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Nicholas Tindle 85b6520710 feat(blocks): Add video editing blocks (#11796)
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This PR adds general-purpose video editing blocks for the AutoGPT
Platform, enabling automated video production workflows like documentary
creation, marketing videos, tutorial assembly, and content repurposing.

### Changes 🏗️

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**New blocks added in `backend/blocks/video/`:**
- `VideoDownloadBlock` - Download videos from URLs (YouTube, Vimeo, news
sites, direct links) using yt-dlp
- `VideoClipBlock` - Extract time segments from videos with start/end
time validation
- `VideoConcatBlock` - Merge multiple video clips with optional
transitions (none, crossfade, fade_black)
- `VideoTextOverlayBlock` - Add text overlays/captions with positioning
and timing options
- `VideoNarrationBlock` - Generate AI narration via ElevenLabs and mix
with video audio (replace, mix, or ducking modes)

**Dependencies required:**
- `yt-dlp` - For video downloading
- `moviepy` - For video editing operations

**Implementation details:**
- All blocks follow the SDK pattern with proper error handling and
exception chaining
- Proper resource cleanup in `finally` blocks to prevent memory leaks
- Input validation (e.g., end_time > start_time)
- Test mocks included for CI

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#### For code changes:
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- [x] Blocks follow the SDK pattern with
`BlockSchemaInput`/`BlockSchemaOutput`
  - [x] Resource cleanup is implemented in `finally` blocks
  - [x] Exception chaining is properly implemented
  - [x] Input validation is in place
  - [x] Test mocks are provided for CI environments

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description (under **Changes**)

N/A - No configuration changes required.


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> [!NOTE]
> **Medium Risk**
> Adds new multimedia blocks that invoke ffmpeg/MoviePy and introduces
new external dependencies (plus container packages), which can impact
runtime stability and resource usage; download/overlay blocks are
present but disabled due to sandbox/policy concerns.
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> **Overview**
> Adds a new `backend.blocks.video` module with general-purpose video
workflow blocks (download, clip, concat w/ transitions, loop, add-audio,
text overlay, and ElevenLabs-powered narration), including shared
utilities for codec selection, filename cleanup, and an ffmpeg-based
chapter-strip workaround for MoviePy.
> 
> Extends credentials/config to support ElevenLabs
(`ELEVENLABS_API_KEY`, provider enum, system credentials, and cost
config) and adds new dependencies (`elevenlabs`, `yt-dlp`) plus Docker
runtime packages (`ffmpeg`, `imagemagick`).
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> Improves file/reference handling end-to-end by embedding MIME types in
`workspace://...#mime` outputs and updating frontend rendering to detect
video vs image from MIME fragments (and broaden supported audio/video
extensions), with optional enhanced output rendering behind a feature
flag in the legacy builder UI.
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Video Add Audio

This block allows you to attach a separate audio track to a video file, replacing or combining with the original audio.

Add Audio To Video

What it is

Block to attach an audio file to a video file using moviepy.

How it works

The block uses MoviePy to combine video and audio files. It loads the video and audio inputs (which can be URLs, data URIs, or local paths), optionally scales the audio volume, then writes the combined result to a new video file using H.264 video codec and AAC audio codec.

Inputs

Input Description Type Required
video_in Video input (URL, data URI, or local path). str (file) Yes
audio_in Audio input (URL, data URI, or local path). str (file) Yes
volume Volume scale for the newly attached audio track (1.0 = original). float No

Outputs

Output Description Type
error Error message if the operation failed str
video_out Final video (with attached audio), as a path or data URI. str (file)

Possible use case

  • Adding background music to a silent screen recording
  • Replacing original audio with a voiceover or translated audio track
  • Combining AI-generated speech with stock footage
  • Adding sound effects to video content