1005: Programatic and Skill based Video Creation with Remotion
Scott and Wes are joined by Jonny Burger, creator of Remotion, to talk about the explosion of programmatic video, going from 125k to 800k installs per day, and how AI and a new HTML-in-Canvas Chrome spec are changing the game. They dig into monetization, the wild world of video slop, motion graphics workflows, and the new Media Bunny tool.
Show Notes
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
Remotion has skills!
02:20 Monetization Strategies and Sustainability
Remotion Pro
04:40 The Impact of AI on Video Creation
07:46 User Demographics and Use Cases
09:49 The Future of Video Editing Workflows
13:14 HTML in Canvas: A Game Changer
16:17 Technical Challenges and Innovations
18:44 Brought to you by Sentry.io
19:09 The Future of Remotion and Community Feedback
22:59 Rendering CSS Animations and Performance Optimization
27:05 The Underworld of Video Slop
29:12 Transition to Media Bunny
remotion.dev/docs/mediabunny/
33:50 Motion Graphics Workflow
39:42 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs
Sick Picks
Jonny: ENTTEC DMX to USB Interface
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Supper Club × React Video Creator with Jonny Burger
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Jonny Burger about why and how he built Remotion, his app that lets you create MP4 videos using React.
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Show Notes 00:36 Welcome
01:24 Who is Jonny Burger?
Jonny.io
Jonny on GitHub
Jonny on Twitter
03:51 Why did you create Remotion?
Remotion.dev
07:36 What types of videos are people making?
10:53 What is the tech stack?
Puppeteer
Lottie
18:31 What is Idempotence?
19:50 What is lottie?
22:56 Motion blur trail
Motion blur trail demo
25:17 Sponsor: Gatsby
26:12 Chrome rendering
29:58 When would you choose JPG or PNG?
31:43 Are you using ffmpeg in the browser?
ffmpeg
36:00 Sponsor: Tuple
37:43 What player do you use for playback?
39:54 How did you take this idea to a product?
44:05 Supper Club questions
LG C9 TV
iTerm
50:12 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××
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