Video understanding

Video Understanding API

Watches and listens to a video, then answers questions about it: shots, action, speech, on-screen text, lip sync.

Video Understanding is an LLM / chat model from OttoPort, available on OttoPort's OpenAI-compatible API as the model ID video-understanding at $2.22 / $13.29 per 1M tokens as of 2026-10-14.

Provider

OttoPort

Price

$2.22 / $13.29 per 1M tokens

Model ID

video-understanding

Type

LLM / chat model

Shot breakdownsSpeech and on-screen textQA before publishing

Create with Video Understanding

chat

Video

Paste a public MP4 or MOV URL, or upload one. The model watches and listens to it, then answers the prompt below.

Prompt

ExampleSelect to edit

Pricing

Video Understanding API pricing

What OttoPort bills for Video Understanding, and what that works out to per unit. Rates are read from the same catalog the gateway meters against, and were current on 2026-10-14.

Input	$2.22 / 1M tokens
Output	$13.29 / 1M tokens
Typical request	$0.0155	1,000 input + 1,000 output tokens
Requests per $1	64	at that same 1K in / 1K out shape
Context window	1,048,576 tokens	a full-context request costs $2.33 in input alone

No subscription and no minimum — OttoPort bills prepaid credits against usage. See the full rate card.

Quickstart

Call Video Understanding in three lines

Send "model": "video-understanding" to POST https://ottoport.ai/api/v1/chat/completions with an OttoPort key. No waitlist, no separate SDK.

curl https://ottoport.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OTTOPORT_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "video-understanding",
    "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello!" }]
  }'

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="op-...",              # your OttoPort key
    base_url="https://ottoport.ai/api/v1",            # the only line that changes
)

resp = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="video-understanding",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: "op-...",               // your OttoPort key
  baseURL: "https://ottoport.ai/api/v1",             // the only line that changes
});

const resp = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "video-understanding",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(resp.choices[0].message.content);

Before you start

1. Create a key at /api-keys.
2. Top up credits — the smallest pack is $25.
3. Paste the request. It returns on the same request.

Full reference at /docs, or drive it from an agent with the MCP server and CLI.

Reference

Request parameters

The body POST https://ottoport.ai/api/v1/chat/completions accepts for Video Understanding.

Field	Type	Required	Notes
model	string	Yes	Always video-understanding for Video Understanding.
messages	array	Yes	OpenAI chat message objects: role and content.
stream	boolean	No	Server-sent events, same frame shape as OpenAI.
temperature	number	No	Sampling temperature, passed through to the provider.

Paste a public MP4 or MOV URL, or upload one.

Name every field you want back — a loose question gets a three-line summary.

It watches at about one frame per second: reliable on scenes, speech and text, less so on fast camera moves.

FAQ

Video Understanding API questions

Cost, keys, and model IDs for Video Understanding on OttoPort.

How much does the Video Understanding API cost?

On OttoPort, Video Understanding costs $2.22 / $13.29 per 1M tokens as of 2026-10-14. For scale, typical request: $0.0155. Billing is prepaid usage with no subscription and no minimum, and the current rate is always published at ottoport.ai/pricing.

How do I get a Video Understanding API key?

Create an OttoPort account, generate a key at ottoport.ai/api-keys, and send it as "Authorization: Bearer <key>" to POST https://ottoport.ai/api/v1/chat/completions with "model": "video-understanding". The same key reaches every other model in the catalog.

What is the model ID for Video Understanding?

The OttoPort model ID for Video Understanding is video-understanding. Pass it as the model field on POST https://ottoport.ai/api/v1/chat/completions, or list it programmatically from GET https://ottoport.ai/api/v1/models.

Can I call Video Understanding with the OpenAI SDK?

Yes. Set the OpenAI SDK's base URL to https://ottoport.ai/api/v1, use an OttoPort API key, and pass video-understanding as the model. Chat completions, streaming, and model listing follow the OpenAI request and response shapes, so existing code works after changing two lines.

What is Video Understanding's context window?

Video Understanding accepts up to 1,048,576 tokens of context on OttoPort.

Alternatives

Other LLM / chat models on the same API

Same endpoint, same key — swapping model is a one-string change from video-understanding.

Claude Opus 5.5 API

Anthropic

$4.43 / $22.15 per 1M tokens

GPT-6 Astra API

OpenAI

$11.08 / $55.39 per 1M tokens

GPT-6 Astra Pro API

OpenAI

$11.08 / $55.39 per 1M tokens

Claude Fable 5.1 API

Anthropic

$11.08 / $55.39 per 1M tokens

Claude Opus 5 API

Anthropic

$5.54 / $27.69 per 1M tokens

GPT-6 Sol API

OpenAI

$2.22 / $11.08 per 1M tokens

Browse the full catalog — every model with its provider and per-unit price.