VIDEO
Cafe Recap Edit
Thariq-style local loop: write the edit as JSON, let ffmpeg execute. Media never leaves your Mac.
Flow
- Drop event media into the staging folders
- Sort takes / photos (stage-media.sh)
- Catalog + optional Whisper
- Heuristic planner → work/final-edit.json
- ffmpeg cuts + concat + grade
- Media QC report
- Human watch — reject Keynote energy
Local only
This tool does not upload video to Vercel. Copy the CLI and run inside aileena-new/ on a Mac with ffmpeg.
- Always use the final timelapse under takes/timelapse/
- Prefer girls/ smiles/ community stills when picking photos
- Default grade: de-yellow + lift (project.json → output.grade)
Mac CLI
cd aileena-new pnpm install bash scripts/video-edit/stage-media.sh # preview sort bash scripts/video-edit/stage-media.sh --go # copy into takes/photos pnpm video:recap # catalog → plan → ffmpeg → verify open scripts/video-edit/out/cafe-cursor-shanghai-recap.mp4
Engine: lib/video-edit/ · project: scripts/video-edit/
Docs
Playbook + operator notes live in the repo (not rendered here):
aileena-new/docs/FIRST_CUT.mdaileena-new/scripts/video-edit/README.mdaileena-new/scripts/video-edit/edit-room.html