---
type: project
status: active
date: "2026-10-18"
tags: [project, video-stack]
---

# Video Stack — Status

## What it is
Tony's video production program: 9:16 explainer/ad shorts (16:9 masters on demand), split
into two separate stacks — a **business** explainer stack (GeoLocal, MiArc, Pocket Change
type subjects) and a **political** "Voting Guide Series" (EDC GOP). Relocated from a
root-level `Video Stack/` folder into `04_projects/` during the 2026-10-18 defrag.

## Current state
- **Outputs:** 6 short projects — [[GeoLocal Explainer]], [[Prop 38 Explainer]], [[Prop 38 Ad]], [[Prop 1 Ad]], [[MiArc]], [[Pocket Change]]
- **Voice picks (2026-10-15):** business = Gemini **Kore** (B6); political = Gemini **Charon** (P1). See [[Test Scorecards]].
- **Renderer:** HyperFrames default, Remotion fallback.
- **Music:** ACE-Step 1.5 (local, MIT) primary; voice and music gates before build.
- **Workflow split:** Grok Bot designs workflow/templates/prompts; Hermes "explainer" profile produces on cheap inference; Regis for head-to-head comparisons.

## Key notes
- [[Video Stack - Overview]] — program MOC
- [[Full Stack Spec]] — complete STACK.md (tools, pipeline, commands, rules)
- [[Decisions]] — dated decisions with rationale
- [[Tools and Setup]]
- [[Lessons Learned]]
- [[Test Scorecards]] — scored stack/voice comparisons

## Next actions
- _TBD — confirm with Tony whether Video Stack stays a project or becomes its own area._

## Related
- [[MOC/Index|Master Index]] · [[index|Vault Index]]