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IMHO captions is not "shoe-horning AI" for video -- it's a critical requirement to be competitive with closed source editors and a great use case for local models.

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IMHO you don't know what a video editor does. This thing doesn't need to compete with closed-source editors. Nobody is dropping Premiere for this thing. The goal shoud be web-based video editing, not AI captions. There are plenty of video editing functions not implemented yet, so if this were a serious project about video editing, spending time on "AI" captions seems a bit like a distraction for them. It sounds like there is no project manager, not a lot of focus, and the devs are following a bandwagon.

Hi, we are adding the top features our users are requesting. The roadmap is built for the needs of the community. We'll eventually add all the features to match a video editor once the core needs are met.

Most of the community wants auto captions and color grading, so that goes first.

So you aren't building a video editor, you're building something else. Got it. Then I'll request that you add a Salesforce replacement to the project. Should I put that demand in /issues?

I think you misunderstood me :)

There is a finite set of features you need to add to make this an "excellent" video editor. It will take time & most people who'll eventually use this project may not use them at all.

The best way to guarantee ROI is to do things that users need immediately, like captions. Salesforce isn't in the finite set of things a video editor needs, so that request will be rejected.

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