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Video briefs for AI
A video brief is structured evidence from a recording: speech, on-screen text, visual notes, and selected images, each with timestamps. FrameCast builds it on your Mac so you can hand a self-describing file to an AI without uploading the raw take to a cloud recorder.
Briefs are sampled. Short actions and tiny UI details can be missed, and those limits travel with the export. Use them when you need memory of a demo — not pixel-perfect forensic capture.
What a brief contains
Open a finished recording in the studio and build a brief from the full original file — including areas outside a preview crop. Analysis stays local.
- Speech transcription with original timing
- On-screen text, image categories, and face or human locations aligned to the timeline
- Selected evidence frames you can preview before export
- JSON you can copy, or a compressed bundle with a storyboard
Hand it to an AI
Export the brief yourself. FrameCast does not upload it. Paste the JSON into a chat, attach the ZIP in a project folder, or drop frames into a ticket — whatever workflow you already trust.
Good fits: release notes from a walkthrough, support triage from a bug demo, lesson summaries for course prep, or a Cursor brief that remembers what was on screen.
Honest limits
Sampling means flashes, tiny icons, and one-frame gestures may not appear. If the take matters legally or financially, keep the original video and treat the brief as a companion summary — not a substitute.
Takeaways
- • Briefs are on-device evidence packs for LLMs, not cloud host transcripts.
- • You export JSON or a ZIP; FrameCast never uploads the brief.
- • Sampling limits are declared with the file — plan for missed short actions.
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