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Automated YouTube shorts creator with FFmpeg

Started by a clock, and works across Google Sheets. 28 steps: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

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28 stepsLarge: read it before trusting it with anything live
0Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 3Logic 10Service 15

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

  1. 1When clicking ‘Execute workflow’Manual triggerStarts it
  2. 2Schedule TriggerSchedule triggerStarts it
  3. 3Schedule Trigger1Schedule triggerStarts it
  4. 4GetYTvideoGoogle SheetsService
  5. 5GetYTmusicGoogle SheetsService
  6. 6GetAllVideosGoogle SheetsService
  7. 7Limit_1LimitLogic
  8. 8Limit_01LimitLogic
  9. 9AggregateVideosAggregateLogic
  10. 10GenrateFileNameSetLogic
  11. 11GenrateFileName_01SetLogic
  12. 12GetAllMusicGoogle SheetsService
  13. 13DownloadVideoFootageExecute CommandService
  14. 14DownloadMusicExecute CommandService
  15. 15AggregateMusicAggregateLogic
  16. 16UpdateVideoFootageDetailsGoogle SheetsService
  17. 17UpdateMusicDetailsGoogle SheetsService
  18. 18GetQuotesGoogle SheetsService
  19. 19LimitLimitLogic
  20. 20PickMusicVideoRandomSetLogic
  21. 21GenrateFinalFileNameSetLogic
  22. 22GenrateTextOverlayForVideoCodeLogic
  23. 23GenerateVideoExecute CommandService
  24. 24CreateYoutubeLinkHttp RequestService
  25. 25Read/Write Files from DiskRead Write FileService
  26. 26UploadVideoHttp RequestService
  27. 27UpdateVideoPostGoogle SheetsService
  28. 28RemoveFileExecute CommandService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
28
Size
Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
Connects to
Google Sheets
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Sheets account. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Take your time. At 28 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

Before you run it

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 28 steps before you point it at anything that matters.