diff --git a/animation/animate-x/.gitignore b/animation/animate-x/.gitignore
index a89114a..1932f05 100644
--- a/animation/animate-x/.gitignore
+++ b/animation/animate-x/.gitignore
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ outputs/
 ***/__pycache__
 */__pycache__
 venv/
+checkpoints/
diff --git a/animation/animate-x/process_data.py b/animation/animate-x/process_data.py
index 4a9dff5..2c4124b 100644
--- a/animation/animate-x/process_data.py
+++ b/animation/animate-x/process_data.py
@@ -217,12 +217,21 @@ def video2img(video_path, img_dir):
 
 def mp_main(args):
     os.makedirs(args.saved_pose_dir, exist_ok = True)
+
+    # NB(bt,2025-02-04): This repo is set up around batch video processing. If we only process one video, we should have more 
+    # predictable and imperative pathing that doesn't take from video base names.
+    is_single_video = False
+
     if args.source_video_paths.endswith('mp4'):
         video_paths = [args.source_video_paths]
+        is_single_video = True
     else:
         # video list
         video_paths = [os.path.join(args.source_video_paths, frame_name) for frame_name in os.listdir(args.source_video_paths)]
 
+    if len(video_paths) == 1 and video_paths[0].endswith('.mp4'):
+        is_single_video = True
+
     logger.info("There are {} videos for extracting poses".format(len(video_paths)))
 
     logger.info('LOAD: DW Pose Model')
@@ -231,18 +240,25 @@ def mp_main(args):
     results_vis = []
     for i, file_path in enumerate(video_paths):
         try:
-
-
-
             logger.info(f"{i}/{len(video_paths)}, {file_path}")
 
-            save_frame_dir = os.path.join(args.saved_frame_dir, os.path.basename(file_path)[:-4]) 
+            save_frame_dir = args.saved_frame_dir # NB: New pathing
+
+            if not is_single_video:
+                save_frame_dir = os.path.join(args.saved_frame_dir, os.path.basename(file_path)[:-4]) # NB: Existing pathing behavior
+
             os.makedirs(save_frame_dir, exist_ok = True)
             video2img(file_path, save_frame_dir)
 
             videoCapture = cv2.VideoCapture(file_path)
-            cur_output_dir =  os.path.join(args.saved_pose, os.path.basename(file_path)[:-4]) 
+
+            cur_output_dir = args.saved_pose # NB: New pathing
+
+            if not is_single_video:
+                cur_output_dir = os.path.join(args.saved_pose, os.path.basename(file_path)[:-4]) # NB: Existing pathing behavior
+
             os.makedirs(cur_output_dir, exist_ok = True)
+
             fps = int(videoCapture.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_FPS))
             bodies = []
             body_indices = []
@@ -294,7 +310,11 @@ def mp_main(args):
             new_dict['fps'] = fps
 
             
-            save_pkl_path = os.path.join(args.saved_pose_dir, os.path.basename(file_path)[:-4]+'.pkl') 
+            save_pkl_path = os.path.join(args.saved_pose_dir, 'pose.pkl') # NB: New pathing
+
+            if not is_single_video:
+                save_pkl_path = os.path.join(args.saved_pose_dir, os.path.basename(file_path)[:-4]+'.pkl')  # NB: New pathing
+
             print(save_pkl_path)
             with open(save_pkl_path, 'wb') as file:
                 # 使用 pickle.dump() 方法将字典写入文件
diff --git a/animation/animate-x/run_inference.sh b/animation/animate-x/run_inference.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d875121
--- /dev/null
+++ b/animation/animate-x/run_inference.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+python inference.py --cfg configs/Animate_X_infer.yaml
+
diff --git a/animation/animate-x/run_process_data.sh b/animation/animate-x/run_process_data.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4cdba30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/animation/animate-x/run_process_data.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+    #--source_video_paths data/videos \
+
+python process_data.py \
+    --source_video_paths data/videos/dance_1.mp4 \
+    --saved_pose_dir data/saved_pkl \
+    --saved_pose data/saved_pose \
+    --saved_frame_dir data/saved_frames
+