post about how I think that's an interesting style to explore.

I've only ever seen it on one big channel (an ambience channel). They stopped doing it because their viewers preferred 100% real video and audio.

I avoid watching AI content on youtube, but I'd be more receptive to a mixed approach that doesn't come across as deceptive.

AI generated visuals and sounds have a funny character about them that could play into the real content -- I think viewers just get irked when the AI content is presented as though it's real. Or when it's too front and center, in your face.

I run a channel too, so I know how time-consuming the generation side can become.

Do you still create everything yourself, or have you hired someone to help with images, video generations, character consistency, prompting, or editing?

If you hired someone, how did you pay them—per clip, per completed video, hourly, or monthly? I’m curious about the rough rates too.

I also work on AI video projects, so I’m interested in understanding this from both sides.

i have recently joined this group and i am curious to find right tools for my youtube faceless channel. but as i am searching the group i am finding more and more promotion or certain tools rather than genuine tool recommendation or reviews
i am looking to use the followig tools. please suggest if its the right set of tool for my finance and history channels

chat gpt/claude (script writing)..... invideo (video generation)...... elevan labs (voice over)

Asking this to see demand for editing videos like these. Mostly YouTube automation, and I know YouTube has been cracking down on ai content, but as far as I know, higher quality content, with some human creation integrated, can still be monetized. So I’m just trying to see what the community for these YouTubers is like and if there are new ones still starting to this day.

I have been running a ranking channel for about a week now. I’ve heard a lot of noise about it not being monetisable AT ALL. Is this coming from people who don’t put any effort into transforming their videos or is this genuinely true?
I add ai commentary and opinions with a character and lots of sound effects and visual effects to transform, is there a chance this could be monetised? Is seems like it’s the same amount of ‘unoriginality’ as the commentary niche which doesn’t seem to get hated on as much. Let me know your thoughts :)

I spent far too long treating every AI video like it had to be a clever little masterpiece.

The result was normally three unfinished prompts, six open tabs and nothing posted.

Before I make one now, I check three things:

1. Does the first frame or line stop the scroll?

2. Does it make someone feel anything?

3. Would they actually send it to someone?

Hook, emotion, shareability.

The useful bit is that it forces me to fix the idea before I waste time polishing the video.

A weak opening means the hook needs work.

People watch but do not react means it probably made them feel nothing.

People tag a mate means you gave it a reason to travel.

I still like polished work. I just no longer pretend polishing is the same as learning.

What do you check before you hit generate or post?

Back in June, I started a faceless YouTube channel focused on AI animated comedy. So far, the channel has gained over 60 subscribers. One video hit 31,000 views, and another reached 11,000 views. I promised myself I would keep making content for a full year, and I fully intend to stick to that plan. Even though I understand channel growth will naturally be slow after only two months, my motivation is fading.

​My lack of motivation has nothing to do with the workload. I actually love editing videos. It is my true passion. I ran a successful YouTube channel 10 years ago, but I stepped away after the first year. I still genuinely enjoy creating videos. This time, I chose to use AI and remain anonymous because I have a career that I do not want to risk.

​I love comedy and skits, so that is exactly what I want my channel to be about. Comedy always evolves, and it keeps up perfectly with current trends. I have a blast when I am editing, and I love the creative process behind it. For example, I came up with an idea about what robberies will look like five years from now. I had a clear picture in my head and used AI to bring the whole thing to life. It came out really well, and I was surprised. The editing blended everything together nicely. I know there is real creativity in what I do.

​However, it is hard to push forward when the majority of people refuse to support it. The lack of motivation comes from the negative backlash against AI, especially when it involves artistic work. YouTube is a platform built for creators and artists. When you use AI for art, it is heavily frowned upon. People call it "AI slop" and refuse to watch it because they believe AI is bad for the community.

​I love AI, but it seems like the artistic side might never receive positive feedback. That is my main concern. I am using AI on a content platform where art is always involved. I think people are much more accepting of using AI for tools like research, school, or work. When it comes to art, that is where people draw the line. I also struggle with the fact that these AI models learn from real artists who do not get credit or get paid. My high expectations are colliding with a harsh reality, and I honestly do not know what to do next.

​What are your thoughts on this situation, and how would you handle it?

Firstly, it's all in the algorithm. And it sets extremely unrealistic expectations for beginners. (Of course like anything there's things you can do to mitigate this, but I digress).

I can't say how many dozens of posts I see where people are saying "what am I doing wrong?" Or "how does X, Y, or Z channel get so many views after A, B, and C months?"

First of all, you come across these channels because of the algorithm in the first place. But keep in mind there's tens of thousands, if not more, AI channels that you'll never see because they're not getting any views. This is where most of the AI YouTube channels fall.

Even IF you're doing everything extremely well, it's still hard because everyone else is trying to use YouTube as a money maker too.

I'll say this: I ran a semi successful AI YouTube channel for a few months then gave up on it. Why? It's extremely hard to keep up with the trends and constantly think of the ideas to grow the channel even if you know what you're doing. And it's luck too. There's a whole slew of competition. There's always going to be channels that grow faster, one's that explode. You should NOT being doing this with that expectation. It also creates a "leash" on you. You're going to want more and more views. First it's "I made 1,000 subs, now I want 5K, then 10K, etc." And if you do, and it does feel good, you're going to probably become obsessed with views. I'm aware this true for YouTub-ing in general. The reason i mentioned it here is because people do AI YouTube channels for a different reason, not to share their lives, but for money. Meaning, it's probably not something you're passionate about. Although I could be wrong.

Anyways, patience is something I wish more people had too. For me I tried it because it was interesting. Not for the money. So I had no expectations there and it grew to my surprise. But it slowly changes your psyche as you get more into it.

With that being said, my first piece of advice is don't do it. What I learned is that once you realize how much time you put into it, trying to make the quality perfect, maintain it, make the AI voice over natural, keep the content entertaining (or useful in some way to the viewers) you also then realize maybe you'd rather just invest into yourself and do something else. Do something YOU enjoy, that's authentic to YOU. If so just stop here share it. People will watch it.

If you truly do love this (and you must if want you to be successful) and it's your genuine passion, then fine - more power to you. But it seems like a lot of people do it for the wrong reasons - i.e. money. Not to say it's silly to try and leverage technology to your benefit, but, because it's not what you think it is. You'll get bored of it, probably stop it anyways if you don't love it, like anything else really.

If you truly do love the idea of being an AI tuber and want my genuine advice - it's this:

Do something unique. The world doesn't need more copycat AI slop. And even if it's good, it doesn't matter. They've already seen a billion other things like it, probably better than yours (no offense).

You'll want to keep people's attention so be creative. Don't just regurgitate what others do. Whether there's a story, a certain character style, or theme, there needs to be a reason for viewers to want to return.

Do NOT do something that's un natural to you. Find what you love, and figure out a way to create content with it. It's why non AI YouTubers are successful. Plus if it's not natural to you you'll probably give up. Doing something you're passionate about makes the work seem like fun. That's what it should be.

Anyways, not trying sound rude here, just have seen so many posts about this lately and thought I'd share my perspective.

I could use some advice on monetization and how all that works. For one - I have a vid that says potential earning limitation, does it disappear or does it just not count? What are their IP rules when it comes to AI? I'd hate to try and monetize and there be a problem and they just delete everything or something. Any good sources of info on this? What should I know about it?

Need help from you guys to suggest on tools that would support bulk video and image generation.
Any suggestion is appreciated.

started with one dumb experiment last year and now im up to eight different faceless tiktok accounts all running on autopilot. none of them show my face, all of them post daily, and together they throw off enough affiliate and product revenue that its basically replaced my old 9 to 5. the boring secret is i stopped trying to be creative every single day. instead i built a tiny repeatable system and the income just compounds while i do other stuff.

i pick one core topic per channel and never deviate. breakup brainrot on the first, police interrogation style on the second, simple money tips on the third. the ai does the rest. for the actual video creation i lean on easyviral ai mainly for the one click generation and built in scheduling which lets me load up a weeks worth in twenty minutes. still use canva for the occasional custom overlay because their ai stuff can look too clean sometimes.

biggest lesson so far is dont chase virality. just post consistently in the same narrow lane and the algorithm starts feeding the right people. four of the accounts are already past 50k followers each and two crossed 1k a day in earnings last month. the other four are still climbing but the passive part is real once the systems in place. anyone else scaling multiple like this?

Posting this because i see a lot of "how do you decide what to make" questions here and my answer changed a lot this year.

I stopped browsing for ideas entirely. instead i watch about 15 channels in my niche, and every morning i look at one screen that tells me which of their uploads are outperforming that channel's own average not raw views, views per day since upload, measured against that channel's median. A 3k-sub channel doing 4x their normal is a far stronger signal than a big channel's regular upload, because at that size nothing but the topic and the hook could have carried it.

That gives me maybe 2-5 videos worth looking at on any given day, out of everything those channels posted.

Then i pick one and pull the transcript, and this is the part that actually matters: i'm not looking for what the video said, i'm looking for what its audience asked for in the comments and never got. That gap is the video i make. same proven demand, not a reupload of someone else's idea.

From there it's a scene-by-scene script where every scene already has its visual direction written into it, so there's no hunting for b-roll afterward and the script is the shot list. narration goes to TTS, visual prompts go to the video tool, and i'm editing within the hour.

The whole thing from "what do i make" to "i have a shootable script" is about 10 minutes now. It used to eat at least a few hours.

Happy to go into any part of this in more detail if it's useful. The outlier maths especially, that took the longest to get right.

I’m looking for something where I can give it a single idea or script and it figures out the video for me — scenes, visuals, characters, narration/dialogue, music, SFX, etc.
For example:

“Create a 60-second cinematic story about a young astronaut stranded on Mars, with two characters, emotional dialogue and atmospheric background music.”

Ideally it would generate the complete video automatically, but also let me review/edit individual scenes, prompts, characters, audio or music if I want more control.
I’m interested in different use cases too — narrated/explainer videos, stories with dialogue, videos with just music, cinematic shorts, music-driven videos, etc.

I’ve tried/checked out tools like Higgsfield and OpenArt. They come fairly close on the visual side, but I haven’t found the overall audio/music workflow and the way everything comes together into one finished video quite as seamless as I’d like.
Is there anything else I should try? What have you actually used, and how well did it work for you?

Random question here and I bet you most people are just doing short videos or short form. But I’m wondering if anybody is doing something cinematic and narrative episodic even? Something longer than seven minutes?

Or, if somebody is doing things with a real camera and AI? My guess is everybody is just doing pure prompting but I was wondering if anybody’s doing hybrid stuff. If so, wanna share some work and chat?

Looking for 5 people to break something I built

I run a few faceless channels — PagesMissing, WonderQuark, and a daily AI news one. Like most of you I got tired of the pipeline: write, generate art, generate voice, cut it together, caption it, upload it. So I built a thing that does the whole run from a topic, and I've been using it on my own channels for months.

It works well enough that I want people who aren't me to try and break it.

I'm after 5 testers. Not a beta list, not a waitlist — 5 people I'll actually talk to.

What I'm looking for:

- You already run a faceless channel, or you're seriously starting one

- You'll actually make videos with it, not sign up and vanish

- You'll tell me when something is bad. That's the whole job. "This felt annoying" is a complete bug report

What you get:

- Two months free, enough for a video a day on one channel

- Every unfinished feature before anyone else, because that's what I need eyes on

- Direct line to me. You report something, you'll usually see it fixed that week

What I'm not offering: a lifetime free account. It's two months, then it's a normal paid product and you can decide if it's worth it. I'd rather say that up front than surprise you.

Fair warning on what it's not: it's built for making a lot of decent videos consistently, not one perfect one. If you're chasing a single cinematic masterpiece this isn't your tool.

DM me if you want in. Tell me what your channel is about and roughly how often you post. I'll come back to everyone either way.

hey, I'm not a content creator, I'm a developer building a youtube shorts automation system using AI agents. improving the pipeline little by little and testing content as I go.

wanted some feedback on the output quality. everything's automated, from script writing to the Youtube upload itself. I just give one agent a series/topic and in about 10 min the short is ready. I can run 10s of agents in parallel to scale throughput.

curious if this content is monetizable, or could be once I improve the automation more.

I'm considering buying a Storyblocks subscription from an unofficial website. It's a shared account and significantly cheaper than buying directly from the official Storyblocks site. What are the risks of using this kind of account to create YouTube videos?
Could this lead to copyright strikes on my channel?