Frequently asked
What is a brainrot video?
It's the TikTok/Shorts format where a fast voiceover plays over a low-stakes looping background (satisfying clips, parkour, subway POV) with large center-screen captions that highlight each word as it's spoken. The background keeps the eye busy while the voiceover delivers the content — high retention and easy to batch.
Can I use Minecraft or Subway Surfers footage?
Not through ViralMint — we never bundle copyrighted game footage, because using it commercially is a takedown and demonetization risk. Instead we pull license-cleared Pexels clips for vibes like 'satisfying' and 'parkour', and you can upload your own footage if you hold the rights to it.
What does it cost?
About $0.05 per video as a flat assembly fee, with no subscription. The free Edge voice adds nothing; the premium Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS voice is billed separately per 1,000 characters if you choose it. There's no per-minute meter and no watermark.
What backgrounds can I choose?
Preset vibes — Satisfying, Parkour, Subway POV, Kinetic sand, Abstract motion, Driving POV — each mapped to a license-cleared Pexels search, plus an Upload option for your own clip. The background is automatically looped and center-cropped to 9:16 to match your voiceover length.
Does it run in the cloud?
The video assembly — text-to-speech, Whisper transcription, and FFmpeg rendering — runs locally in the desktop app, so your script never goes to a third-party web editor. Only the small per-video fee is settled against your prepaid balance.