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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.

  • FFmpeg and ffprobe on PATH
  • Optional: ElevenLabs Scribe key as secret videouse-elevenlabs-api-key or ELEVENLABS_API_KEY (transcribe only)

Missing FFmpeg fail-closes. A missing key is a warning — inventory and render still work.

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.