When this service helps
Long videos (meetings, lectures, equipment monitoring) you come back to many times, collections of videos you want to search, and answers you need to verify by time and frame.
VIDEO UNDERSTANDING · MCP
Give your AI a video link. It answers and points to the scenes.
Connect Claude, Codex or ChatGPT Desktop to summarize lectures, tutorials and meetings, find the moments you need, and check every answer against the original timestamp.
New accounts: first analysis free — one video up to 3 minutes with 10 questions (limited per day)
On a phone or tablet? Installation runs on a Windows or Mac computer. Copy this address and open it on your PC.
Free setup · Windows: one installer, no Node.js · Analysis is charged separately
This page guides setup. Analyze videos in your connected AI app.
How is this different from giving a video to Gemini directly?
The AI that watches the video is the same Google Gemini. The difference is what happens to what it understood: instead of ending as one chat reply, it becomes a saved record you can reuse, search and check.
| Aspect | Video given to Gemini directly | Blyck Video Understanding |
|---|---|---|
| Checking the evidence | It describes times in prose; to check them you have to find and play the video yourself. | Every record carries start and end times and its kind (speech, on-screen text, scene, action). YouTube results link to the official YouTube timestamp. For uploaded videos you can pull the exact frame (JPEG) or a clip of up to 15 seconds while the source is kept (24 hours). Times are recorded by the AI and can be off, but they are quick to check. |
| Searching many videos | It answers only about the video you just gave it. Comparing videos means giving each one again. | Search up to 20 of your completed analyses at once, for example to find every scene where a price is mentioned. Nothing is reanalyzed and search is free. |
| Saving and reuse | The result stays as text inside that conversation. To use it in another chat or tool, you give the video again and it is processed again. | Results are saved to your account as time-ranged records (30 days by default). Overview, timeline, moment finding and questions read the saved records without reprocessing the video. Sending the same video with the same settings again returns the saved result at no extra charge. |
See the full comparison
| Aspect | Video given to Gemini directly | Blyck Video Understanding |
|---|---|---|
| Showing its limits | It can smoothly fill in parts it missed or is unsure about, so gaps are hard to see. | Each result reports how much of the video was covered, which ranges are missing, and whether it is usable or limited. It also states that confidence values are uncalibrated and times are unverified. |
| Answering questions | It answers freely and can add plausible details that are not in the video. | Answers quote saved records with their times. If nothing relevant is stored, it says so instead of inventing an answer. |
| Cost | Depends on your Gemini plan and usage. Each time you give the video again, it is processed again. | A free quote shows the maximum charge before any analysis, and nothing runs until you approve it. Failed analyses are not charged. Reading and searching saved results is free. |
| Working with AI agents | Results are prose written for people; an agent has to reinterpret the text. | Results are structured data. Claude and Codex read only the parts they need and handle quotes, uploads, search and questions through tools. |
What could you do with a video?
Give your AI a video link and a task. Explore the evidence, check the original scenes, and put what you learn to use.
Apply what a tutorial teaches
Turn explanations and demonstrations into a sequence of steps, then work with your AI to adapt them to your situation.
Outline this tutorial's steps and explain how to apply them to my project, including what to check.
Understand long videos faster
Start with the overall story and key points, then explore what matters to you through follow-up questions.
Summarize the main points and suggest which scenes deserve a closer look, with reasons.
Compare perspectives across videos
Find evidence on a shared topic across analyzed videos and organize agreements, differences, and open questions.
Compare how these two videos explain the same topic and link to each supporting scene.
From video evidence to your next task
Find the moment you need
Search the saved analysis for a topic or scene and open the source at the reported time.
Understand more than speech
Explore visual observations, spoken content, visible text, and actions separately.
Stay in control of spending
Review and approve the quoted maximum before each analysis. Installation is free.
Install for free
On Windows and Mac, one installer does everything: it signs you in and connects Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Codex, and ChatGPT Desktop. No commands or Node.js needed.
- 1Download
- 2Sign in once in your browser
- 3Ask your AI app about a video link
Windows installer
Download and open the EXE, choose your AI apps, and select Install. The first time, your browser opens so you can sign in once; setup then finishes automatically.
Download for Windows (.exe)If a security warning appears
Unsigned installer: Windows may show a security warning (More info → Run anyway). Installing is free: it does not charge money or analyze a video. Existing settings and saved sign-ins are kept.
macOS installer
Download the ZIP and double-click it to extract. Open Blyck Video Setup.app, choose your AI apps, and select Install. The first time, your browser opens so you can sign in once; setup then finishes automatically.
Download for Mac (.zip)If a security warning appears
Signed with Apple Developer ID. Apple notarization is still pending, so the first time macOS may say it cannot verify the app: select Done, then open System Settings → Privacy & Security and select Open Anyway. Installing is free: it does not charge money or analyze a video. Existing settings are kept.
After installation, restart your AI apps. If Claude Desktop is installed, its extension screen opens automatically; confirm it in Claude.
For developers: install with one command (Linux and servers too)
Connect in three steps
1. Prepare your app
Use Claude or Codex with MCP support, and install Node.js 20 or newer on the computer where you run setup.
2. Run the setup command
Copy the command below and run it in PowerShell on Windows, or Terminal on macOS / Linux.
npx @blyck/video-understanding@latest setupnpx @blyck/video-understanding@latest setupThis command sets up Claude Code and Codex only. It does not apply to the Claude Desktop app or to web apps (claude.ai, ChatGPT).
3. Sign in and reconnect
Follow the sign-in page opened by setup. After setup succeeds, restart your AI app and check the connection.
Ask your AI to confirm the connection
Check the video service connection and my balance.
Prepaid credits. Clear prices.
Install and connect without adding a payment method. When ready, ask your connected AI to add $10, $25, or $50 in credits.
Standard: up to 100 min
Standard: up to 250 min
Standard: up to 500 min
Estimated capacity for long videos, with a maximum of 120 minutes per video. Short videos can use more credits per minute because of the minimum charge.
Standard / balanced: $0.30 for the first 3 minutes, then $0.10 per additional started minute. Includes 10 successful model answers with citations.
An extra 10-question pack costs $1 and requires separate approval. Questions expire with the original analysis; reuse does not reset the count or extend expiry.
Your quote shows the applicable price and terms. Analysis begins only after approval.
Try asking
Analyze this YouTube video and show me the important moments.
Find the part where they discuss the price, and link to that moment.
Before you start
Which videos can I use?
Public YouTube links and authorized video uploads. Upload only material you have permission to use.
Using another computer or SSH?
Sign in with the same linked provider for the same account and balance. On a headless host, open the displayed sign-in URL in a browser; setup continues after authentication.