videos/, 5 YouTube thumbs at thumbs/, and complete upload metadata at YOUTUBE_METADATA.md. Click any thumbnail below to play inline. Or grab the MP4s directly and drag into YouTube Studio (5 minutes total).
🎬 Watch Inline
Click any card to open the player.
Emma
Liam
Marcus
Sarah
Zoe
📋 Plan & Channel Docs
📄 YouTube Metadata (titles / descs / tags)
📈 Channel Plan (revenue math, Year-1 roadmap)
🎬 Video Template (30s script format)
📝 Description Library
⚙️ Daily Workflow (cron + automation)
📘 README
🎯 How these were built (so you can do 365/year)
- Cover: MiniMax
image-01from a single prompt per child (name + palette + scene). ~30 sec each. - Slideshow:
zoompanfilter in ffmpeg gives a 10% slow zoom-in over 30 sec, 1280×720, 30fps. - Music: C-major arpeggio (4 layered sine waves + tremolo + aecho reverb) for a soft celebratory chime.
- Fade: 1.5-sec fade-in at start, 2-sec fade-out at end — professional polish.
- Total cost per video: $0 (only the cover image uses an API call).
- Pipeline:
~/ai-server/scripts/birthday_slideshow.sh— rerun anytime. - Scale: 1/day × 365 days = a full alphabet covered by next August.
🚦 Upload to YouTube (5 minutes)
- Open YouTube Studio → Create → Upload videos.
- Drag in
videos/<name>_birthday.mp4(all 5 are under 2 MB). - Copy title + description from
YOUTUBE_METADATA.md. - Custom thumbnail: drag in
thumbs/<name>_thumb.jpg. - Audience: "Yes, made for kids" → age group 1–5 (children's content).
- Visibility: Public for ranking, Unlisted for first launches.
- Publish — first 5 videos unlock the channel for monetization enroll.
Auto-upload via OAuth (5-min setup): ~/ai-server/scripts/yt_upload.py. Currently needs shebang fix per the 2026-06-26 lesson.
Crafted 2026-08-28 · Covers via minimax/image-01 · Videos via local ffmpeg · Zero production cost