Generate engaging videos from text prompts using AI. Perfect for creating YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, TikTok videos, and more.

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Here are sample videos generated end-to-end directly by this project using the React/Remotion composition engine:

"Wonders of Outer Space" — An educational video about the cosmos, galaxies, and black holes. Generated using local EdgeTTS voiceover, whisper-timestamped local word captions, Suno AI background music, and Veo3 AI B-roll video segments.

"Exploring the Deep Ocean" — A cinematic short exploring deep sea depths, bioluminescent creatures, and thermal vents. Generated using local EdgeTTS voiceover, whisper-timestamped local word captions, Suno AI background music, and Veo3 AI B-roll video segments.

• AI-Powered Script Generation - Automatically generates engaging scripts from any topic
• Multiple LLM Providers - Choose from OpenAI, Groq, or Google Gemini
• Text-to-Speech - Natural-sounding voiceovers with EdgeTTS (free) or ElevenLabs
• Automatic B-Roll - Fetches relevant background videos from Pexels
• Customizable Captions - Full control over font, color, position, and styling
• Multiple Orientations - Portrait (9:16) for shorts or Landscape (16:9) for traditional video
• Speech-to-Text - Accurate caption timing with Whisper or Deepgram

Option 1: Use the Premium API (Recommended)

Skip all setup and generate videos with a single API call:

• Premium API Documentation

Option 2: Google Colab

Run directly in your browser with our Colab Notebook

Option 3: Local Installation

See installation instructions below.

• Python 3.8+
• FFmpeg
• ImageMagick

Windows users: See INSTALL_WINDOWS.md for detailed setup instructions.

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/SamurAIGPT/Text-To-Video-AI.git
cd Text-To-Video-AI

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Create your configuration file
cp .env.example .env

Edit .env with your API keys (see Configuration below).

python app.py "Your topic here"

Output will be saved as rendered_video.mp4

All settings are configured via the .env file. Copy .env.example to get started.

# LLM Provider: openai, groq, or gemini
LLM_PROVIDER=openai

# Text-to-Speech: edgetts (free) or elevenlabs
TTS_PROVIDER=edgetts

# Speech-to-Text: whisper (free) or deepgram
STT_PROVIDER=whisper

# Orientation: portrait (1080x1920) or landscape (1920x1080)
# Portrait recommended for YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, TikTok
VIDEO_ORIENTATION=portrait

# Muapi API credentials
MUAPI_BASE_URL=https://api.muapi.ai
MUAPI_API_KEY=your_key

# Video Model to use
MUAPI_VIDEO_MODEL=veo3-fast-text-to-video

Supported Muapi Video Models:

• Google Veo: veo3-fast-text-to-video, veo3-text-to-video, veo3.1-fast-text-to-video, veo3.1-text-to-video, veo3.1-lite-text-to-video
• xAI Grok: grok-imagine-text-to-video
• ByteDance Seedance: sd-2-t2v (Seedance 2), seedance-2-vip-text-to-video, seedance-pro-t2v, seedance-lite-t2v
• Wan: wan2.7-text-to-video, wan2.6-text-to-video, wan2.5-text-to-video, wan2.1-text-to-video
• LTX: ltx-2.3-text-to-video, ltx-2-pro-text-to-video, ltx-2-fast-text-to-video
• Kling: kling-v3.0-pro-text-to-video, kling-v3.0-standard-text-to-video
• Vidu: vidu-q3-pro-text-to-video, vidu-q2-pro-text-to-video
• OpenAI Sora: openai-sora-2-pro-text-to-video, openai-sora-2-standard-text-to-video
• MiniMax: minimax-hailuo-2.3-pro-t2v, minimax-hailuo-2.3-standard-t2v
• Alibaba: happy-horse-1-text-to-video-1080p

# Enable or disable captions
CAPTIONS_ENABLED=true

# Caption styling
CAPTION_FONT_SIZE=100
CAPTION_FONT_COLOR=white
CAPTION_FONT_FACE=Arial-Bold
CAPTION_STROKE_WIDTH=3
CAPTION_STROKE_COLOR=black
CAPTION_POSITION=bottom_center

Caption Position Options: center, top, bottom, bottom_center, bottom_left, bottom_right

Font Color Options: white, yellow, cyan, red, green, blue, magenta

EdgeTTS (Free):

EDGETTS_VOICE=en-AU-WilliamNeural

Popular voices:

• en-US-ChristopherNeural - American male
• en-US-JennyNeural - American female
• en-GB-RyanNeural - British male
• en-GB-SoniaNeural - British female
• en-AU-WilliamNeural - Australian male

ElevenLabs:

ELEVENLABS_API_KEY=your_key
ELEVENLABS_VOICE_ID=your_voice_id

• YouTube Tutorial
• Medium Guide

We welcome contributions! To get started:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

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• No installation or setup required
• Multiple video durations (30s to 10 minutes)
• Advanced voice and language options
• Custom styling and branding
• Scalable infrastructure

Get Started with the API

• MuAPI video-generation docs — API patterns for text-to-video generation.
• Veo 3 text-to-video playground — Try a production video model in the browser.

• awesome-ai-video-models — compare AI video models by API, price & speed
• ai-creator-academy — free curriculum teaching creators how to monetize AI-generated video content

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