How I Built and Sold an End-to-End AI Video Generation Automation for $500 Using n8n

Dinesh Barri

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I got tired of babysitting video renders at 2 AM.

So I built an n8n workflow that generates videos while I sleep.

Not a concept. Not a prototype. A production system that's been running for weeks.

The Problem I Was Facing:

I was spending 30 minutes per video doing the same repetitive tasks:

Wait for Veo3 to finish rendering (3-5 min, constantly refreshing)
Download the video
Write YouTube titles and descriptions
Upload to Drive
Upload to YouTube
Log everything in a spreadsheet

If I wanted to test 10 video ideas, that's 5 hours of my day gone.

The Solution:

I built a system that handles the entire pipeline automatically.

How It Works:

The flow starts with simple video ideas in a Google Sheet (or generated in batches). n8n picks them up and turns them into detailed cinematic prompts for Veo3—camera angles, lighting, environment included.

From there, the workflow:

Handles Veo3's asynchronous rendering with built-in wait and retry loops
Converts the final output to MP4
Uploads to Drive
Generates YouTube metadata
Publishes the video
Logs every step
Sends me a Gmail confirmation

Once triggered, it runs end-to-end on its own.

If anything fails:

I get an email with the exact error, operation ID, and retry count
No digging through logs
I know exactly what broke and where

Real Results:

✅ Queue 20 ideas before bed → wake up to 20 rendered, uploaded videos

✅ Multiple clients paid $200+ for similar end-to-end automations

✅ Generated 150+ videos in 3 weeks

✅ Gave me back 20+ hours per week

Every video used to require me to remember: Did I check the render? Did I rename the file? Did I write a description? Did I log it?

The automation doesn't just do those tasks. It removes the mental overhead of tracking them.

Want to build your own?

Full Workflow + Setup :https://github.com/dineshbarri/AI-Video-Factory-Veo3-Automation-Pipeline

Sample Videos Generated:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIKuBG-knvr4djncRlaR_XIEnqHyk52r8

P.S. The hardest part wasn't calling APIs. It was making 8+ services work together reliably with proper error handling and state tracking. That's what separates a demo from a production system.

If you're curious about n8n workflow automations: Drop a comment or feel free to DM me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dinesh-barri/

If you find my work on AI automation useful, please consider giving the project a ⭐ on GitHub.

And if you'd like to support what I'm building, you can sponsor my work—it helps me create and share more real-world automations:

Support Links:☕ Buy me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/dineshbarri

💙 GitHub Sponsor: https://github.com/sponsors/dineshbarri/

💰 PayPal: https://paypal.me/dineshbarri1997

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