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Analyze videos with Google Gemini API (summaries, Q&A, transcription with timestamps + visual context, scene/timeline detection, video clipping, FPS control, multi-video comparison, and YouTube URL analysis).

When to use

• This skill enables video understanding workflows using the Google Gemini API, including **video summarization**, **question answering**, **transcription with optional visual descriptions**, **timestamp-based queries (MM:SS)**, **scene/time…
• Summarizing a video into key points or chapters
• Answering questions about what happens at specific timestamps (MM:SS)
• Producing a transcript (optionally with visual context) and speaker labels
• Detecting scene changes or building a timeline of events
• Analyzing long videos by clipping to relevant segments or reducing FPS
• Comparing multiple videos (up to 10 videos on Gemini 2.5+)
• Analyzing public YouTube videos directly via URL

When not to use

• Long-video support is limited by model context and token budget (default vs low-res modes).
• YouTube analysis requires public videos; live streaming analysis is not supported.
• Very long videos may require chunking (clip by time range and process in segments).
• Multi-video comparison is limited (up to 10 videos per request on Gemini 2.5+).

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