I've seen those videos around for a few years now. Altough the one linked in the...

zootam · on April 13, 2018

1. set up scrapers to get the filler content- text and video/audio

2. read text using text to speech, produce audio file

3. use a library like https://pypi.python.org/pypi/moviepy to combine them

4. auto upload to youtube

5. profit!

laythea · on April 13, 2018

Its more like:

1. hope and dream of success

2. set up scrapers to get the filler content- text and video/audio

3. read text using text to speech, produce audio file

4. use a library like https://pypi.python.org/pypi/moviepy to combine them

5. auto upload to youtube

6. get depressed when you realise nobody wants to listen to a computer speak.

7. go back to day job

:)

Theodores · on April 13, 2018

I think you should make one that reads HN comment threads and extrapolates the video aspect from there.

iggg · on April 13, 2018

I ran one of those for awhile for fun. I stopped after the demonetization epidemic where every video got demonetized.

You can do a lot with ffmpeg.