An AI-powered video analysis and conversational assistant that processes video input, recognizes events, summarizes content, and engages in multi-turn conversations.
This system implements a comprehensive visual understanding chat assistant that:
- Analyzes video content using Vision-Language Models (VLM)
- Detects events and timestamps with high accuracy
- Identifies safety violations and guideline adherence issues
- Engages in natural conversations about video content
- Maintains conversation context across multiple turns
- Provides structured responses with relevant timestamps
The system accepts video streams up to 2 minutes duration. It identifies specific events within videos such as accidents, traffic violations, pedestrian behavior, conversations, performances, and daily activities. The system provides precise timestamps for all detected events and summarizes video content highlighting key events. It detects guideline adherence and violations with detailed descriptions.
The system supports natural, contextual conversations about video content. It retains conversation history for coherent follow-up responses. The system implements agentic workflow for intelligent query understanding. It handles clarification requests and follow-up questions and provides suggested questions based on video analysis.
The system processes various video formats including MP4, WebM, and AVI. It handles videos up to 2 minutes duration. The system extracts representative frames for analysis and provides detailed video metadata and duration information.
Web Interface (HTML/JavaScript) → FastAPI Backend → Video Processor (VLM Analysis)
↓ ↓
Chat Handler (Multi-turn) ← Chat History Database ← vLLM Server (Port 8000)
↓ ↓ ↓
LLM Server SQLite Database Qwen2.5-VL-32B
(Port 8001) (Sessions) (Vision Model)
↓
Llama-3.1-8B
(Text Model)
Modern HTML5 and JavaScript interface provides drag-and-drop video upload functionality. Real-time chat interface with progress indicators and status updates. Responsive design works on all devices.
RESTful API endpoints handle video upload and chat requests. Async video processing prevents blocking operations. Session management tracks user conversations. Error handling and logging ensure reliability. CORS support enables cross-origin requests.
Frame extraction uses PyAV library for robust video decoding. VLM-based event detection identifies activities and objects. Structured output parsing extracts events with timestamps. Timestamp generation provides precise timing. Safety violation detection identifies concerning content.
Intent classification understands user query types. Context-aware responses use video analysis results. Multi-turn conversation management maintains dialogue flow. Follow-up question generation suggests relevant queries. Response personalization adapts to user needs.
SQLite stores chat history and session data. Session management tracks user conversations. User conversation tracking maintains context. Foreign key constraints ensure data integrity. Automatic cleanup prevents data bloat.
FastAPI provides high-performance async capabilities and excellent OpenAPI documentation. Native support for modern Python features makes it ideal for AI and ML workloads. Easy integration with ML models enables rapid development.
SQLite offers lightweight, serverless database functionality perfect for chat history storage. No additional infrastructure required makes deployment simple. Excellent for development and moderate production loads.
PyAV provides robust video decoding and frame extraction with comprehensive format support. More reliable than OpenCV for production video processing. Handles edge cases and various video formats well.
vLLM delivers high-performance inference serving with OpenAI-compatible API. Efficient GPU utilization maximizes hardware performance. Optimal for serving both VLM and LLM models with maximum throughput.
State-of-the-art vision-language understanding provides excellent event detection capabilities. Detailed video analysis with accurate timestamp detection. Handles diverse video content types effectively.
Superior conversational abilities with excellent reasoning and context understanding. Handles complex multi-turn conversations with high quality responses. Natural language processing for user queries.
Two NVIDIA L40S GPU cards with 46GB VRAM each provide sufficient processing power. Linux environment tested on Ubuntu. Docker and Docker Compose for containerized deployment.
Python 3.8 or higher version required. Docker and Docker Compose must be installed. NVIDIA GPU with sufficient VRAM (24GB+ recommended). Linux environment (tested on Ubuntu).
git clone <repository-url>
cd visual-understanding-chat-assistantThe system requires two vLLM instances running simultaneously.
VLM Server on Port 8000 for video analysis:
docker run -d --name vlm \
--gpus device=0 \
-p 8000:8000 \
-v /mnt/models:/root/.cache/huggingface \
-e HUGGING_FACE_HUB_TOKEN=your_token_here \
vllm/vllm-openai:latest \
--model Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-32B-Instruct \
--trust-remote-code \
--max-model-len 2048LLM Server on Port 8001 for conversations:
docker run -d --name llm \
--gpus device=1 \
-p 8001:8000 \
-v /mnt/models:/root/.cache/huggingface \
-e HUGGING_FACE_HUB_TOKEN=your_token_here \
vllm/vllm-openai:latest \
--model Meta-Llama/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct \
--max-model-len 2048python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txtTest system components:
python test_system.pyCheck API health:
curl http://localhost:8000/health
curl http://localhost:8001/healthpython main.pyThe web interface will be available at: http://localhost:8002
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Upload Video Navigate to http://localhost:8002. Click "Choose File" and select a video (maximum 2 minutes). Click "Analyze Video" and wait for analysis to complete (typically 30-60 seconds).
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Review Analysis Results View detected events with timestamps. Read the video summary. Check for any safety violations or guideline issues.
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Start Conversation Use the chat interface to ask questions about the video. Ask follow-up questions for clarification. Request specific details about events or timestamps.
The system displays detected events such as "Person Walking (00:15 - 00:30): Individual crosses street using crosswalk" and "Vehicle Movement (00:05 - 00:20): Green bus travels along main road with other vehicles visible". Summary describes overall video content highlighting key activities and interactions.
User asks "What happened at the intersection?" Assistant responds with specific details about detected events including timestamps and descriptions of activities observed.
User asks "Can you tell me more about the accident?" Assistant provides detailed analysis of incident including time range, vehicles involved, and circumstances based on video analysis.
User asks "Were there any safety violations?" Assistant identifies specific safety issues detected in video analysis with precise timestamps and severity assessment.
Users can ask "What happened at 01:30?" or "Show me events between 00:15 and 00:45" or "When did the accident occur?" System responds with relevant timestamp information.
Users can request "Tell me about the traffic violations" or "Were there any pedestrian safety issues?" or "What vehicles were involved in the accident?" System provides focused analysis of specific event types.
Users can ask "Can you explain that in more detail?" or "What were the consequences of that action?" or "How serious was that violation?" System maintains context across conversation turns.
Run comprehensive system test:
python test_system.pyTest specific video:
python -c "
import asyncio
from video_processor import VideoProcessor
async def test():
processor = VideoProcessor()
result = await processor.analyze_video('eval_dataset/test_sample1.webm')
print(result)
asyncio.run(test())
"Test video upload:
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8002/analyze-video" \
-F "video=@eval_dataset/test_sample1.webm"Test chat functionality:
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8002/chat" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"message": "What events happened?", "session_id": "test_session", "user_id": "test_user"}'Video processing takes 30-60 seconds for 2-minute videos. Event detection identifies 15-30 events detected per video. Response time under 3 seconds for chat responses.
Event detection provides high precision for traffic and safety events. Timestamp accuracy within 2 seconds precision. Conversation relevance maintains context-aware responses.
GPU memory usage approximately 15GB for VLM and 8GB for LLM. CPU shows moderate usage during video processing. Storage uses temporary files with automatic cleanup.
Set custom model endpoints:
export VLM_BASE_URL="http://localhost:8000/v1"
export LLM_BASE_URL="http://localhost:8001/v1"Set database path:
export DB_PATH="./chat_history.db"Set temporary file directory:
export TEMP_DIR="./temp"Modify video_processor.py and chat_handler.py to use different models. Adjust max_tokens, temperature, and other parameters as needed. Configure frame extraction settings for different video types.
Check container status with docker ps. Check logs with docker logs vlm and docker logs llm. Restart if needed with docker restart vlm llm.
Ensure video file is valid and under 2 minutes duration. Check GPU memory availability. Verify video format compatibility.
Check LLM server status. Verify analysis context is properly formatted. Review conversation history length.
Reduce max_frames in video processor for faster analysis. Adjust max_tokens in chat handler for shorter responses. Use GPU monitoring to optimize memory usage.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
Visual Understanding Chat Assistant demonstrates cutting-edge AI capabilities for video analysis and conversational intelligence using state-of-the-art vision-language models and efficient inference frameworks.