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Create and upload YouTube videos with FFmpeg

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Google Drive and Google Sheets. 20 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

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20 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 4Service 15

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

  1. 1Start AutoClip WorkflowManual triggerStarts it
  2. 2Retrieve Quote DataGoogle SheetsService
  3. 3List Video Background FilesGoogle DriveService
  4. 4Configure Music Background Folder IDSetLogic
  5. 5Merge File Selection DataMergeLogic
  6. 6Retrieve Video Background DataGoogle SheetsService
  7. 7List Music Background FilesGoogle DriveService
  8. 8Select Random Video, Music & QuoteCodeLogic
  9. 9Retrieve Music Background DataGoogle SheetsService
  10. 10Download Selected Video BackgroundGoogle DriveService
  11. 11Save Video Background LocallyRead Write FileService
  12. 12Download Selected Music BackgroundGoogle DriveService
  13. 13Save Music Background LocallyRead Write FileService
  14. 14Prepare Overlay Text (Quote & Author)CodeLogic
  15. 15Generate Final Video ClipExecute CommandService
  16. 16Initiate YouTube Resumable UploadHttp RequestService
  17. 17Read output fileRead Write FileService
  18. 18Upload Video to YouTubeHttp RequestService
  19. 19Update Quote Upload StatusGoogle SheetsService
  20. 20Mark Background as UsedGoogle SheetsService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
20
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Drive, Google Sheets
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on an event in a connected app.

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?

Plan an afternoon. 20 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

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 20 steps before you point it at anything that matters.