Daily Render Dashboard
About Corporate Crime Files
A multi-channel daily YouTube documentary platform. Two channels currently running: Corporate Crime Files exposes the biggest corporate frauds, financial crimes, and billion-dollar scandals in history; Economic Case Files explains macroeconomic forces — inflation, recessions, monetary policy, hyperinflation — through documented historical events. One new full-length video per channel per day.
Daily Pipeline
AI writes a punchy documentary script with pattern-interrupt hooks, micro-hooks every 30-45 seconds, and a daily outro teasing tomorrow's video. 1,500-1,800 words, educational tone.
OpenAI TTS-1-HD with consistent "onyx" voice across all videos. Whisper timestamps sync subtitles to every word.
Each scene gets a custom AI-generated image in cinematic style — matched to the narration. Per-story image cache means re-renders are free.
Auto-generated from each full video — 2 standalone 40-50 second clips covering the most viral hooks. Each ends with "Full story on our channel." Capped at 2 per video to fit the YouTube API daily quota until quota extension is approved.
Every rendered video lands in pending review for the operator to watch. Click Schedule for Publish to upload as private with a publishAt time on the next available day. Auto-generated thumbnail with topic + key stat. SEO-optimized title and description.
Revenue Strategy
Cost Per Video
Daily Publish Schedule (US Audience)
Each channel publishes 3 videos per day on a fixed schedule keyed to US Eastern time, optimized for US daytime engagement. Channels stagger by 15 minutes (formula: (display_order − 1) × 15 min) so they don't all release on the same minute and dilute each other in the YouTube algorithm cohort.
| Channel | Short 1 | Short 2 | Full Video |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate Crime Files display_order=1, +0 min |
9:00 AM ET | 1:00 PM ET | 5:00 PM ET |
| Economic Case Files display_order=2, +15 min |
9:15 AM ET | 1:15 PM ET | 5:15 PM ET |
| Channel #3 (future) display_order=3, +30 min |
9:30 AM ET | 1:30 PM ET | 5:30 PM ET |
| Channel #4 (future) display_order=4, +45 min |
9:45 AM ET | 1:45 PM ET | 5:45 PM ET |
Vietnam-time conversions for the operator (assumes US Eastern Daylight Time, +11h offset):
| ET slot | CCF Vietnam | ECF Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| Short 1 (9:00 AM ET) | 8:00 PM same day | 8:15 PM same day |
| Short 2 (1:00 PM ET) | 12:00 AM next day | 12:15 AM next day |
| Full Video (5:00 PM ET) | 4:00 AM next day | 4:15 AM next day |
During US Standard Time (Nov–Mar) the Vietnam-time column shifts forward by 1 hour because the ET–ICT offset becomes 12 hours instead of 11.
YouTube API Daily Quota
YouTube Data API gives every project 10,000 quota units per day. Each video upload costs 1,600 units, so the hard ceiling is ~6 uploads per channel per day. The app caps at 6/day per channel to prevent silent quotaExceeded errors. The current "1 full + 2 shorts" config uses 4,800 units (3 uploads) per channel — well under the cap with headroom for the second daily render. Quota resets at midnight US/Pacific (14:00 Vietnam time).
Script Structure
Every script follows a proven documentary arc with micro-hooks every 30-45 seconds:
The narrator is told to vary closing language across videos so stock documentary phrases like "cautionary tale" don't repeat on every release.
Pipeline
Run Pipeline
Auto-Scheduler
Automatically discover trending topics, generate scripts, narrate, render, and optionally upload videos on a daily schedule.
Configuration
Last Run Results
Settings
OpenAI API Key
YouTube
TikTok
Defaults
Pexels API Key
Free API key from pexels.com/api — used for auto-downloading cinematic background footage.