Video Reader Skill

Primary Method: Gemini Native Video Understanding

🚨 MANDATORY: Use alma video analyze for ALL video tasks. DO NOT use ffmpeg frame extraction unless alma video analyze explicitly fails. Frame extraction is a LAST RESORT, not a default.

Always use this — Gemini can understand video natively (visual + audio).

# Analyze a video with Gemini (uploads to Gemini Files API)
alma video analyze "/path/to/video.mp4" "Describe what's happening in this video"

# Custom prompts
alma video analyze "/path/to/video.mp4" "What language are they speaking? Summarize what they said"
alma video analyze "/path/to/video.mp4" "Is this video funny? Why?"
alma video analyze "/path/to/video.mp4" "Transcribe all spoken words in this video"

This uses Gemini's native multimodal video input — no frame extraction needed. Works with mp4, mov, webm, avi, mkv, m4v, 3gp. Max file size: 2GB.