# Automated YouTube shorts creator with FFmpeg: n8n workflow

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

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automated-youtube-shorts-creator-with-ffmpeg (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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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 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 3 Logic 10 Service 15

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

- 1 **When clicking ‘Execute workflow’** Manual trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Schedule Trigger** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 3 **Schedule Trigger1** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 4 **GetYTvideo** Google Sheets *Service*
- 5 **GetYTmusic** Google Sheets *Service*
- 6 **GetAllVideos** Google Sheets *Service*
- 7 **Limit_1** Limit *Logic*
- 8 **Limit_01** Limit *Logic*
- 9 **AggregateVideos** Aggregate *Logic*
- 10 **GenrateFileName** Set *Logic*
- 11 **GenrateFileName_01** Set *Logic*
- 12 **GetAllMusic** Google Sheets *Service*
- 13 **DownloadVideoFootage** Execute Command *Service*
- 14 **DownloadMusic** Execute Command *Service*
- 15 **AggregateMusic** Aggregate *Logic*
- 16 **UpdateVideoFootageDetails** Google Sheets *Service*
- 17 **UpdateMusicDetails** Google Sheets *Service*
- 18 **GetQuotes** Google Sheets *Service*
- 19 **Limit** Limit *Logic*
- 20 **PickMusicVideoRandom** Set *Logic*
- 21 **GenrateFinalFileName** Set *Logic*
- 22 **GenrateTextOverlayForVideo** Code *Logic*
- 23 **GenerateVideo** Execute Command *Service*
- 24 **CreateYoutubeLink** Http Request *Service*
- 25 **Read/Write Files from Disk** Read Write File *Service*
- 26 **UploadVideo** Http Request *Service*
- 27 **UpdateVideoPost** Google Sheets *Service*
- 28 **RemoveFile** Execute Command *Service*

## 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.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fautomated-youtube-shorts-creator-with-ffmpeg)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Sheets#library)

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