add functionality for video vqa

ammico/image_summary.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import torch
 from PIL import Image
 import warnings
 
-from typing import List, Optional, Union, Dict, Any, Tuple
+from typing import List, Optional, Union, Dict, Any
 from collections.abc import Sequence as _Sequence
 from transformers import GenerationConfig
 from qwen_vl_utils import process_vision_info
@@ -120,42 +120,11 @@ class ImageSummaryDetector(AnalysisMethod):
 
         return inputs
 
-    def _validate_analysis_type(
-        self,
-        analysis_type: Union["AnalysisType", str],
-        list_of_questions: Optional[List[str]],
-        max_questions_per_image: int,
-    ) -> Tuple[str, List[str], bool, bool]:
-        if isinstance(analysis_type, AnalysisType):
-            analysis_type = analysis_type.value
-
-        allowed = {"summary", "questions", "summary_and_questions"}
-        if analysis_type not in allowed:
-            raise ValueError(f"analysis_type must be one of {allowed}")
-
-        if list_of_questions is None:
-            list_of_questions = [
-                "Are there people in the image?",
-                "What is this picture about?",
-            ]
-
-        if analysis_type in ("questions", "summary_and_questions"):
-            if len(list_of_questions) > max_questions_per_image:
-                raise ValueError(
-                    f"Number of questions per image ({len(list_of_questions)}) exceeds safety cap ({max_questions_per_image}). Reduce questions or increase max_questions_per_image."
-                )
-
-        is_summary = analysis_type in ("summary", "summary_and_questions")
-        is_questions = analysis_type in ("questions", "summary_and_questions")
-
-        return analysis_type, list_of_questions, is_summary, is_questions
-
     def analyse_image(
         self,
         entry: dict,
-        analysis_type: Union[str, AnalysisType] = AnalysisType.SUMMARY_AND_QUESTIONS,
+        analysis_type: Union[str, AnalysisType] = AnalysisType.SUMMARY,
         list_of_questions: Optional[List[str]] = None,
-        max_questions_per_image: int = 32,
         is_concise_summary: bool = True,
         is_concise_answer: bool = True,
     ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
@@ -165,10 +134,8 @@ class ImageSummaryDetector(AnalysisMethod):
             - 'vqa' (dict) if questions requested
         """
         self.subdict = entry
-        analysis_type, list_of_questions, is_summary, is_questions = (
+        analysis_type, is_summary, is_questions = AnalysisType._validate_analysis_type(
-            self._validate_analysis_type(
+            analysis_type, list_of_questions
-                analysis_type, list_of_questions, max_questions_per_image
-            )
         )
 
         if is_summary:
@@ -195,9 +162,8 @@ class ImageSummaryDetector(AnalysisMethod):
 
     def analyse_images_from_dict(
         self,
-        analysis_type: Union[AnalysisType, str] = AnalysisType.SUMMARY_AND_QUESTIONS,
+        analysis_type: Union[AnalysisType, str] = AnalysisType.SUMMARY,
         list_of_questions: Optional[List[str]] = None,
-        max_questions_per_image: int = 32,
         keys_batch_size: int = 16,
         is_concise_summary: bool = True,
         is_concise_answer: bool = True,
@@ -208,7 +174,6 @@ class ImageSummaryDetector(AnalysisMethod):
         Args:
             analysis_type (str): type of the analysis.
             list_of_questions (list[str]): list of questions.
-            max_questions_per_image (int): maximum number of questions per image. We recommend to keep it low to avoid long processing times and high memory usage.
             keys_batch_size (int): number of images to process in a batch.
             is_concise_summary (bool): whether to generate concise summary.
             is_concise_answer (bool): whether to generate concise answers.
@@ -216,10 +181,8 @@ class ImageSummaryDetector(AnalysisMethod):
             self.subdict (dict): dictionary with analysis results.
         """
         # TODO: add option to ask multiple questions per image as one batch.
-        analysis_type, list_of_questions, is_summary, is_questions = (
+        analysis_type, is_summary, is_questions = AnalysisType._validate_analysis_type(
-            self._validate_analysis_type(
+            analysis_type, list_of_questions
-                analysis_type, list_of_questions, max_questions_per_image
-            )
         )
 
         keys = list(self.subdict.keys())
@@ -284,7 +247,7 @@ class ImageSummaryDetector(AnalysisMethod):
         with torch.inference_mode():
             try:
                 if self.summary_model.device == "cuda":
-                    with torch.cuda.amp.autocast(enabled=True):
+                    with torch.amp.autocast("cuda", enabled=True):
                         generated_ids = self.summary_model.model.generate(
                             **inputs, generation_config=gen_conf
                         )
@@ -366,7 +329,7 @@ class ImageSummaryDetector(AnalysisMethod):
             inputs = self._prepare_inputs(chunk, entry)
             with torch.inference_mode():
                 if self.summary_model.device == "cuda":
-                    with torch.cuda.amp.autocast(enabled=True):
+                    with torch.amp.autocast("cuda", enabled=True):
                         out_ids = self.summary_model.model.generate(
                             **inputs, generation_config=gen_conf
                         )

ammico/utils.py

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import importlib_resources
 import collections
 import random
 from enum import Enum
+from typing import List, Tuple, Optional, Union
+import re
 
 
 pkg = importlib_resources.files("ammico")
@@ -46,6 +48,35 @@ class AnalysisType(str, Enum):
     QUESTIONS = "questions"
     SUMMARY_AND_QUESTIONS = "summary_and_questions"
 
+    @classmethod
+    def _validate_analysis_type(
+        cls,
+        analysis_type: Union["AnalysisType", str],
+        list_of_questions: Optional[List[str]],
+    ) -> Tuple[str, bool, bool]:
+        max_questions_per_image = 15  # safety cap to avoid too many questions
+        if isinstance(analysis_type, AnalysisType):
+            analysis_type = analysis_type.value
+
+        allowed = {item.value for item in AnalysisType}
+        if analysis_type not in allowed:
+            raise ValueError(f"analysis_type must be one of {allowed}")
+
+        if analysis_type in ("questions", "summary_and_questions"):
+            if not list_of_questions:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "list_of_questions must be provided for QUESTIONS analysis type."
+                )
+
+            if len(list_of_questions) > max_questions_per_image:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Number of questions per image ({len(list_of_questions)}) exceeds safety cap ({max_questions_per_image}). Reduce questions or increase max_questions_per_image."
+                )
+
+        is_summary = analysis_type in ("summary", "summary_and_questions")
+        is_questions = analysis_type in ("questions", "summary_and_questions")
+        return analysis_type, is_summary, is_questions
+
 
 class AnalysisMethod:
     """Base class to be inherited by all analysis methods."""
@@ -101,6 +132,89 @@ def _limit_results(results, limit):
     return results
 
 
+def _categorize_outputs(
+    collected: List[Tuple[float, str]],
+    include_questions: bool = False,
+) -> Tuple[List[str], List[str]]:
+    """
+    Categorize collected outputs into summary bullets and VQA bullets.
+    Args:
+        collected (List[Tuple[float, str]]): List of tuples containing timestamps and generated texts.
+    Returns:
+        Tuple[List[str], List[str]]: A tuple containing two lists - summary bullets and VQA bullets.
+    """
+    MAX_CAPTIONS_FOR_SUMMARY = 600  # TODO For now, this is a constant value, but later we need to make it adjustable, with the idea of cutting out the most similar frames to reduce the load on the system.
+    caps_for_summary_vqa = (
+        collected[-MAX_CAPTIONS_FOR_SUMMARY:]
+        if len(collected) > MAX_CAPTIONS_FOR_SUMMARY
+        else collected
+    )
+    bullets_summary = []
+    bullets_vqa = []
+
+    for t, c in caps_for_summary_vqa:
+        if include_questions:
+            result_sections = c.strip()
+            m = re.search(
+                r"Summary\s*:\s*(.*?)\s*(?:VQA\s+Answers\s*:\s*(.*))?$",
+                result_sections,
+                flags=re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL,
+            )
+            if m:
+                summary_text = (
+                    m.group(1).replace("\n", " ").strip() if m.group(1) else None
+                )
+                vqa_text = m.group(2).strip() if m.group(2) else None
+                if not summary_text or not vqa_text:
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        f"Model output is missing either summary or VQA answers: {c}"
+                    )
+                bullets_summary.append(f"- [{t:.3f}s] {summary_text}")
+                bullets_vqa.append(f"- [{t:.3f}s] {vqa_text}")
+            else:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Failed to parse summary and VQA answers from model output: {c}"
+                )
+        else:
+            snippet = c.replace("\n", " ").strip()
+            bullets_summary.append(f"- [{t:.3f}s] {snippet}")
+    return bullets_summary, bullets_vqa
+
+
+def _normalize_whitespace(s: str) -> str:
+    return re.sub(r"\s+", " ", s).strip()
+
+
+def _strip_prompt_prefix_literal(decoded: str, prompt: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Remove any literal prompt prefix from decoded text using a normalized-substring match.
+    Guarantees no prompt text remains at the start of returned string (best-effort).
+    """
+    if not decoded:
+        return ""
+    if not prompt:
+        return decoded.strip()
+
+    d_norm = _normalize_whitespace(decoded)
+    p_norm = _normalize_whitespace(prompt)
+
+    idx = d_norm.find(p_norm)
+    if idx != -1:
+        running = []
+        for i, ch in enumerate(decoded):
+            running.append(ch if not ch.isspace() else " ")
+            cur_norm = _normalize_whitespace("".join(running))
+            if cur_norm.endswith(p_norm):
+                return decoded[i + 1 :].lstrip() if i + 1 < len(decoded) else ""
+    m = re.match(
+        r"^(?:\s*(system|user|assistant)[:\s-]*\n?)+", decoded, flags=re.IGNORECASE
+    )
+    if m:
+        return decoded[m.end() :].lstrip()
+
+    return decoded.lstrip("\n\r ").lstrip(":;- ").strip()
+
+
 def find_videos(
     path: str = None,
     pattern=["mp4"],  # TODO: test with more video formats

ammico/video_summary.py

@@ -6,17 +6,24 @@ from PIL import Image
 from torchcodec.decoders import VideoDecoder
 
 from ammico.model import MultimodalSummaryModel
-from ammico.utils import AnalysisMethod
+from ammico.utils import (
+    AnalysisMethod,
+    AnalysisType,
+    _categorize_outputs,
+    _strip_prompt_prefix_literal,
+)
 
-from typing import List, Dict, Any, Generator, Tuple
+from typing import List, Dict, Any, Generator, Tuple, Union, Optional
 from transformers import GenerationConfig
 
 
 class VideoSummaryDetector(AnalysisMethod):
+    MAX_SAMPLES_CAP = 1000  # safety cap for total extracted frames
+
     def __init__(
         self,
         summary_model: MultimodalSummaryModel,
-        subdict: dict = {},
+        subdict: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
     ) -> None:
         """
         Class for analysing videos using QWEN-2.5-VL model.
@@ -29,6 +36,8 @@ class VideoSummaryDetector(AnalysisMethod):
         Returns:
             None.
         """
+        if subdict is None:
+            subdict = {}
 
         super().__init__(subdict)
         self.summary_model = summary_model
@@ -107,6 +116,7 @@ class VideoSummaryDetector(AnalysisMethod):
             raise ValueError("frame_rate_per_second must be > 0")
 
         n_samples = max(1, int(math.floor(duration * frame_rate_per_second)))
+        n_samples = min(n_samples, self.MAX_SAMPLES_CAP)
 
         if begin_stream_seconds is not None and end_stream_seconds is not None:
             sample_times = torch.linspace(
@@ -126,38 +136,6 @@ class VideoSummaryDetector(AnalysisMethod):
 
         return generator
 
-    def _normalize_whitespace(self, s: str) -> str:
-        return re.sub(r"\s+", " ", s).strip()
-
-    def _strip_prompt_prefix_literal(self, decoded: str, prompt: str) -> str:
-        """
-        Remove any literal prompt prefix from decoded text using a normalized-substring match.
-        Guarantees no prompt text remains at the start of returned string (best-effort).
-        """
-        if not decoded:
-            return ""
-        if not prompt:
-            return decoded.strip()
-
-        d_norm = self._normalize_whitespace(decoded)
-        p_norm = self._normalize_whitespace(prompt)
-
-        idx = d_norm.find(p_norm)
-        if idx != -1:
-            running = []
-            for i, ch in enumerate(decoded):
-                running.append(ch if not ch.isspace() else " ")
-                cur_norm = self._normalize_whitespace("".join(running))
-                if cur_norm.endswith(p_norm):
-                    return decoded[i + 1 :].lstrip() if i + 1 < len(decoded) else ""
-        m = re.match(
-            r"^(?:\s*(system|user|assistant)[:\s-]*\n?)+", decoded, flags=re.IGNORECASE
-        )
-        if m:
-            return decoded[m.end() :].lstrip()
-
-        return decoded.lstrip("\n\r ").lstrip(":;- ").strip()
-
     def _decode_trimmed_outputs(
         self,
         generated_ids: torch.Tensor,
@@ -170,20 +148,18 @@ class VideoSummaryDetector(AnalysisMethod):
         Then remove any literal prompt prefix using prompt_texts (one per batch element).
         """
 
-        decoded_results = []
         batch_size = generated_ids.shape[0]
 
         if "input_ids" in inputs:
-            lengths = (
+            token_for_padding = (
-                inputs["input_ids"]
+                tokenizer.pad_token_id
-                .ne(
+                if getattr(tokenizer, "pad_token_id", None) is not None
-                    tokenizer.pad_token_id
+                else getattr(tokenizer, "eos_token_id", None)
-                    if tokenizer.pad_token_id is not None
-                    else tokenizer.eos_token_id
-                )
-                .sum(dim=1)
-                .tolist()
             )
+            if token_for_padding is None:
+                lengths = [int(inputs["input_ids"].shape[1])] * batch_size
+            else:
+                lengths = inputs["input_ids"].ne(token_for_padding).sum(dim=1).tolist()
         else:
             lengths = [0] * batch_size
 
@@ -195,13 +171,15 @@ class VideoSummaryDetector(AnalysisMethod):
                 t = out_ids[in_len:]
             else:
                 t = out_ids.new_empty((0,), dtype=out_ids.dtype)
-            trimmed_ids.append(t)
+            t_cpu = t.to("cpu")
+            trimmed_ids.append(t_cpu.tolist())
 
         decoded = tokenizer.batch_decode(
             trimmed_ids, skip_special_tokens=True, clean_up_tokenization_spaces=True
         )
+        decoded_results = []
         for ptext, raw in zip(prompt_texts, decoded):
-            cleaned = self._strip_prompt_prefix_literal(raw, ptext)
+            cleaned = _strip_prompt_prefix_literal(raw, ptext)
             decoded_results.append(cleaned)
         return decoded_results
 
@@ -209,7 +187,6 @@ class VideoSummaryDetector(AnalysisMethod):
         self,
         processor_inputs: Dict[str, torch.Tensor],
         prompt_texts: List[str],
-        model,
         tokenizer,
     ):
         """
@@ -224,7 +201,7 @@ class VideoSummaryDetector(AnalysisMethod):
 
         for k, v in list(processor_inputs.items()):
             if isinstance(v, torch.Tensor):
-                processor_inputs[k] = v.to(model.device)
+                processor_inputs[k] = v.to(self.summary_model.device)
 
         with torch.inference_mode():
             try:
@@ -239,8 +216,8 @@ class VideoSummaryDetector(AnalysisMethod):
                     )
             except RuntimeError as e:
                 warnings.warn(
-                    "Retry without autocast failed: %s. Attempting cudnn-disabled retry.",
+                    f"Generation failed with error: {e}. Retrying with cuDNN disabled.",
-                    e,
+                    RuntimeWarning,
                 )
                 cudnn_was_enabled = (
                     torch.backends.cudnn.is_available() and torch.backends.cudnn.enabled
@@ -273,7 +250,9 @@ class VideoSummaryDetector(AnalysisMethod):
             batch = batch.to("cpu")
 
         batch = batch.contiguous()
-        if batch.dtype != torch.uint8:
+        if batch.dtype.is_floating_point:
+            batch = (batch.clamp(0.0, 1.0) * 255.0).to(torch.uint8)
+        elif batch.dtype != torch.uint8:
             batch = batch.to(torch.uint8)
         pil_list: List[Image.Image] = []
         for frame in batch:
@@ -281,10 +260,10 @@ class VideoSummaryDetector(AnalysisMethod):
             pil_list.append(Image.fromarray(arr))
         return pil_list
 
-    def brute_force_summary(
+    def make_captions_from_extracted_frames(
         self,
         extracted_video_gen: Generator[Tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor], None, None],
-        summary_instruction: str = "Analyze the following captions from multiple frames of the same video and summarize the overall content of the video in one concise paragraph (1-3 sentences). Focus on the key themes, actions, or events across the video, not just the individual frames.",
+        list_of_questions: Optional[List[str]] = None,
     ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """
         Generate captions for all extracted frames and then produce a concise summary of the video.
@@ -296,68 +275,93 @@ class VideoSummaryDetector(AnalysisMethod):
         """
 
         caption_instruction = "Describe this image in one concise caption."
+        include_questions = bool(list_of_questions)
+        if include_questions:
+            q_block = "\n".join(
+                [f"{i + 1}. {q.strip()}" for i, q in enumerate(list_of_questions)]
+            )
+            caption_instruction += (
+                " In addition to the concise caption, also answer the following questions based ONLY on the image. Answers must be very brief and concise."
+                " Produce exactly two labeled sections: \n\n"
+                "Summary: <concise summary>\n\n"
+                "VQA Answers: \n1. <answer to question 1>\n2. <answer to question 2>\n etc."
+                "\nReturn only those two sections for each image (do not add extra commentary)."
+                "\nIf the answer cannot be determined based on the provided answer blocks,"
+                ' reply with the line "The answer cannot be determined based on the information provided."'
+                f"\n\nQuestions:\n{q_block}"
+            )
         collected: List[Tuple[float, str]] = []
         proc = self.summary_model.processor
+        try:
+            for batch_frames, batch_times in extracted_video_gen:
+                pil_list = self._tensor_batch_to_pil_list(batch_frames.cpu())
 
-        for batch_frames, batch_times in extracted_video_gen:
+                prompt_texts = []
-            pil_list = self._tensor_batch_to_pil_list(batch_frames.cpu())
+                for p in pil_list:
+                    messages = [
+                        {
+                            "role": "user",
+                            "content": [
+                                {"type": "image", "image": p},
+                                {"type": "text", "text": caption_instruction},
+                            ],
+                        }
+                    ]
 
-            prompt_texts = []
+                    prompt_text = proc.apply_chat_template(
-            for p in pil_list:
+                        messages, tokenize=False, add_generation_prompt=True
-                messages = [
+                    )
-                    {
+                    prompt_texts.append(prompt_text)
-                        "role": "user",
-                        "content": [
-                            {"type": "image", "image": p},
-                            {"type": "text", "text": caption_instruction},
-                        ],
-                    }
-                ]
 
-                prompt_text = proc.apply_chat_template(
+                processor_inputs = proc(
-                    messages, tokenize=False, add_generation_prompt=True
+                    text=prompt_texts,
+                    images=pil_list,
+                    return_tensors="pt",
+                    padding=True,
+                )
+                captions = self._generate_from_processor_inputs(
+                    processor_inputs,
+                    prompt_texts,
+                    self.summary_model.tokenizer,
                 )
-                prompt_texts.append(prompt_text)
 
-            processor_inputs = proc(
+                if isinstance(batch_times, torch.Tensor):
-                text=prompt_texts, images=pil_list, return_tensors="pt", padding=True
+                    batch_times_list = batch_times.cpu().tolist()
-            )
+                else:
-            captions = self._generate_from_processor_inputs(
+                    batch_times_list = list(batch_times)
-                processor_inputs,
+                for t, c in zip(batch_times_list, captions):
-                prompt_texts,
+                    collected.append((float(t), c))
-                self.summary_model,
+        finally:
-                self.summary_model.tokenizer,
+            try:
-            )
+                extracted_video_gen.close()
-
+            except Exception:
-            if isinstance(batch_times, torch.Tensor):
+                warnings.warn("Failed to close video frame generator.", RuntimeWarning)
-                batch_times_list = batch_times.cpu().tolist()
-            else:
-                batch_times_list = list(batch_times)
-            for t, c in zip(batch_times_list, captions):
-                collected.append((float(t), c))
 
         collected.sort(key=lambda x: x[0])
-        extracted_video_gen.close()
+        bullets_summary, bullets_vqa = _categorize_outputs(collected, include_questions)
 
-        MAX_CAPTIONS_FOR_SUMMARY = 200
+        return {
-        caps_for_summary = (
+            "summary_bullets": bullets_summary,
-            collected[-MAX_CAPTIONS_FOR_SUMMARY:]
+            "vqa_bullets": bullets_vqa,
-            if len(collected) > MAX_CAPTIONS_FOR_SUMMARY
+        }  # TODO consider taking out time stamps from the returned structure
-            else collected
-        )
 
-        bullets = []
+    def final_summary(self, summary_dict: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        for t, c in caps_for_summary:
+        """
-            snippet = c.replace("\n", " ").strip()
+        Produce a concise summary of the video, based on generated captions for all extracted frames.
-            bullets.append(f"- [{t:.3f}s] {snippet}")
+        Args:
+            summary_dict (Dict[str, Any]): Dictionary containing captions for the frames.
+        Returns:
+            Dict[str, Any]: A dictionary containing the list of captions with timestamps and the final summary.
+        """
+        summary_instruction = "Analyze the following captions from multiple frames of the same video and summarize the overall content of the video in one concise paragraph (1-3 sentences). Focus on the key themes, actions, or events across the video, not just the individual frames."
+        proc = self.summary_model.processor
+
+        bullets = summary_dict.get("summary_bullets", [])
+        if not bullets:
+            raise ValueError("No captions available for summary generation.")
 
         combined_captions_text = "\n".join(bullets)
-        summary_user_text = (
+        summary_user_text = summary_instruction + "\n\n" + combined_captions_text + "\n"
-            summary_instruction
-            + "\n\n"
-            + combined_captions_text
-            + "\n\nPlease produce a single concise paragraph."
-        )
 
         messages = [
             {
@@ -381,40 +385,130 @@ class VideoSummaryDetector(AnalysisMethod):
         final_summary_list = self._generate_from_processor_inputs(
             summary_inputs,
             [summary_prompt_text],
-            self.summary_model.model,
             self.summary_model.tokenizer,
         )
         final_summary = final_summary_list[0].strip() if final_summary_list else ""
 
         return {
-            "captions": collected,
             "summary": final_summary,
         }
 
+    def final_answers(
+        self,
+        answers_dict: Dict[str, Any],
+        list_of_questions: List[str],
+    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Answer the list of questions for the video based on the VQA bullets from the frames.
+        Args:
+            answers_dict (Dict[str, Any]): Dictionary containing the VQA bullets.
+        Returns:
+            Dict[str, Any]: A dictionary containing the list of answers to the questions.
+        """
+        vqa_bullets = answers_dict.get("vqa_bullets", [])
+        if not vqa_bullets:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "No VQA bullets generated for single frames available for answering questions."
+            )
+
+        include_questions = bool(list_of_questions)
+        if include_questions:
+            q_block = "\n".join(
+                [f"{i + 1}. {q.strip()}" for i, q in enumerate(list_of_questions)]
+            )
+            prompt = (
+                "You are provided with a set of short VQA-captions, each of which is a block of short answers"
+                " extracted from individual frames of the same video.\n\n"
+                "VQA-captions (use ONLY these to answer):\n"
+                f"{vqa_bullets}\n\n"
+                "Answer the following questions briefly, based ONLY on the lists of answers provided above. The VQA-captions above contain answers"
+                " to the same questions you are about to answer. If the answer cannot be determined based on the provided answer blocks,"
+                ' reply with the line "The answer cannot be determined based on the information provided."'
+                "Questions:\n"
+                f"{q_block}\n\n"
+                "Produce an ordered list with answers in the same order as the questions. You must have this structure of your output: "
+                "Answers: \n1. <answer to question 1>\n2. <answer to question 2>\n etc."
+                "Return ONLY the ordered list with answers and NOTHING else — no commentary, no explanation, no surrounding markdown."
+            )
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "list_of_questions must be provided for making final answers."
+            )
+
+        proc = self.summary_model.processor
+        messages = [
+            {
+                "role": "user",
+                "content": [{"type": "text", "text": prompt}],
+            }
+        ]
+        final_vqa_prompt_text = proc.apply_chat_template(
+            messages, tokenize=False, add_generation_prompt=True
+        )
+        final_vqa_inputs = proc(
+            text=[final_vqa_prompt_text], return_tensors="pt", padding=True
+        )
+        final_vqa_inputs = {
+            k: v.to(self.summary_model.device) if isinstance(v, torch.Tensor) else v
+            for k, v in final_vqa_inputs.items()
+        }
+
+        final_vqa_list = self._generate_from_processor_inputs(
+            final_vqa_inputs,
+            [final_vqa_prompt_text],
+            self.summary_model.tokenizer,
+        )
+
+        final_vqa_output = final_vqa_list[0].strip() if final_vqa_list else ""
+        vqa_answers = []
+        answer_matches = re.findall(
+            r"\d+\.\s*(.*?)(?=\n\d+\.|$)", final_vqa_output, flags=re.DOTALL
+        )
+        for answer in answer_matches:
+            vqa_answers.append(answer.strip())
+        return {
+            "vqa_answers": vqa_answers,
+        }
+
     def analyse_videos_from_dict(
-        self, frame_rate_per_second: float = 2.0
+        self,
+        analysis_type: Union[AnalysisType, str] = AnalysisType.SUMMARY,
+        frame_rate_per_second: float = 2.0,
+        list_of_questions: Optional[List[str]] = None,
     ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """
         Analyse the video specified in self.subdict using frame extraction and captioning.
-        For short videos (<=100 frames at the specified frame rate), it uses brute-force captioning.
-        For longer videos, it currently defaults to brute-force captioning, but can be extended for more complex methods.
-
         Args:
+            analysis_type (Union[AnalysisType, str], optional): Type of analysis to perform. Defaults to AnalysisType.SUMMARY.
             frame_rate_per_second (float): Frame extraction rate in frames per second. Default is 2.0.
+            list_of_questions (List[str], optional): List of questions to answer about the video. Required if analysis_type includes questions.
         Returns:
-            Dict[str, Any]: A dictionary containing the analysis results, including captions and summary.
+            Dict[str, Any]: A dictionary containing the analysis results, including summary and answers for provided questions(if any).
         """
 
         all_answers = {}
-        # TODO: add support for answering questions about videos
+        analysis_type, is_summary, is_questions = AnalysisType._validate_analysis_type(
-        for video_key in list(self.subdict.keys()):
+            analysis_type, list_of_questions
-            entry = self.subdict[video_key]
+        )
-            extracted_video_gen = self._extract_video_frames(
+
+        for video_key, entry in self.subdict.items():
+            summary_and_vqa = {}
+            frames_generator = self._extract_video_frames(
                 entry, frame_rate_per_second=frame_rate_per_second
             )
 
-            answer = self.brute_force_summary(extracted_video_gen)
+            answers_dict = self.make_captions_from_extracted_frames(
-            all_answers[video_key] = {"summary": answer["summary"]}
+                frames_generator, list_of_questions=list_of_questions
+            )
             # TODO: captions has to be post-processed with foreseeing audio analysis
+            # TODO: captions and answers may lead to prompt, that superior model limits. Consider hierarchical approach.
+            if is_summary:
+                answer = self.final_summary(answers_dict)
+                summary_and_vqa["summary"] = answer["summary"]
+            if is_questions:
+                answer = self.final_answers(answers_dict, list_of_questions)
+                summary_and_vqa["vqa_answers"] = answer["vqa_answers"]
 
-        return answer
+            all_answers[video_key] = summary_and_vqa
+
+        return all_answers