Fix script errors: too short, too long, not accepted

When the app cannot use your script, it says why. The messages show in the script window under Script checks, and under the Generate Video button on Video Story.

To open the script window, select From a script, then Add your script. If a script is there already, select Script attached.

Your script needs a few adjustments

Your text is not in the format the app needs. The window lists each point.

• Fix the points yourself. Some have a button, such as Add the list at the end. The script guide shows the format.
• Or select Adapt script under AI tools. Read the result, then select Use adapted script or Keep editing.

A speaker line that the app refuses is in this list, for example Write the speaker's name with @ and no spaces, for example @MaryJane.

Older messages said "Rewrite". The name is now Adapt. If the script generator says This looks like a script. Switch to Adapt to put it in our format., select Switch to Adapt.

A speaker name with no @

Under Suggestions, a line that ends with Without @, this line is prose and nobody says it. is not an error. The app accepts the line, but the video does not say it. Select Apply to make it a spoken line.

On the create page, The script has suggestions you have not applied. shows under the button. Select Review them to open the list.

Script too short

Script too short comes with The estimated video length must be at least 15 seconds. The limit is a length, not a number of words.

• The script window shows the number of spoken words and the estimated length. Make the script longer.
• No spoken lines found means that the app did not read your dialogue as speech. Open the script and select Adapt script.

Script too long

• The script window says Over your plan limit. Shorten your script or upgrade to use longer scripts. When you generate, Script too long gives your script's length and your plan's maximum.
• With a script, you do not pick a Duration. The limit is your plan's maximum. See How long your video can be.

Some headings ask for a length the film cannot hold

A heading in your script gives a number of seconds that is too short for its lines, or too long for one shot. A script with a correct format can get this message: Your script is ready to turn into a video. can change to Fix the length of 1 heading before you make the video. (with its own number).

1. Open the script window. Script checks lists the headings.
2. Select a heading in the list. Its red note in the editor starts with Too short or Too long.
3. Select a button such as Use 5s (with its own number), in the note or in the list.

To fix all headings at once, select Done, then Use suggested lengths and close. Close anyway changes nothing, and Generate Video stays off.

The length estimate does not finish

While one of these messages shows, Generate Video is off.

• Estimating the script length. The app measures the script after each change. Wait for the price.
• We could not estimate the script length. Edit the script or try again. The script window can show a quick length before this message. Change the script, and the app measures it again.
• Add a script before we calculate the price. No script is attached. Add your script, or select From an idea.

If a message stays, contact support.