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Claude-real-video － any LLM can watch a video

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first seen Jul 2, 2026 · last seen Jul 7, 2026 · published Jul 2, 2026

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2026-07-03
Every demo of an LLM 'watching' video is actually the LLM watching 1fps stills. That's what the API gives you. This repo handles the frame extraction. The model never saw motion — it inferred it from screenshots. Multimodal is the pitch. Slideshow is the product.