Requirements and setting up the environment for video and speech creation

Requirements

• Internet connection (necessary to create speech files)
• Banana Accounting Dev Channel Version.
• Subscription to the Video Maker Plan or at least the Advanced Plan.
• FFmpeg executables.
• Subscription to a text-to speech service
  • Azure cognitive API
  • Google text-to- speech service.

Setup the environment

In order to use the Educational Video Maker application.

• For Windows
  • Download and Install ffmpeg tools
    • Download ffmpeg tools for Windows
    • Under "Get packages & executable files" select the Window operating system.
    • Download the essential package.
    • Unpack the file to a directory for example C:\ffmpeg
      Under bin you should have the file ffmpeg.exe and fprobe.exe
  • Make sure your antivirus does not block or slow the execution
    • Search and go to  "Virus Thread and Protection"
    • Manage settings
    • Add Remove Exclusions.
    • Add Exclusion
    • Folder
    • Select the ffmpeg/bin directory
  • Install a video player for mp4 files.
    Video are build in mp4 format, the codec is not preinstalled on Window.
    • Install an alternative Video player like VLC video player.
• MacOS setup (Install Ffmpeg tools)
  • Download the ffmpeg and ffprobe binaries
    • Under "Get packages & executable files" select the Mac operating system.
      Download the
    • ffmpeg
    • ffprobe.
    • Unpack the files and copy them to a new directory.
    • Make sure the ffmpeg and ffprobe are executable file type.
      • Go to the "Get packages & executable files" section of the page.
      • Click on macOS icon.
      • Click on "Static builds for macOS 64-bit".
• Setup Banana Accounting.
  • Install and run the dev-channel version.
  • Run the software
  • Make sure you can open MP4 files
    • Menu Tools → Program Settings.
  • Activate the integrated Screen Capture.
    • Windows-Appearance → Show developer Menus.
    • Developer menu → Activate ctrl+3.
  • Set the default language to English.
    • Menu Tools → Program Settings.
    • File Handling → Extensions of files conisdered secure
    • Add mp4 to the list
• Create an empty video project
  • Create a new directory for the video project.
  • Download and the Empty educational video file and copy it to the video project directory.
• Setup the Global settings
  • Important you need to specify the ffmpeg executable.
• Request the authorization at Banana.ch
  Speech generation only work if you have the authorization.