video-starter-kit
Creative
video editor
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How HN took it
4 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 8 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Idea: 2 for, 3 againstExecution: 2 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 3 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
UI looks fantastic and the project is fun to use
From 2 comments
Thank you for open sourcing the project, the UI looks fantastic. I noticed that several comments have mentioned the potential to improve functionality by allowing users to…
lastdong on HNWow, that's so fun. Just upload and generate assets super easily... queue the next one while it's working.
voiper1 on HN
Good to see Remotion used in such projects
From 1 comment
great stuff! nice to see that remotion is becoming more popular on such projects.
yigitkonur35 on HN
Objections
Editor lacks basic video editing features like transport controls and trimming
From 2 comments
It is quite clear by the result that you've spent all of your time/effort building some front end to genAI vs making a video editor. As of now, I see very little that looks like…
dylan604 on HNand you found that link how? am I just missing it in TFA? Edit: What do the buttons next to the play/pause button do? Typically, I'd expect to frame advance, or jump to next the…
dylan604 on HN
Seen as a thin UI built to sell fal.ai's closed backend
From 2 comments
Open source part is just a thin layer of UI. Built to peddle their closed backend, which is built on others' open source work. Nice.
peppertree on HNFal wants to sell compute, and since they're straggling behind the compute-as-an-API leaders they've attached their cart to the art, image, and video subset of the market. They…
echelon on HN
Demo is premature and generation focus misrepresents it as a video editor
From 1 comment
It is quite clear by the result that you've spent all of your time/effort building some front end to genAI vs making a video editor. As of now, I see very little that looks like…
dylan604 on HN
Remotion licensing prohibits free commercial use of output
From 1 comment
Thanks for posting it! Remotion does look really cool for in-browser video editing. People should note that you can’t make free-to-use software with Remotion. It is a paid…
dgreensp on HN
Requests
Allow local or alternative AI models in place of the fal.ai backend
From 2 comments
Thank you for open sourcing the project, the UI looks fantastic. I noticed that several comments have mentioned the potential to improve functionality by allowing users to…
lastdong on HNCall me thick, but it's like back in the day, rich bored person goes to an artist and says "paint me this and that". Except now the "rich" person calls themselves an artist and…
varispeed on HN
Timeline scrubbing, drag and drop, and spacebar play/pause
From 2 comments
this looks great! I would like standard timeline scrup, drag-drop etc. Some eta on how long a generation will likely take.
asadm on HNSecond on timeline scrub (move timeline position depending on x position of click on timeline) and drag and drop asset from media into timeline. Also spacebar is usually a basic…
kfarr on HN
AI-free editing features such as exposure fixing and alignment
From 1 comment
someone please add "AI Video Editing". I don't care about generating assets with AI. scrolling frame by frame through hours of hundreds of tiny videos, fixing their exposure,…
nikolayasdf123 on HN
Dockerfile for easy setup
From 1 comment
Please add a dockerfile to generate a docker image that makes it easy to setup and test
wanderingmind on HN
Demo video on the GitHub page
From 2 comments
hey man cool thing, one advice, add a video on the GitHub page that shows how the thing works.
rebalh on HNAm I missing a demo video or anything, or is the only way to see it to install and run it? The only thing I'm seeing is the poster image with what I'm assuming is a very cropped…
dylan604 on HN
Questions
Can the video editor UI be used as a standalone package
From 1 comment
Wow, very impressive. Is there any way to use the video editor UI component in a package, separately from the rest of this project?
popalchemist on HN
How long a generation takes
From 1 comment
this looks great! I would like standard timeline scrup, drag-drop etc. Some eta on how long a generation will likely take.
asadm on HN
Is it similar to RunwayML
From 1 comment
I was just looking for something like this, is this similar to RunwayML and their editor?
satvikpendem on HN
Where is the FFmpeg source code
From 1 comment
Great release , where is the source code for FFMPEG library used?
Jayakumark on HN
Alternatives named
RunwayML
From 1 comment
I was just looking for something like this, is this similar to RunwayML and their editor?
satvikpendem on HN
Remotion
From 1 comment
you can use remotion which this project is using
newusertoday on HN
ComfyUI and Invoke
From 1 comment
Fal wants to sell compute, and since they're straggling behind the compute-as-an-API leaders they've attached their cart to the art, image, and video subset of the market. They…
echelon on HN