| Max Single Video Duration | ≈ 45 mins (with audio) ≈ 1 hour (no audio) | 5 minutes (Total length across all uploaded videos) | 1 hour (Total length across all uploaded videos) | Segmentation & Chaining: Split into 45-minute chunks, analyze, and feed the summary of the previous chunk to the next prompt. |
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| Max Total Context Window | 1,048,576 tokens (up to 2M in some configs) | 32,000 tokens (for all input) | 1,000,000 tokens (for all input) | API Only: Use mediaResolution: 'low' parameter, allowing a single video file to be analyzed for up to ≈ 6 hours within the token window. |
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| Video Token Rate (Default) | ≈ 300 tokens/second (Visuals + Audio) | Not explicitly published. | Not explicitly published. | Reduce Frame Rate/Resolution before upload, or use the mediaResolution: 'low' API setting to ≈ 100 tokens/second. |
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| Max File Size (Upload) | 2 GB per file (via Files API) | 2 GB per video file | 2 GB per video file | Use YouTube URLs (API) or leverage connected cloud services (Apps) to bypass local upload size issues. |
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| Max Videos per Prompt | 10 video files | 10 video files | 10 video files | Not the limiting factor for analyzing a single, very long video. |
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| YouTube URL Support | Yes (Input via URL supported) | Yes (Connected service) | Yes (Connected service) | Always use for public videos for simpler, faster ingestion. Free tier may have a daily limit. |
| Native Video Analysis? | YES. Natively processes both visual frames (sampled) and audio. | NO (Indirect). Cannot process raw video files. Requires a third-party tool or pre-processing to extract frames or a transcript. | NO (Indirect). No direct raw video input. Relies heavily on text transcripts or external tools. |
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| Max Single Video Duration | ≈ 1 hour (Token/Context limit). Up to ≈ 6 hours with low-resolution parameter. | Unlimited (Indirectly). The limit is based on the length of the text transcript or the number of frames provided. | Unlimited (Indirectly). The limit is based on the length of the text transcript fed into the massive context window. |
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| Context Window Size | 1 Million Tokens (Core model) | ≈ 128K to 200K Tokens (Varies by model version and access point) | 200K Tokens to 1 Million Tokens (Claude Opus/Sonnet) |
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| File Upload Method | Direct Upload (API/Apps) or YouTube URL. | Screenshots/Images Only (via GPT-4V/4o). Full videos are not a supported file type in the chat. | Text Transcripts Only. (The model is primarily focused on text and images, not video). |
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| How Video Is "Analyzed" | Processes video at ≈ 1 frame/second, plus audio transcription, using a single multimodal model. | Must be analyzed as: 1) A Text Transcript, or 2) A sequence of still images (screenshots). | Must be analyzed as: 1) A Text Transcript (best for long content), or 2) A sequence of still images (less common workflow). |
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| AI Model / Platform | Max Total Duration Limit | 6-Minute Video Analysis Result | Token Consumption (Approximate) |
| **Gemini Apps (Free Tier)** | 5 minutes (Total per prompt) | **FAIL.** Exceeds the hard 5-minute total limit for the free consumer chat. | ≈ 108,000 tokens (6 mins × 300 tokens/s) – Too high for 32K context. |
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| **Gemini Apps (AI Pro/Ultra)** | 1 hour (Total per prompt) | **SUCCESS.** Well within the 1-hour limit. Will use the 1M token context window. | ≈ 108,000 tokens (6 mins × 300 tokens/s) – Easily fits in 1M context. |
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| **Gemini API / Vertex AI** | ≈ 1 hour (Default resolution) | **SUCCESS.** Easily analyzable via the Files API or YouTube URL. | ≈ 108,000 tokens (6 mins × 300 tokens/s) – Uses only ≈ 10% of the 1M token window. |
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| **ChatGPT (GPT-4o / GPT-4V)** | Indirect / Image count-based | **SUCCESS (Indirect).** Must be uploaded as a full Transcript and/or a few Screenshots. Cannot be uploaded as a raw video file. | **Text Only:** The transcript will be a low token count (≈ 6,000 tokens) and is easily analyzed in the 128K–200K token window. |
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| **Claude (Opus / Sonnet)** | Indirect / Token-based (Extremely High) | **SUCCESS (Indirect).** Must be uploaded as a full Transcript. The long context window handles this text easily. | **Text Only:** The transcript is very small relative to Claude’s huge context window (200K–1M tokens), making analysis fast and easy. |