burn-subtitleslisted
Install: claude install-skill jperrello/C0BALT_CUT
# burn-subtitles
Word-timed subtitle burn-in for shorts. Highlights the current word, no manual sync.
## Invoke
```
.claude/skills/burn-subtitles/burn-subtitles.sh <input> <transcript.json> <out> [style] [font_size]
```
- `input`: video path
- `transcript`: path to JSON. For `style=chunks` (default) this is a `chunks.json` from the `chunk-captions` skill. For other styles it's a `transcribe` output JSON.
- `out`: output video path
- `style` (optional): `chunks` (default) | `line` | `word-karaoke` | `selective`
- `font_size` (optional): default `72`
## Output
mp4 with subtitles burned in. Same dimensions, audio stream-copied. Prints the
output path to stdout. Idempotent: skips work if `out` is newer than both inputs.
## Styles
- `chunks` (default): consumes a `chunks.json` from the `chunk-captions`
skill. Each chunk is shown as a complete phrase for its `[t0, t1]` window;
the currently-spoken word is rendered cyan, all other words white. Chunks
hard-cut between each other — no scrolling, no fade. Kills the per-word
slide-up that made the legacy `word-karaoke` style hard to read.
- `line`: one plain line per transcript segment.
- `word-karaoke` (legacy): rolling window of up to 4 words, tied to word
timestamps. Each word slides up 8px over 80ms at its own `t0` and hard-cuts
off when bumped or after a >0.6s speech gap. Deprecated for shorts —
feedback showed the constant scroll was hard to follow.
- `selective`: only burns segments overlapping high-RMS-ener