Show HN: I built Magiclip – an all-in-one AI studio

41 pointsposted 2 months ago
by kokau

24 Comments

solarkraft

2 months ago

A little surface-level criticism on your wording:

Of course you’re deep enough in your domain that to you “editing” means “video editing” and “studio” means “video editing workspace”. But when I clicked the link, I expected a fully featured general application for power use of LLMs.

Zetaphor

2 months ago

Same here, maybe we're too deep in our own domains

kokau

2 months ago

Sorry for the confusion I didn’t express myself clearly.

kokau

2 months ago

Sorry for the confusion, I expressed myself poorly.

frankhsu

2 months ago

Good Job. It looks feature-rich. However, I'm not keen on subscribing immediately unless I'm offered some free trial credits.

Suggestion: Offer new users at least 10 credits so they can try out your basic generation and discover how you differentiate yourself from other viral short video AI tools. This will facilitate better monetization.

kokau

2 months ago

I understand we’ll add a 3-day free trial. Thanks for the suggestion!

frankhsu

2 months ago

I suggest use a credit-based free trial, not time-based. Otherwise tons of fake email registered users will quickly blow up your billing balance.

kokau

2 months ago

Thank you, I think that's a good idea.

jonplackett

2 months ago

… or they’ll go bankrupt.

A single veo3 video costs about $3 to make. Down from about $6 at least.

kokau

2 months ago

We’re aware of that, but to get our first users and real feedback, we’re willing to make an effort.

pillefitz

2 months ago

Is it making the world a better or a worse place?

kokau

2 months ago

We try to make the world slightly better by giving people tools they didn’t have before faster workflows, lower barriers to entry, and more accessible video creation. In the end, users decide how it’s used.

heyitsdaad

2 months ago

Anything technically interesting you can share about any of these?

How do you decide on which parts to extract?

What models do you use for the features you listed?

kokau

2 months ago

Sure, here’s what I can share: we use Veo 3, and Sora 2 is coming soon. For captions, we rely on FFmpeg combined with our own speech-to-text and dynamic subtitle API.

blorenz

2 months ago

What services are you leveraging for this?

Also, your blog about Veo 3 is from January 2025 it says.

kokau

2 months ago

The blog date was a typo it was supposed to be early November. Sorry about that.

suprnurd

2 months ago

Looks nice! Any success stories/examples yet?

kokau

2 months ago

I’ve been building this solo for about a year, so it’s still early but we’re starting to see real traction from creators testing it. More examples coming soon.

throwaway920102

2 months ago

An AI slop assembly line, nice work!

kokau

2 months ago

I get the concern. The aim isn’t to produce slop, but to help creators streamline real work.

tethys

2 months ago

Hard to believe when the page literally says

> Create a viral Reel in just 2 clicks

kokau

2 months ago

well yet it's true