Narrating over a Video using Multimodal AI

Try It Out! This n8n template takes a video and extracts frames from it which are used with a multimodal LLM to generate a script. The script is then passed to the same multimodal LLM to generate a voiceover clip. This template was inspired by [Processing and narrating a video with GPT's visual capabilities and the TTS API](https://cookbook.openai.com/examples/gptwithvisionforvideounderstanding) Video is downloaded using the HTTP node. Python code node is used to extract the frames using Open

Workflow Structure (14 nodes)
100%
Manual Trigger
When clicking ‘Test workflow’
Http Request
Download Video
Code
Capture Frames
Split Out
Split Out Frames
Split In Batches
For Every 15 Frames
Convert To File
Convert to Binary
Edit Image
Resize Frame
Aggregate
Aggregate Frames
Langchain.chain Llm
Generate Narration Script
Wait
Stay Within Service Limits
Aggregate
Combine Script
Langchain.open Ai
Use Text-to-Speech
Google Drive
Upload to GDrive
Langchain.lm Chat Open Ai
OpenAI Chat Model
Node Types:
default
code
logic
http
transform
trigger
action
Requires credentials

Prerequisites

Required Credentials (2)

Google Drive

Used by: Upload to GDrive

Docs

OpenAI

Used by: OpenAI Chat Model, Use Text-to-Speech

Docs

Complexity

Advanced

Expert level. Custom code, complex logic, many integrations.

Setup time: ~45 min
Score: 67/100
Custom Code
Loops
6 Integrations

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Workflow Details

Nodes
21
Trigger
Manual
Source
awesome
Added
Dec 4, 2025

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