#!/bin/bash # NERDLETTER NUMBERS STATION MP4 GENERATOR — ULTIMATE DRAMA EDITION # Slow letter-by-letter + shortwave static + Lincolnshire Poacher intro MESSAGE="$1" PAGE="$2" EPISODE="${3:-01}" OUTFILE="nerdletter_secret_${EPISODE}_page${PAGE}.mp4" echo "=== NERDLETTER SECRET TRANSMISSION #${EPISODE} ===" echo "Page ${PAGE} — Generating spoken MP4 with full drama..." # === 1. Spaced letters for slow, deliberate pronunciation === SPACED=$(echo "$MESSAGE" | sed 's/\([A-Z]\)/\1 /g' | sed 's/ / /g') # === 2. Full text to speak (very slow & spooky) === TEXT_TO_SPEAK="NERDLETTER SECRET MESSAGE ${EPISODE}. USE DAY BOOK PAGE ${PAGE}. ${SPACED}" echo "$TEXT_TO_SPEAK" | \ espeak-ng -ven+f3 -s80 -k50 -a 200 -w voice_main.wav --punct="" 2>/dev/null # === 3. Download / prepare assets (run once) === if [ ! -f poacher_intro.wav ]; then echo "Downloading public-domain Lincolnshire Poacher intro (short 12-second clip)..." # Using a free direct link from The Conet Project style recording (public domain use) wget -q -O poacher_intro.wav "https://archive.org/download/The-Conet-Project/The%20Conet%20Project%20-%20Recordings%20of%20Shortwave%20Numbers%20Stations%20%281997%29%20%5B2013%20-%2015th%20Anniversary%20Bonus%20Disc%20Edition%5D%20%5BFLAC%5D/Disc%201/06%20-%20The%20Lincolnshire%20Poacher.flac" || \ echo "Manual download needed — see note below" fi if [ ! -f static.wav ]; then echo "Generating shortwave static..." ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "anoisesrc=d=25:c=0.3" -af "highpass=f=3000,lowpass=f=8000" -t 25 static.wav -y 2>/dev/null fi # === 4. Mix audio: Poacher intro + static + voice === ffmpeg -i poacher_intro.wav -i static.wav -i voice_main.wav \ -filter_complex "[0:a]volume=0.65[a1];[1:a]volume=0.25[a2];[a1][a2]amix=inputs=2:duration=first[a3];[a3][2:a]amix=inputs=2:duration=first,volume=1.1" \ -c:a pcm_s16le -y final_audio.wav 2>/dev/null # === 5. Video with retro text === ffmpeg -f lavfi -i color=black:s=1280x720:d=28 -c:v libx264 -t 28 -pix_fmt yuv420p temp_bg.mp4 -y ffmpeg -i temp_bg.mp4 -i final_audio.wav \ -vf "drawtext=font='Courier':fontsize=50:fontcolor=green@0.95:text='NERDLETTER SECRET TRANSMISSION #${EPISODE}':x=(w-text_w)/2:y=80, \ drawtext=font='Courier':fontsize=36:fontcolor=green@0.85:text='USE DAY BOOK PAGE ${PAGE}':x=(w-text_w)/2:y=170, \ drawtext=font='Courier':fontsize=44:fontcolor=lime@0.95:text='${MESSAGE}':x=(w-text_w)/2:y=270:box=1:boxcolor=black@0.75:boxborderw=15, \ drawtext=font='Courier':fontsize=30:fontcolor=green@0.75:text='DESTROY PAGE AFTER USE — SUBSCRIBERS ONLY':x=(w-text_w)/2:y=640" \ -c:v libx264 -c:a aac -shortest "$OUTFILE" -y # Cleanup rm -f voice_main.wav final_audio.wav temp_bg.mp4 echo "✅ Done! → ${OUTFILE}" echo "Full cold-war numbers station experience achieved."