Video Use
What this is for. Video Use turns ingested clips plus an EDL into an MP4. EYAS reimplements the open-source video-use hard rules in TypeScript (MIT). It does not vendor librosa or Manim.
Requirements
Section titled “Requirements”- FFmpeg and ffprobe on PATH
- Optional: ElevenLabs Scribe key as secret
videouse-elevenlabs-api-keyorELEVENLABS_API_KEY(transcribe only)
Missing FFmpeg fail-closes. A missing key is a warning — inventory and render still work.
Agent tools
Section titled “Agent tools”| Tool | Job |
|---|---|
videouse_status | Doctor |
videouse_create | sources/ + edit/ |
videouse_ingest | Copy local files into sources/ |
videouse_inventory | ffprobe durations |
videouse_transcribe | Scribe, cached |
videouse_pack | edit/takes_packed.md |
videouse_write | edl.json, project.md, SRT |
videouse_lint | EDL schema |
videouse_render | MP4; ingest to Documents |
videouse_list | Projects and jobs |
Confirm a cut strategy with the user before writing ranges. Overlays can be Hyperframes renders.