Show HN: Open-source AI SaaS to turn long videos into viral shorts
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Hey HN, I built OpenShorts, an open-source tool that takes a long YouTube video (or local file) and automatically generates vertical short clips ready for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. How it works: 1. Transcribes the video using faster-whisper (CPU-optimized, word-level ) 2. Sends the transcript to Gemini 2.0 Flash, which identifies the 3-15 most "viral-worthy" moments (15-60s each) 3. FFmpeg extracts the clips precisely