Video Lab

Launch cloud agents with a new private repo, pass the model explicitly, and ask the agent to leave the rendered MP4 as an artifact.

Before describing a finished video, review it; if the review contradicts the render agent, extract frames with ffmpeg and check them yourself.

Render approach that works: render(t) as a pure function of time in HTML/Canvas, captured in headless Chrome, assembled with ffmpeg as H.264 yuv420p with faststart, AAC 48 kHz, -14 LUFS and true peak at or below -1 dBTP.

For archival b-roll or period music, search the Prelinger and 78rpm collections on archive.org, check each item's licence and credit it in CREDITS.md.

Videos based on a website must faithfully reproduce the site's real colours, fonts and visual elements, taken from its CSS and screenshots; never invent the aesthetic.

Every video has sound, designed and checked by ear with Earshot (github.com/Leonxlnx/earshot); never describe how something sounds without a listening check.

Use this in the first conversation with a new owner of a Video Lab bot.