WORLD IS ONEA POEM WITHOUT BORDERS

From language to song and video

The author directs one language at a time. This is the agreed workflow for I Am Free to Dream.

Every new run uses the shared generation settings, as a baseline, with documented language and arrangement overrides. Preserve each language’s musical direction. The prepared settings are intentions; verify and save the actual controls before submitting.

  1. Choose a language. Check that its lyric adaptation and cultural style prompt exist. A pending adaptation brief is not a finished translation. Prepare one Suno submission, normally two candidate takes, using the existing Pro account.
  2. Review the audio. Share the candidate links and actual settings. Wait for the author to choose a take before downloading or publishing. Do not generate the next language automatically.
  3. Select a take. The author's selection authorizes the remaining steps below for this project. A later request such as “audio only,” “hold publication” or “change the visuals” overrides the default.
  4. Download one MP3. Reuse an existing verified download when it matches the chosen Suno ID. Downloading M4A, WAV or a Suno video is unnecessary for this workflow. Track the source URL, settings and checksum.
  5. Create the MP4. Combine that exact soundtrack with the existing shared visual sequence, fitting the visuals to the complete song. Preserve audio speed and pitch. This is a soundtrack replacement, not a new lip-synced performance. Add timed lyrics only when checked timings for this exact take exist.
  6. Publish both. Add separate audio and video records under the language folder using Git LFS. Update the inventories, listening page and audio playlist. Preserve earlier versions and existing translation-review status.
  7. Verify delivery. Check the complete video decode, matching soundtrack, opening/middle/ending frames, upload checksums, browser playback and seeking, and the final website deployment. Return the listening page and downloads.

Selecting a take approves its publication as an author-selected listening preview. It does not certify the translation or sung pronunciation as reviewed by a fluent speaker.

Render the selected video

The reusable renderer uses FFmpeg. Retrieve the shared source with Git LFS if needed. Use a new filename and work directory for each take:

python scripts/render_song_video.py \
  --audio media/bengali/i-am-free-to-dream-bengali.mp3 \
  --video media/odia/source/melodicpal-original.mp4 \
  --output /path/to/output/bengali-take-2.mp4 \
  --work-dir /path/to/private-work/bengali-take-2 \
  --title "স্বপ্ন দেখতে আমার মানা নেই" \
  --language ben

Pass --ffmpeg /path/to/ffmpeg if FFmpeg is not on PATH. The renderer refuses to overwrite an existing output, preserves the full audio, exports three frames for visual inspection and writes a validation report. Keep scratch work folders out of Git. Save portable prompts, settings, take selections and validation results in tracked production/ records; exclude private account evidence. See portable workspace for cloud setup and project memory.

This visual source belongs to this poem. A different poem or a request for new visual storytelling needs an appropriate visual choice rather than automatically reusing it.

See media publishing for catalog fields and timed lyrics for SRT handling.

Publish an additional musical variation

A selected duet is an additional variation, like English Country and Jazz. Preserve the existing arrangement and its URLs; do not archive it simply because a duet was selected. Keep current variations available in the playlist. Archive only a superseded take within a variation when the author requests replacement.

Store new duet media under media/<language>/duet/, with unique IDs and filenames. Give its audio and matching video variation: duet, variation_label: Duet and a title ending in “ · Duet”. Use the same source-song URL on the pair and link the video with audio_recording_id. Existing published files need not move to gain a variation label. The language page gives each available variation its own section under Listen and Watch; earlier takes remain separate.

Only publish after the author selects a take. Candidate links and exact prompts remain in production history until then. Explain the vocal choice and local musical basis on the language page; record which source recording was used and whether the tune/backing preservation was actually verified. A cover may reinterpret the source and does not establish an identical backing track.