#!/bin/bash # NERDLETTER NUMBERS STATION MP4 GENERATOR — macOS Fixed # Lincolnshire Poacher style, using drawtext (more reliable on Homebrew) MESSAGE="$1" PAGE="$2" EPISODE="${3:-01}" OUTFILE="nerdletter_secret_${EPISODE}_page${PAGE}.mp4" echo "=== NERDLETTER SECRET TRANSMISSION #${EPISODE} ===" echo "Page ${PAGE} — Generating spoken MP4..." # 1. Spoken audio (classic numbers station voice) echo "NERDLETTER SECRET MESSAGE ${EPISODE}. USE DAY BOOK PAGE ${PAGE}. ${MESSAGE}" | \ espeak-ng -ven+f3 -s115 -k25 -a 160 -w temp_voice.wav --punct="" 2>/dev/null # 2. Create background video + burn text with drawtext (no subtitles filter needed) ffmpeg -f lavfi -i color=black:s=1280x720:d=18 -c:v libx264 -t 18 -pix_fmt yuv420p temp_bg.mp4 -y ffmpeg -i temp_bg.mp4 -i temp_voice.wav \ -vf "drawtext=font='Courier New':fontsize=48:fontcolor=green@0.95:text='NERDLETTER SECRET TRANSMISSION #${EPISODE}':x=(w-text_w)/2:y=80, \ drawtext=font='Courier New':fontsize=36:fontcolor=green@0.85:text='USE DAY BOOK PAGE ${PAGE}':x=(w-text_w)/2:y=160, \ drawtext=font='Courier New':fontsize=42:fontcolor=lime@0.95:text='${MESSAGE}':x=(w-text_w)/2:y=260:box=1:boxcolor=black@0.7:boxborderw=12, \ drawtext=font='Courier New':fontsize=28:fontcolor=green@0.7:text='DESTROY PAGE AFTER USE':x=(w-text_w)/2:y=620" \ -c:v libx264 -c:a aac -shortest "$OUTFILE" -y # Cleanup rm -f temp_voice.wav temp_bg.mp4 echo "✅ Done! → ${OUTFILE}" echo "Upload this MP4 + the text groups to the website."