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       Show HN: AutoEditor - Edit your video in just a few clicks
        
       I wanted to show the first version of my new project, its main goal
       is to let users edit short engaging videos in just a few clicks.
       Upload your video (or take a link from YouTube), cut your video,
       crop it, subtitle it, add overlay layers and much more.
        
       Author : nihey
       Score  : 13 points
       Date   : 2024-08-06 20:31 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (autoeditor.video)
 (TXT) w3m dump (autoeditor.video)
        
       | juliushuijnk wrote:
       | > We can detect which parts of your video do not include any
       | speech, and could be cut off your video, saving you hours of
       | editing to cut off silence and non-relevant content.
       | 
       | Please don't (over)do this. My brain can't handle a literal
       | constant stream of speech. I've had to stop watching quite a
       | number of videos about topics I was interested in because of
       | this.
       | 
       | For example the 'Wired' YouTube channel. The 'tech support'
       | videos look really fun, but I can't watch and listen to that for
       | more than 30 seconds.
       | 
       | So I just do 'never recommend this channel again' on those.
       | 
       | Are more people like me in this regard, or is it just my brain?
        
         | emzo wrote:
         | Totally agree, this annoys me to. The gaps between sentences
         | make speech easier to listen to and digest.
        
         | nihey wrote:
         | I get what you're saying, personally, I prefer more slowly-
         | paced videos.
         | 
         | This fast-paced editing with no breathing in between sentences
         | is a trend that I believe will shift sometime in the future.
         | 
         | My tool allows the user to choose whether he would like to
         | remove the silence and how much time between each cut.
         | Hopefully, this will work for both kinds of editing styles.
        
       | sebastiennight wrote:
       | Hi, congrats on launching!
       | 
       | We've been in this field (AI-based online video editing) for 2+
       | years now with https://www.onetake.ai ; so I have a hard-earned
       | lesson I'd like to share as a suggestion.
       | 
       | While your landing page is very clear about your features, it is
       | a bit lacking as to the use cases / specific avatar (persona) you
       | are targeting.
       | 
       | You do have a "why Us?" question in your FAQ, but it's not clear
       | who is the "who" you're targeting.
       | 
       | Once we started talking about our user and their needs rather
       | than talking about the technology, that's when MRR shot up. I
       | think this market is tremendously huge - from hobbyists on Reels,
       | to enterprise creating employee trainings, to SMBs needing TikTok
       | content, to information businesses working with mostly long-form
       | video (which is the niche we are after).
       | 
       | But because the market is so big, you need to be clear who can
       | make the most from your tool, so that they can find you. This
       | will also guide your feature set and your UX (e.g. we decided to
       | never ever have a timeline, which is the opposite of everything
       | else that was in the market at the time). There are a bunch of
       | counter-intuitive contrarian moves ahead of you if you want to
       | reach PMF, and I believe you can't figure those out without
       | talking to a narrow type of user.
       | 
       | Just my two cents. I wish you a super successful launch!
        
         | nihey wrote:
         | Thank you!
         | 
         | Landing Page / Marketing has always been my weakness in the
         | business. We indeed need the "who" more clear in our landing
         | page and it should be a top priority here.
         | 
         | Video editing is indeed a huge market and one I've struggled
         | with in the past with other products that did not reach their
         | PMF due to targeting the wrong user type.
         | 
         | This product is my first take in an AI-based product, united
         | with something I have some year of experience in (Programming +
         | Video Production Automation)
         | 
         | Loved your product too! English not being my primary language I
         | have some of these hesitation problems when recording in a
         | single take.
        
       | voltaireodactyl wrote:
       | Impressive work! One thing that would make this exponentially
       | more useful immediately: if it could export the cut list as an
       | FCP or Adobe XML, for import into a real editing program. Being
       | able to use this as a very basic rough draft automator is a real
       | potential niche.
        
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