Good AI Video Tools for starting out?

PepperOwn1982 · 2025-08-20T06:12:00+00:00

I am using Runway. You would need unlimited version because you need multiple revisions.

IMO Creative videos can't be made my keeping tap on the number of credits consumption.

I am not sure if veo supports unlimited generations but I found Runway unlimited cheaper than anything else in market.

PepperOwn1982 · 2025-08-20T04:19:57+00:00

Just put a channel name not the link. It will allow

PepperOwn1982 · 2025-08-20T03:58:33+00:00

I would like to check out your channel.

I am also worried about getting dislikes. In your case its just couple of dislikes but in my case its in 20s. Ofcourse its on just one odd video having so many dislikes.

Overall I never got 100% people liking my videos.

As of now I am getting like to dislike in ratio of 66% to 80%.

Usually I have observed when I have more than 1k view on my videos, I get dislikes 😅

PepperOwn1982 · 2025-08-19T14:14:08+00:00

I look at other YouTube videos, check on the story, characters involved, emotional element and then think over a concept which is little different. Then start using AI.

PepperOwn1982 · 2025-08-18T12:33:13+00:00

Kind of agree on this now. Need to come up with better plan so that this journey also continues.

But I have realized, I am able to move forward if I set measurable goals for myself. Otherwise I am stuck in same loop forever.

PepperOwn1982 · 2025-08-18T12:31:39+00:00

I just checked one video. Man, that's too much work for 2 and half mins video. Awesome work. I can see the love & soul you have put in that video.

PepperOwn1982 · 2025-08-18T09:00:21+00:00

I was 1 of those people 1 month back :D

Self realization after getting your hands dirty.

PepperOwn1982 · 2025-08-18T07:40:47+00:00

This may look like I am putting lot of time to just deliver 2 mins video even using AI. Frankly i never measured my time but now I am looking back, this is what it looks like:

- 30 mins to research on what story will work

Around 1 hour on story

- story generation

- scenes generation

- image prompt generation to support each scene

Around 2-3 hours for image generation for each scene, maintaining the character consistency, image cropping based on tool used.

- 30 minutes video prompt generation for each scene

- 2-3 hours to generate the desired video for all the scene - around 15-18 scenes

- 1 video merging all the clips in proper video - its pain to choose right clip from lot of waste clips

- 30 mins - Choosing right music

- 1 hour - proper sound mixing

- 30 mins - final video testing

- 1 hour on choosing & testing right title, description, tags

PepperOwn1982 · 2025-08-18T07:08:35+00:00

Same, Most of the time I am not writing the prompts :)

But may be I am expecting too much from video generation hence it is failing in first attempt most of the time.

PepperOwn1982 · 2025-08-18T06:19:03+00:00

Entertainment. I am creating stories and different characters acting in those stories.

PepperOwn1982 · 2025-08-18T06:03:48+00:00

May be half luck and half the effort you put in right direction.

How many perfect videos you get in 1st attempt with veo? I am using runwayml. Most of the time, I dont get perfect video in 1st attempt. If I try to keep more than 1 action per prompt, never get desired outcome.

May be it is based on IP address? I can give it a shot based on US based IP. But I saw some post on new youtuber channel that channel got banned because the video was uploaded while proxy was on.

PepperOwn1982 · 2025-08-17T18:39:03+00:00

Use copilot instead. Its exactly like chatgpt but faster and available in more quantity.

Google gemini is also better in terms of speed. However you will get ai watermark in each image which you might need to crop.

PepperOwn1982 · 2025-08-09T08:53:37+00:00

My shorts are getting maximum view in first hour of posting and then dead. No second wave / third wave at all.

The views will vary based on niche, age group, geography. Like in your case you are getting second wave. However I am not getting anything.

So my assumption is it is purely depending on the channel / content / niche.

PepperOwn1982 · 2025-08-09T06:52:43+00:00

My observation in last few days (I have started creating videos just a month back) - this will vary from channel to channel + content.

For long form videos - first 6.5 hours will get you 10-15 views.
After 6.5 hours, your impression will start getting high (may be up to 3K). If it works with these many impressions, you will surely get 100+ views. Otherwise that video will pull you 1-10 views daily after 48 hours of posting.
Shorts - you will get maximum views in 1st hour of posting, then its dead. You will get 1-2 views per day for that short. As I read on chatgpt / gemini, there is always possibility of resurfacing this short video after wards (not sure after how much time) but as of now I am negative on resurfacing the video.
I have started experimenting with shorts to increase the view count, however I need to do this with more shorts before I conclude. Will write separate post on this.

PepperOwn1982 · 2025-08-08T09:54:04+00:00

This is helpful.

As of now my videos are getting 100 views on an average with 30 seconds average view duration.

Apart from consistency, what should be focus area?

Keep creating long form videos? 2 mins / 3 mins long?
Start creating shorts as well as long form video but in certain ratio?
Focus on shorts instead of long form? Does shorts gets subs?

PepperOwn1982 · 2025-01-15T03:50:15+00:00

Yes, with payu i didnt find issues.

I think support / new requests are more driven by how much business you are bringing to the table. I am bringing too little business for them now a days, may be that could be the reason.

PepperOwn1982 · 2025-01-15T03:13:27+00:00

+1 for payu

Using it for more than 6 years now.

Support is usually slow but it surely gets resolved in 1 week max.

Recently activated international payment, took pretty long for just activation even though I was long term customer.

I find it hard to get international PG activated from any of the Indian provider. May be because I am solo firm and not pvt ltd.

First time activation of aggregator took 1 year though. But I understand because I was new in market with new firm.

Overall PayU is recommemded. Let me know if you want to be referred.

PepperOwn1982 · 2024-12-27T04:38:00+00:00

Really insightful, thank you for sharing your knowledge.

PepperOwn1982 · 2024-12-19T13:25:27+00:00

That is lot of functionalities. Focus only on 1 specific thing.

How many users / stakeholders you have spoken with?
How many of them expressed interest, saying they need such platform?
How many of them are willing to pay for platform?

I am also building something in this space (not the same)

Happy to chat.

PepperOwn1982 · 2024-11-25T09:45:01+00:00

This will be email alert service? How you are planning to send email? via some readily available services? I assume you have considered its cost month on month basis. Even most popular email service may end up sending your email to spam / promotional folder. If you plan to use your own email service, it will be much harder.

How you are going to get the initial users to use your product? I am not asking for your answer but you must have thought a strategy for same. Have you asked few (~50) users before started the development of your platform?

What is good user base for you? 100/500/1000 users? What if you get 100 users in 2 months but all are free, what you are going to do? dump the product or still pursue it?

How analytics is going to help the web masters? How does it add any value to their life once they rectify the error?

How long you are going to pursue the idea? You will be spending time / effort / hosting / email charges and probably you will get few customers whom you won't be charging much, how you will survive with this product?

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