Universal Threads README.md

1. Scrape content from /r/askredit via api
   • https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/11vmkfc/americans_what_do_eurpoeans_have_everyday_that/
   • https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/11bsi96/what_is_something_that_is_generally_accepted/
   • Split into 5-8 word segments for audio and transcription over-writing
   • Need to understand depth of comment structure to follow (2-3 nodes deep?)
     • Need to be top level of 3 words or more but less than 20?sih (no rants!), with a depth of at least 1 node of sub comments (how to check if they are good?)
     • Pull 60 "stories"
     • Screenshot thread title for video artifacts
   • How to automate finding the stories to pull?
     • Look for a fixed comment threshold?
     • Ask chatgpt to pick between the day's top threads?
2. ChatGPT API editing of script
   • Can AI inject options that sound human?
     • inital results say yes! (3-5 per video?)
3. Find game footage ?
   • https://twiclips.com/
   • https://www.twitch.tv/mixelplx/videos
   • Automate the fetch and pull via a scheduled job - SOME DAY, NOT NOW!!!
     • Strip Audio from footage
       • ffmpeg -i x.mp4 -c copy -an x1.mp4
     • Chunk with quicktime 3-7 minutes segments
4. Find decent AI audio generation
   • Google TTS service @ https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech#section-2 voice type: studio - M

      {
    "audioConfig": {
      "audioEncoding": "LINEAR16",
      "effectsProfileId": [
        "large-home-entertainment-class-device"
      ],
      "pitch": -1.2,
      "speakingRate": 1
    },
    "input": {
      "text": "Future generations will be binge-watching documentaries about our wastefulness like we used to binge-watch reality TV. Talk about a real \"Keeping Up with the Trashdashians\" situation."
    },
    "voice": {
      "languageCode": "en-US",
      "name": "en-US-Neural2-J"
    }
   }
   

5. moviePy to automate the addition of the story text
   • Copy mainly facts and others like it
   • Should be able to calc overlay time based on audio segment - can I auto add the audio and text over the video to make a new?