diff --git a/remotion/package-lock.json b/remotion/package-lock.json
index 9522501..fd34a75 100644
--- a/remotion/package-lock.json
+++ b/remotion/package-lock.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     "": {
       "name": "pino-remotion",
       "dependencies": {
+        "@elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js": "^2.75.0",
         "@remotion/cli": "^4.0.300",
         "@remotion/google-fonts": "^4.0.300",
         "react": "^18.3.1",
@@ -32,6 +33,41 @@
         "node": ">=6.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js": {
+      "version": "2.75.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js/-/elevenlabs-js-2.75.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-sCEddZAQS+JdAvD+jnqXund75mygRkHzgigqbWsQpcJozwe15FOtymS2+28YMOY06Pmja9l8EUE1LlXAtlW0Nw==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "command-exists": "^1.2.9",
+        "node-fetch": "^2.7.0",
+        "ws": "^8.18.3"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=18.0.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/@elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js/node_modules/ws": {
+      "version": "8.22.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-8.22.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-oyL6OPYme/CmiFvNuGzeoxCJ4nOrZE2O1FwM9MWM1AsGri6nLXB2pg+lNA8aLeXMSav0J6eIVS1j6vUPzUtK9g==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=10.0.0"
+      },
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "bufferutil": "^4.0.1",
+        "utf-8-validate": ">=5.0.2"
+      },
+      "peerDependenciesMeta": {
+        "bufferutil": {
+          "optional": true
+        },
+        "utf-8-validate": {
+          "optional": true
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@esbuild/aix-ppc64": {
       "version": "0.25.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@esbuild/aix-ppc64/-/aix-ppc64-0.25.0.tgz",
@@ -1276,6 +1312,12 @@
         "node": ">=6.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/command-exists": {
+      "version": "1.2.9",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/command-exists/-/command-exists-1.2.9.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-LTQ/SGc+s0Xc0Fu5WaKnR0YiygZkm9eKFvyS+fRsU7/ZWFF8ykFM6Pc9aCVf1+xasOOZpO3BAVgVrKvsqKHV7w==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/commander": {
       "version": "2.20.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/commander/-/commander-2.20.3.tgz",
@@ -2117,6 +2159,26 @@
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       "license": "MIT"
     },
+    "node_modules/node-fetch": {
+      "version": "2.7.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.7.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-c4FRfUm/dbcWZ7U+1Wq0AwCyFL+3nt2bEw05wfxSz+DWpWsitgmSgYmy2dQdWyKC1694ELPqMs/YzUSNozLt8A==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "whatwg-url": "^5.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": "4.x || >=6.0.0"
+      },
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "encoding": "^0.1.0"
+      },
+      "peerDependenciesMeta": {
+        "encoding": {
+          "optional": true
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/node-releases": {
       "version": "2.0.60",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-releases/-/node-releases-2.0.60.tgz",
@@ -2745,6 +2807,12 @@
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       "license": "MIT"
     },
+    "node_modules/tr46": {
+      "version": "0.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tr46/-/tr46-0.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-N3WMsuqV66lT30CrXNbEjx4GEwlow3v6rr4mCcv6prnfwhS01rkgyFdjPNBYd9br7LpXV1+Emh01fHnq2Gdgrw==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/tslib": {
       "version": "2.8.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tslib/-/tslib-2.8.1.tgz",
@@ -3295,6 +3363,12 @@
         "node": ">=10.13.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/webidl-conversions": {
+      "version": "3.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webidl-conversions/-/webidl-conversions-3.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-2JAn3z8AR6rjK8Sm8orRC0h/bcl/DqL7tRPdGZ4I1CjdF+EaMLmYxBHyXuKL849eucPFhvBoxMsflfOb8kxaeQ==",
+      "license": "BSD-2-Clause"
+    },
     "node_modules/webpack": {
       "version": "5.112.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webpack/-/webpack-5.112.2.tgz",
@@ -3413,6 +3487,16 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/whatwg-url": {
+      "version": "5.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/whatwg-url/-/whatwg-url-5.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-saE57nupxk6v3HY35+jzBwYa0rKSy0XR8JSxZPwgLr7ys0IBzhGviA1/TUGJLmSVqs8pb9AnvICXEuOHLprYTw==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "tr46": "~0.0.3",
+        "webidl-conversions": "^3.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/which": {
       "version": "2.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/which/-/which-2.0.2.tgz",
diff --git a/remotion/package.json b/remotion/package.json
index 522ac77..904a7a5 100644
--- a/remotion/package.json
+++ b/remotion/package.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     "render": "remotion render"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js": "^2.75.0",
     "@remotion/cli": "^4.0.300",
     "@remotion/google-fonts": "^4.0.300",
     "react": "^18.3.1",
diff --git a/remotion/werkzeuge/stimmen.config.json b/remotion/werkzeuge/stimmen.config.json
index 93f5910..cc659af 100644
--- a/remotion/werkzeuge/stimmen.config.json
+++ b/remotion/werkzeuge/stimmen.config.json
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 {
-	"modell": "eleven_multilingual_v2",
+	"modell": "eleven_v4",
 	"format": "mp3_44100_128",
-	"einstellungen": {"stability": 0.5, "similarity_boost": 0.75, "style": 0.2},
+	"einstellungen": {
+		"stability": 0.5,
+		"similarity_boost": 0.75
+	},
 	"stimmen": {
 		"ERZ": "",
 		"PINO": "",
diff --git a/remotion/werkzeuge/stimmen.mts b/remotion/werkzeuge/stimmen.mts
index 9610d54..b37a846 100644
--- a/remotion/werkzeuge/stimmen.mts
+++ b/remotion/werkzeuge/stimmen.mts
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 //   … F02 --probe        nur anzeigen, was erzeugt würde (kostet nichts)
 //   … F02 --sprache es   andere Sprache (de, es, fr; ohne Angabe de)
 //
-// Der Schlüssel kommt nur aus der Umgebungsvariable, nie aus einer Datei im Repo.
+// Der Schlüssel kommt aus ELEVENLABS_API_KEY bzw. aus youtube/.env.local (angelegt mit
+// `npx -y @elevenlabs/cli@latest onboard init`, nicht im Git) – nie aus dem Code.
 // Stimmen-IDs und Modell stehen in werkzeuge/stimmen.config.json (je Sprache
 // lassen sich dort unter „sprachen“ eigene Stimmen eintragen).
 // Aufnahmen landen in public/stimmen/folgeNN/<sprache>/ (nicht im Git; auf dem VPS ein
@@ -19,9 +20,14 @@ import {spawnSync} from 'node:child_process';
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import {fileURLToPath} from 'node:url';
+import {Readable} from 'node:stream';
+import {ElevenLabsClient} from '@elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js';
 
 const WURZEL = path.resolve(path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '..');
 process.chdir(WURZEL);
+// Schlüssel aus der .env.local im Repo-Wurzelordner laden (falls nicht schon gesetzt)
+const envDatei = path.join(WURZEL, '..', '.env.local');
+if (!process.env.ELEVENLABS_API_KEY && fs.existsSync(envDatei)) process.loadEnvFile(envDatei);
 
 const args = process.argv.slice(2);
 const kuerzel = args.find((a) => !a.startsWith('--'));
@@ -42,7 +48,8 @@ const cfg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('werkzeuge/stimmen.config.json', 'utf8'))
 	einstellungen?: Record<string, unknown>;
 };
 const schluessel = process.env.ELEVENLABS_API_KEY;
-if (!schluessel && !probe) throw new Error('ELEVENLABS_API_KEY ist nicht gesetzt.');
+if (!schluessel && !probe) throw new Error('ELEVENLABS_API_KEY ist nicht gesetzt (siehe youtube/.env.local).');
+const client = probe ? null : new ElevenLabsClient(); // liest ELEVENLABS_API_KEY
 
 const npx = process.platform === 'win32' ? 'npx.cmd' : 'npx';
 const ausgabe = spawnSync(npx, ['tsx', 'werkzeuge/szenenliste.mts', `./src/folge${nummer}/Folge${nummer}.tsx`, kuerzel], {encoding: 'utf8', shell: process.platform === 'win32', env: {...process.env, SPRACHE: sprache}});
@@ -91,13 +98,17 @@ for (const s of szenen) {
 			console.log(`~ ${schl} (${z.wer}): ${z.text}`);
 			continue;
 		}
-		const antwort = await fetch(`https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/text-to-speech/${stimme}?output_format=${cfg.format}`, {
-			method: 'POST',
-			headers: {'xi-api-key': schluessel!, 'Content-Type': 'application/json', Accept: 'audio/mpeg'},
-			body: JSON.stringify({text: z.text, model_id: cfg.modell, voice_settings: cfg.einstellungen}),
+		// Sprache festlegen (bessere Aussprache); eleven_v4 kennt nur stability und similarity_boost
+		const audio = await client!.textToSpeech.convert(stimme, {
+			text: z.text,
+			modelId: cfg.modell,
+			languageCode: sprache,
+			outputFormat: cfg.format as never,
+			voiceSettings: {stability: cfg.einstellungen?.stability as number, similarityBoost: cfg.einstellungen?.similarity_boost as number},
 		});
-		if (!antwort.ok) throw new Error(`${schl}: ElevenLabs antwortet ${antwort.status} ${await antwort.text()}`);
-		fs.writeFileSync(pfad, Buffer.from(await antwort.arrayBuffer()));
+		const teile: Buffer[] = [];
+		for await (const t of Readable.fromWeb(audio as never)) teile.push(Buffer.from(t));
+		fs.writeFileSync(pfad, Buffer.concat(teile));
 		aufnahmen[schl] = {datei, dauer: laenge(pfad), text: z.text};
 		fs.writeFileSync(jsonDatei, JSON.stringify(aufnahmen, null, '\t') + '\n');
 		erzeugt++;