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Video understanding encoders and a CLI that warns before AI models you call are retired. Critics mention a broken GitHub link and a large download.
Video understanding encoders and a CLI that warns before AI models you call are retired. Critics mention a broken GitHub link and a large download.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Designed efficient video understanding encodings
“You can explore the different encoding strategies we designed for efficient video processing and understanding here”
Comment from 5 Jul 2026 in “Claude-real-video － any LLM can watch a video” “We spent quite a bit of time on video understanding”
Comment from 2 Jul 2026 in “Claude-real-video － any LLM can watch a video” Docs page looks promising
“Seems cool from the docs page, I was about to give it a shot but github goes 404”
Comment from 3 Jul 2026 in “Claude-real-video － any LLM can watch a video”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
GitHub link returns 404
“Seems cool from the docs page, I was about to give it a shot but github goes 404”
Comment from 3 Jul 2026 in “Claude-real-video － any LLM can watch a video” “the GitHub link from the PyPi page is a 404”
Comment from 3 Jul 2026 in “Claude-real-video － any LLM can watch a video” Large binary download
“why does it need to download such a large binary?”
Comment from 20 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Find every AI model your code calls and warn before it's retired”
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5 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“why does it need to download such a large binary?”
“You can explore the different encoding strategies we designed for efficient video processing and understanding here”
“Seems cool from the docs page, I was about to give it a shot but github goes 404”
“the GitHub link from the PyPi page is a 404”
“We spent quite a bit of time on video understanding”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.