Meme video maker

The second automated Youtube video maker I made. Only now, it's time for memes.

It allows users to easily create a video like this one, which is made by using only this tool: https://youtu.be/ifVO8gNJTb8

What it does

Offers a clickable GUI where you can select multiple image and GIF memes. It automatically reads all text in the memes and lets you read them out, while revealing them part-by-part.

This means a video can be created in a matter of seconds or minutes depending on length, no editing required.

Creating a video

first.mp4

second.mp4

Final video (example)

final-video.mp4

Setup

• Node v14 (use fnm or nvm to easily switch between versions)

• Install ffmpeg, it's a pre-requisite

Set environment variables in {client,server}/.env (see .env.example for reference)

Needs AWS keys for S3 and DynamoDB. Needs Google Cloud credentials for the Image-to-Text OCR.

Uses two AWS S3 buckets, and one dynamoDB table. See src/server.ts

Run it

Server

Build and run the server production build

$ npm i

$ npm run build

$ npm start

Client

Build the client

$ npm run client-build

# Now client/build contains a static build of the site

Serve the builded directory on netlify or any web server