Using the Video Intelligence API with Python

1. Overview

The Video Intelligence API enables you to use Google video analysis technology as part of your applications.

In this lab, you will focus on using the Video Intelligence API with Python.

What you'll see

• How to enable the Video Intelligence API
• How to set up your project
• How to set up Python
• How to detect shot changes
• How to detect labels
• How to detect explicit content
• How to transcribe speech
• How to detect and track text
• How to detect and track objects
• How to detect and track logos

What you'll need

• A Google Cloud project
• A browser, such as Chrome or Firefox
• Familiarity using Python

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2. Setup and requirements

Self-paced environment setup

1. Sign-in to the Google Cloud Console and create a new project or reuse an existing one. If you don't already have a Gmail or Google Workspace account, you must create one.

• The Project name is the display name for this project's participants. It is a character string not used by Google APIs. You can update it at any time.
• The Project ID must be unique across all Google Cloud projects and is immutable (cannot be changed after it has been set). The Cloud Console auto-generates a unique string; usually you don't care what it is. In most codelabs, you'll need to reference the Project ID (it is typically identified as PROJECT_ID). If you don't like the generated ID, you may generate another random one. Alternatively, you can try your own and see if it's available. It cannot be changed after this step and will remain for the duration of the project.
• For your information, there is a third value, a Project Number which some APIs use. Learn more about all three of these values in the documentation.

Caution: A project ID must be globally unique and cannot be used by anyone else after you've selected it. You are the only user of that ID. Even if a project is deleted, the ID can never be used again

Note: If you're using a Gmail account, you can leave the default location set to No organization. If you're using a Google Workspace account, then choose a location that makes sense for your organization.

2. Next, you'll need to enable billing in the Cloud Console to use Cloud resources/APIs. Running through this codelab shouldn't cost much, if anything at all. To shut down resources so you don't incur billing beyond this tutorial, you can delete the resources you created or delete the whole project. New users of Google Cloud are eligible for the $300 USD Free Trial program.

Start Cloud Shell

While Google Cloud can be operated remotely from your laptop, in this lab you will be using Cloud Shell, a command line environment running in the Cloud.

Activate Cloud Shell

1. From the Cloud Console, click Activate Cloud Shell .

If you've never started Cloud Shell before, you're presented with an intermediate screen (below the fold) describing what it is. If that's the case, click Continue (and you won't ever see it again). Here's what that one-time screen looks like:

It should only take a few moments to provision and connect to Cloud Shell.

This virtual machine is loaded with all the development tools you need. It offers a persistent 5GB home directory and runs in Google Cloud, greatly enhancing network performance and authentication. Much, if not all, of your work in this codelab can be done with simply a browser or your Chromebook.

Once connected to Cloud Shell, you should see that you are already authenticated and that the project is already set to your project ID.

2. Run the following command in Cloud Shell to confirm that you are authenticated:

gcloud auth list

Command output

 Credentialed Accounts
ACTIVE  ACCOUNT
*       <my_account>@<my_domain.com>

To set the active account, run:
    $ gcloud config set account `ACCOUNT`

Note: The gcloud command-line tool is the powerful and unified command-line tool in Google Cloud. It comes preinstalled in Cloud Shell. You will notice its support for tab completion. For more information, see gcloud command-line tool overview.

3. Run the following command in Cloud Shell to confirm that the gcloud command knows about your project:

gcloud config list project

Command output

[core]
project = <PROJECT_ID>

If it is not, you can set it with this command:

gcloud config set project <PROJECT_ID>

Command output

Updated property [core/project].

3. Enabling the Video Intelligence API

Before you can begin using the Video Intelligence API, run the following command in Cloud Shell to enable the API:

gcloud services enable videointelligence.googleapis.com

You should see something like this:

Operation "operations/..." finished successfully.

Now, you can use the Video Intelligence API!

4. Project setup

First, create and navigate to your working directory:

mkdir ~/video-intelligence
cd ~/video-intelligence

Then, set the GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS environment variable:

export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=~/video-intelligence/key.json

Note: The GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS environment variable is used by the client library and only applies to your current shell session. So, if you open a new session, you'll need to set this variable again.

For your code to make authorized API calls from your current shell session, a best practice is to use a service account. A service account is a special kind of account, owned by your project, and identified by its email address (like any other user account).

Create a service account:

SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME="video-intelligence-codelab"
PROJECT_ID=$(gcloud config get-value core/project)
SERVICE_ACCOUNT="$SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME@$PROJECT_ID.iam.gserviceaccount.com"

gcloud iam service-accounts create $SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME

Then, create and download the service account key (a JSON file):

gcloud iam service-accounts keys create $GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS \
  --iam-account $SERVICE_ACCOUNT

Note: You can read more about authenticating to the Video Intelligence API.

Verify that the GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS environment variable points to the full path of the JSON file:

cat $GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS

You should see the content of the service account key:

{
  "type": "service_account",
  ...
}

Your project and credentials are configured! Next, set up your Python environment...

5. Python setup

Create a Python virtual environment to isolate dependencies:

virtualenv venv

Activate the virtual environment:

source venv/bin/activate

Note: To stop using the virtual environment and go back to your system Python version, you can use the deactivate command.

Install IPython and the Video Intelligence API client library:

pip install ipython google-cloud-videointelligence==2.8.1

You should see something like this:

...
Installing collected packages: ..., ipython, google-cloud-videointelligence
Successfully installed ... google-cloud-videointelligence-2.8.1 ...

Now, you're ready to use the Video Intelligence API client library!

Note: If you're setting up your own Python development environment outside of Cloud Shell, you can follow these guidelines.

In the next steps, you'll use an interactive Python interpreter called IPython, which you installed in the previous step. Start a session by running ipython in Cloud Shell:

ipython

You should see something like this:

Python 3.9.2 (default, Feb 28 2021, 17:03:44)
Type 'copyright', 'credits' or 'license' for more information
IPython 8.5.0 -- An enhanced Interactive Python. Type '?' for help.

In [1]:

Note: If needed, you can quit your IPython session with the exit command.

6. Sample video

You can use the Video Intelligence API to annotate videos stored in Cloud Storage or provided as data bytes.

In the next steps, you will use a sample video stored in Cloud Storage. You can view the video in your browser.

Ready, steady, go!

7. Detect shot changes

You can use the Video Intelligence API to detect shot changes in a video. A shot is a segment of the video, a series of frames with visual continuity.

Copy the following code into your IPython session:

from google.cloud import videointelligence_v1 as vi


def detect_shot_changes(video_uri: str) -> vi.VideoAnnotationResults:
    video_client = vi.VideoIntelligenceServiceClient()
    features = [vi.Feature.SHOT_CHANGE_DETECTION]
    request = vi.AnnotateVideoRequest(input_uri=video_uri, features=features)

    print(f'Processing video: "{video_uri}"...')
    operation = video_client.annotate_video(request)

    return operation.result().annotation_results[0]  # Single video
    

Take a moment to study the code and see how it uses the annotate_video client library method with the SHOT_CHANGE_DETECTION parameter to analyze a video and detect shot changes.

Call the function to analyze the video:

video_uri = "gs://cloud-samples-data/video/JaneGoodall.mp4"

results = detect_shot_changes(video_uri)

Wait for the video to be processed:

Processing video: "gs://cloud-samples-data/video/JaneGoodall.mp4"...

If you get a PermissionDenied error (403), verify that you did not miss a previous step. From your IPython session:

• Check that the credentials environment variable is defined: !echo $GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS You should get /home/$USER/video-intelligence/key.json
• Then, check that it actually points to your service account key: !cat $GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS You should see { "type": "service_account", ... }
• If anything is incorrect, type exit to quit IPython and go back to the Project setup step.

Add this function to print out the video shots:

def print_video_shots(results: vi.VideoAnnotationResults):
    shots = results.shot_annotations
    print(f" Video shots: {len(shots)} ".center(40, "-"))
    for i, shot in enumerate(shots):
        t1 = shot.start_time_offset.total_seconds()
        t2 = shot.end_time_offset.total_seconds()
        print(f"{i+1:>3} | {t1:7.3f} | {t2:7.3f}")
        

Call the function:

print_video_shots(results)

You should see something like this:

----------- Video shots: 34 ------------
  1 |   0.000 |  12.880
  2 |  12.920 |  21.680
  3 |  21.720 |  27.880
...
 32 | 135.160 | 138.320
 33 | 138.360 | 146.200
 34 | 146.240 | 162.520

If you extract the middle frame of each shot and arrange them in a wall of frames, you can generate a visual summary of the video:

Summary

In this step, you were able to perform shot change detection on a video using the Video Intelligence API. You can read more about detecting shot changes.

8. Detect labels

You can use the Video Intelligence API to detect labels in a video. Labels describe the video based on its visual content.

Copy the following code into your IPython session:

from typing import Optional, Sequence

from google.cloud import videointelligence_v1 as vi


def detect_labels(
    video_uri: str,
    mode: vi.LabelDetectionMode,
    segments: Optional[Sequence[vi.VideoSegment]] = None,
) -> vi.VideoAnnotationResults:
    video_client = vi.VideoIntelligenceServiceClient()
    features = [vi.Feature.LABEL_DETECTION]
    config = vi.LabelDetectionConfig(label_detection_mode=mode)
    context = vi.VideoContext(segments=segments, label_detection_config=config)
    request = vi.AnnotateVideoRequest(
        input_uri=video_uri,
        features=features,
        video_context=context,
    )

    print(f'Processing video "{video_uri}"...')
    operation = video_client.annotate_video(request)

    return operation.result().annotation_results[0]  # Single video
    

Take a moment to study the code and see how it uses the annotate_video client library method with the LABEL_DETECTION parameter to analyze a video and detect labels.

Call the function to analyze the first 37 seconds of the video:

from datetime import timedelta

video_uri = "gs://cloud-samples-data/video/JaneGoodall.mp4"
mode = vi.LabelDetectionMode.SHOT_MODE
segment = vi.VideoSegment(
    start_time_offset=timedelta(seconds=0),
    end_time_offset=timedelta(seconds=37),
)

results = detect_labels(video_uri, mode, [segment])

Wait for the video to be processed:

Processing video: "gs://cloud-samples-data/video/JaneGoodall.mp4"...

Add this function to print out the labels at the video level:

def print_video_labels(results: vi.VideoAnnotationResults):
    labels = results.segment_label_annotations
    sort_by_first_segment_confidence(labels)

    print(f" Video labels: {len(labels)} ".center(80, "-"))
    for label in labels:
        categories = category_entities_to_str(label.category_entities)
        for segment in label.segments:
            confidence = segment.confidence
            t1 = segment.segment.start_time_offset.total_seconds()
            t2 = segment.segment.end_time_offset.total_seconds()
            print(
                f"{confidence:4.0%}",
                f"{t1:7.3f}",
                f"{t2:7.3f}",
                f"{label.entity.description}{categories}",
                sep=" | ",
            )


def sort_by_first_segment_confidence(labels: Sequence[vi.LabelAnnotation]):
    labels.sort(key=lambda label: label.segments[0].confidence, reverse=True)


def category_entities_to_str(category_entities: Sequence[vi.Entity]) -> str:
    if not category_entities:
        return ""
    entities = ", ".join([e.description for e in category_entities])
    return f" ({entities})"
    

Call the function:

print_video_labels(results)

You should see something like this:

------------------------------- Video labels: 10 -------------------------------
 96% |   0.000 |  36.960 | nature
 74% |   0.000 |  36.960 | vegetation
 59% |   0.000 |  36.960 | tree (plant)
 56% |   0.000 |  36.960 | forest (geographical feature)
 49% |   0.000 |  36.960 | leaf (plant)
 43% |   0.000 |  36.960 | flora (plant)
 38% |   0.000 |  36.960 | nature reserve (geographical feature)
 38% |   0.000 |  36.960 | woodland (forest)
 35% |   0.000 |  36.960 | water resources (water)
 32% |   0.000 |  36.960 | sunlight (light)

Thanks to these video-level labels, you can understand that the beginning of the video is mostly about nature and vegetation.

Add this function to print out the labels at the shot level:

def print_shot_labels(results: vi.VideoAnnotationResults):
    labels = results.shot_label_annotations
    sort_by_first_segment_start_and_confidence(labels)

    print(f" Shot labels: {len(labels)} ".center(80, "-"))
    for label in labels:
        categories = category_entities_to_str(label.category_entities)
        print(f"{label.entity.description}{categories}")
        for segment in label.segments:
            confidence = segment.confidence
            t1 = segment.segment.start_time_offset.total_seconds()
            t2 = segment.segment.end_time_offset.total_seconds()
            print(f"{confidence:4.0%} | {t1:7.3f} | {t2:7.3f}")


def sort_by_first_segment_start_and_confidence(labels: Sequence[vi.LabelAnnotation]):
    def first_segment_start_and_confidence(label):
        first_segment = label.segments[0]
        ms = first_segment.segment.start_time_offset.ToMilliseconds()
        return (ms, -first_segment.confidence)

    labels.sort(key=first_segment_start_and_confidence)
    

Call the function:

print_shot_labels(results)

You should see something like this:

------------------------------- Shot labels: 29 --------------------------------
planet (astronomical object)
 83% |   0.000 |  12.880
earth (planet)
 53% |   0.000 |  12.880
water resources (water)
 43% |   0.000 |  12.880
aerial photography (photography)
 43% |   0.000 |  12.880
vegetation
 32% |   0.000 |  12.880
 92% |  12.920 |  21.680
 83% |  21.720 |  27.880
 77% |  27.920 |  31.800
 76% |  31.840 |  34.720
...
butterfly (insect, animal)
 84% |  34.760 |  36.960
...

Thanks to these shot-level labels, you can understand that the video starts with a shot of a planet (likely Earth), that there's a butterfly in the 34.760-36.960s shot,...

Note: You can also request label detection at the frame level with the FRAME_MODE mode (or SHOT_AND_FRAME_MODE for both).

Summary

In this step, you were able to perform label detection on a video using the Video Intelligence API. You can read more about analyzing labels.

9. Detect explicit content

You can use the Video Intelligence API to detect explicit content in a video. Explicit content is adult content generally inappropriate for those under 18 years of age and includes, but is not limited to, nudity, sexual activities, and pornography. Detection is performed based on per-frame visual signals only (audio is not used). The response includes likelihood values ranging from VERY_UNLIKELY to VERY_LIKELY.

Copy the following code into your IPython session:

from typing import Optional, Sequence

from google.cloud import videointelligence_v1 as vi


def detect_explicit_content(
    video_uri: str,
    segments: Optional[Sequence[vi.VideoSegment]] = None,
) -> vi.VideoAnnotationResults:
    video_client = vi.VideoIntelligenceServiceClient()
    features = [vi.Feature.EXPLICIT_CONTENT_DETECTION]
    context = vi.VideoContext(segments=segments)
    request = vi.AnnotateVideoRequest(
        input_uri=video_uri,
        features=features,
        video_context=context,
    )

    print(f'Processing video "{video_uri}"...')
    operation = video_client.annotate_video(request)

    return operation.result().annotation_results[0]  # Single video
    

Take a moment to study the code and see how it uses the annotate_video client library method with the EXPLICIT_CONTENT_DETECTION parameter to analyze a video and detect explicit content.

Call the function to analyze the first 10 seconds of the video:

from datetime import timedelta

video_uri = "gs://cloud-samples-data/video/JaneGoodall.mp4"
segment = vi.VideoSegment(
    start_time_offset=timedelta(seconds=0),
    end_time_offset=timedelta(seconds=10),
)

results = detect_explicit_content(video_uri, [segment])

Wait for the video to be processed:

Processing video: "gs://cloud-samples-data/video/JaneGoodall.mp4"...

Add this function to print out the different likelihood counts:

def print_explicit_content(results: vi.VideoAnnotationResults):
    from collections import Counter

    frames = results.explicit_annotation.frames
    likelihood_counts = Counter([f.pornography_likelihood for f in frames])

    print(f" Explicit content frames: {len(frames)} ".center(40, "-"))
    for likelihood in vi.Likelihood:
        print(f"{likelihood.name:<22}: {likelihood_counts[likelihood]:>3}")
        

Call the function:

print_explicit_content(results)

You should see something like this:

----- Explicit content frames: 10 ------
LIKELIHOOD_UNSPECIFIED:   0
VERY_UNLIKELY         :  10
UNLIKELY              :   0
POSSIBLE              :   0
LIKELY                :   0
VERY_LIKELY           :   0

Add this function to print out frame details:

def print_frames(results: vi.VideoAnnotationResults, likelihood: vi.Likelihood):
    frames = results.explicit_annotation.frames
    frames = [f for f in frames if f.pornography_likelihood == likelihood]

    print(f" {likelihood.name} frames: {len(frames)} ".center(40, "-"))
    for frame in frames:
        print(frame.time_offset)
        

Call the function:

print_frames(results, vi.Likelihood.VERY_UNLIKELY)

You should see something like this:

------- VERY_UNLIKELY frames: 10 -------
0:00:00.365992
0:00:01.279206
0:00:02.268336
0:00:03.289253
0:00:04.400163
0:00:05.291547
0:00:06.449558
0:00:07.452751
0:00:08.577405
0:00:09.554514

Summary

In this step, you were able to perform explicit content detection on a video using the Video Intelligence API. You can read more about detecting explicit content.

10. Transcribe speech

You can use the Video Intelligence API to transcribe video speech into text.

Copy the following code into your IPython session:

from typing import Optional, Sequence

from google.cloud import videointelligence_v1 as vi


def transcribe_speech(
    video_uri: str,
    language_code: str,
    segments: Optional[Sequence[vi.VideoSegment]] = None,
) -> vi.VideoAnnotationResults:
    video_client = vi.VideoIntelligenceServiceClient()
    features = [vi.Feature.SPEECH_TRANSCRIPTION]
    config = vi.SpeechTranscriptionConfig(
        language_code=language_code,
        enable_automatic_punctuation=True,
    )
    context = vi.VideoContext(
        segments=segments,
        speech_transcription_config=config,
    )
    request = vi.AnnotateVideoRequest(
        input_uri=video_uri,
        features=features,
        video_context=context,
    )

    print(f'Processing video "{video_uri}"...')
    operation = video_client.annotate_video(request)

    return operation.result().annotation_results[0]  # Single video
    

Take a moment to study the code and see how it uses the annotate_video client library method with the SPEECH_TRANSCRIPTION parameter to analyze a video and transcribe speech.

Call the function to analyze the video from seconds 55 to 80:

from datetime import timedelta

video_uri = "gs://cloud-samples-data/video/JaneGoodall.mp4"
language_code = "en-GB"
segment = vi.VideoSegment(
    start_time_offset=timedelta(seconds=55),
    end_time_offset=timedelta(seconds=80),
)

results = transcribe_speech(video_uri, language_code, [segment])

Note: As the narrator is British, language_code is set to en-GB. See language support for a list of the currently supported language codes.

Wait for the video to be processed:

Processing video: "gs://cloud-samples-data/video/JaneGoodall.mp4"...

Add this function to print out transcribed speech:

def print_video_speech(results: vi.VideoAnnotationResults, min_confidence: float = 0.8):
    def keep_transcription(transcription: vi.SpeechTranscription) -> bool:
        return min_confidence <= transcription.alternatives[0].confidence

    transcriptions = results.speech_transcriptions
    transcriptions = [t for t in transcriptions if keep_transcription(t)]

    print(f" Speech Transcriptions: {len(transcriptions)} ".center(80, "-"))
    for transcription in transcriptions:
        first_alternative = transcription.alternatives[0]
        confidence = first_alternative.confidence
        transcript = first_alternative.transcript
        print(f" {confidence:4.0%} | {transcript.strip()}")
        

Call the function:

print_video_speech(results)

You should see something like this:

--------------------------- Speech Transcriptions: 2 ---------------------------
  91% | I was keenly aware of secret movements in the trees.
  92% | I looked into his large and lustrous eyes. They seem somehow to express his entire personality.

Add this function to print out the list of detected words and their timestamps:

def print_word_timestamps(
    results: vi.VideoAnnotationResults, min_confidence: float = 0.8
):
    def keep_transcription(transcription: vi.SpeechTranscription) -> bool:
        return min_confidence <= transcription.alternatives[0].confidence

    transcriptions = results.speech_transcriptions
    transcriptions = [t for t in transcriptions if keep_transcription(t)]

    print(" Word Timestamps ".center(80, "-"))
    for transcription in transcriptions:
        first_alternative = transcription.alternatives[0]
        confidence = first_alternative.confidence
        for word in first_alternative.words:
            t1 = word.start_time.total_seconds()
            t2 = word.end_time.total_seconds()
            word = word.word
            print(f"{confidence:4.0%} | {t1:7.3f} | {t2:7.3f} | {word}")
            

Call the function:

print_word_timestamps(results)

You should see something like this:

------------------------------- Word Timestamps --------------------------------
 93% |  55.000 |  55.700 | I
 93% |  55.700 |  55.900 | was
 93% |  55.900 |  56.300 | keenly
 93% |  56.300 |  56.700 | aware
 93% |  56.700 |  56.900 | of
...
 94% |  76.900 |  77.400 | express
 94% |  77.400 |  77.600 | his
 94% |  77.600 |  78.200 | entire
 94% |  78.200 |  78.500 | personality.

Summary

In this step, you were able to perform speech transcription on a video using the Video Intelligence API. You can read more about getting audio track transcription.

11. Detect and track text

You can use the Video Intelligence API to detect and track text in a video.

Copy the following code into your IPython session:

from typing import Optional, Sequence

from google.cloud import videointelligence_v1 as vi


def detect_text(
    video_uri: str,
    language_hints: Optional[Sequence[str]] = None,
    segments: Optional[Sequence[vi.VideoSegment]] = None,
) -> vi.VideoAnnotationResults:
    video_client = vi.VideoIntelligenceServiceClient()
    features = [vi.Feature.TEXT_DETECTION]
    config = vi.TextDetectionConfig(
        language_hints=language_hints,
    )
    context = vi.VideoContext(
        segments=segments,
        text_detection_config=config,
    )
    request = vi.AnnotateVideoRequest(
        input_uri=video_uri,
        features=features,
        video_context=context,
    )

    print(f'Processing video "{video_uri}"...')
    operation = video_client.annotate_video(request)

    return operation.result().annotation_results[0]  # Single video
    

Take a moment to study the code and see how it uses the annotate_video client library method with the TEXT_DETECTION parameter to analyze a video and detect text.

Call the function to analyze the video from seconds 13 to 27:

from datetime import timedelta

video_uri = "gs://cloud-samples-data/video/JaneGoodall.mp4"
segment = vi.VideoSegment(
    start_time_offset=timedelta(seconds=13),
    end_time_offset=timedelta(seconds=27),
)

results = detect_text(video_uri, segments=[segment])

Note: Automatic language detection is performed by default. language_hints can be specified if the languages to be detected are known in advance, which can improve the accuracy of the detection.

Wait for the video to be processed:

Processing video: "gs://cloud-samples-data/video/JaneGoodall.mp4"...

Add this function to print out detected text:

def print_video_text(results: vi.VideoAnnotationResults, min_frames: int = 15):
    annotations = results.text_annotations
    sort_by_first_segment_end(annotations)

    print(" Detected Text ".center(80, "-"))
    for annotation in annotations:
        for text_segment in annotation.segments:
            frames = len(text_segment.frames)
            if frames < min_frames:
                continue
            text = annotation.text
            confidence = text_segment.confidence
            start = text_segment.segment.start_time_offset
            seconds = segment_seconds(text_segment.segment)
            print(text)
            print(f"  {confidence:4.0%} | {start} + {seconds:.1f}s | {frames} fr.")


def sort_by_first_segment_end(annotations: Sequence[vi.TextAnnotation]):
    def first_segment_end(annotation):
        return annotation.segments[0].segment.end_time_offset.ToMilliseconds()

    annotations.sort(key=first_segment_end)


def segment_seconds(segment: vi.VideoSegment) -> float:
    t1 = segment.start_time_offset.total_seconds()
    t2 = segment.end_time_offset.total_seconds()
    return t2 - t1
    

Call the function:

print_video_text(results)

You should see something like this:

-------------------------------- Detected Text ---------------------------------
GOMBE NATIONAL PARK
   99% | 0:00:15.760000 + 1.7s | 15 fr.
TANZANIA
  100% | 0:00:15.760000 + 4.8s | 39 fr.
With words and narration by
  100% | 0:00:23.200000 + 3.6s | 31 fr.
Jane Goodall
   99% | 0:00:23.080000 + 3.8s | 33 fr.

Add this function to print out the list of detected text frames and bounding boxes:

def print_text_frames(results: vi.VideoAnnotationResults, contained_text: str):
    # Vertex order: top-left, top-right, bottom-right, bottom-left
    def box_top_left(box: vi.NormalizedBoundingPoly) -> str:
        tl = box.vertices[0]
        return f"({tl.x:.5f}, {tl.y:.5f})"

    def box_bottom_right(box: vi.NormalizedBoundingPoly) -> str:
        br = box.vertices[2]
        return f"({br.x:.5f}, {br.y:.5f})"

    annotations = results.text_annotations
    annotations = [a for a in annotations if contained_text in a.text]
    for annotation in annotations:
        print(f" {annotation.text} ".center(80, "-"))
        for text_segment in annotation.segments:
            for frame in text_segment.frames:
                frame_ms = frame.time_offset.total_seconds()
                box = frame.rotated_bounding_box
                print(
                    f"{frame_ms:>7.3f}",
                    box_top_left(box),
                    box_bottom_right(box),
                    sep=" | ",
                )
                

Call the function to check which frames show the narrator's name:

contained_text = "Goodall"
print_text_frames(results, contained_text)

You should see something like this:

--------------------------------- Jane Goodall ---------------------------------
 23.080 | (0.39922, 0.49861) | (0.62752, 0.55888)
 23.200 | (0.38750, 0.49028) | (0.62692, 0.56306)
...
 26.800 | (0.36016, 0.49583) | (0.61094, 0.56048)
 26.920 | (0.45859, 0.49583) | (0.60365, 0.56174)

If you draw the bounding boxes on top of the corresponding frames, you'll get this:

Summary

In this step, you were able to perform text detection and tracking on a video using the Video Intelligence API. You can read more about recognizing text.

12. Detect and track objects

You can use the Video Intelligence API to detect and track objects in a video.

Copy the following code into your IPython session:

from typing import Optional, Sequence

from google.cloud import videointelligence_v1 as vi


def track_objects(
    video_uri: str, segments: Optional[Sequence[vi.VideoSegment]] = None
) -> vi.VideoAnnotationResults:
    video_client = vi.VideoIntelligenceServiceClient()
    features = [vi.Feature.OBJECT_TRACKING]
    context = vi.VideoContext(segments=segments)
    request = vi.AnnotateVideoRequest(
        input_uri=video_uri,
        features=features,
        video_context=context,
    )

    print(f'Processing video "{video_uri}"...')
    operation = video_client.annotate_video(request)

    return operation.result().annotation_results[0]  # Single video
    

Take a moment to study the code and see how it uses the annotate_video client library method with the OBJECT_TRACKING parameter to analyze a video and detect objects.

Call the function to analyze the video from seconds 98 to 112:

from datetime import timedelta

video_uri = "gs://cloud-samples-data/video/JaneGoodall.mp4"
segment = vi.VideoSegment(
    start_time_offset=timedelta(seconds=98),
    end_time_offset=timedelta(seconds=112),
)

results = track_objects(video_uri, [segment])

Wait for the video to be processed:

Processing video: "gs://cloud-samples-data/video/JaneGoodall.mp4"...

Add this function to print out the list of detected objects:

def print_detected_objects(
    results: vi.VideoAnnotationResults, min_confidence: float = 0.7
):
    annotations = results.object_annotations
    annotations = [a for a in annotations if min_confidence <= a.confidence]

    print(
        f" Detected objects: {len(annotations)}"
        f" ({min_confidence:.0%} <= confidence) ".center(80, "-")
    )
    for annotation in annotations:
        entity = annotation.entity
        description = entity.description
        entity_id = entity.entity_id
        confidence = annotation.confidence
        t1 = annotation.segment.start_time_offset.total_seconds()
        t2 = annotation.segment.end_time_offset.total_seconds()
        frames = len(annotation.frames)
        print(
            f"{description:<22}",
            f"{entity_id:<10}",
            f"{confidence:4.0%}",
            f"{t1:>7.3f}",
            f"{t2:>7.3f}",
            f"{frames:>2} fr.",
            sep=" | ",
        )
        

Call the function:

print_detected_objects(results)

You should see something like this:

------------------- Detected objects: 3 (70% <= confidence) --------------------
insect                 | /m/03vt0   |  87% |  98.840 | 101.720 | 25 fr.
insect                 | /m/03vt0   |  71% | 108.440 | 111.080 | 23 fr.
butterfly              | /m/0cyf8   |  91% | 111.200 | 111.920 |  7 fr.

Add this function to print out the list of detected object frames and bounding boxes:

def print_object_frames(
    results: vi.VideoAnnotationResults, entity_id: str, min_confidence: float = 0.7
):
    def keep_annotation(annotation: vi.ObjectTrackingAnnotation) -> bool:
        return all(
            [
                annotation.entity.entity_id == entity_id,
                min_confidence <= annotation.confidence,
            ]
        )

    annotations = results.object_annotations
    annotations = [a for a in annotations if keep_annotation(a)]
    for annotation in annotations:
        description = annotation.entity.description
        confidence = annotation.confidence
        print(
            f" {description},"
            f" confidence: {confidence:.0%},"
            f" frames: {len(annotation.frames)} ".center(80, "-")
        )
        for frame in annotation.frames:
            t = frame.time_offset.total_seconds()
            box = frame.normalized_bounding_box
            print(
                f"{t:>7.3f}",
                f"({box.left:.5f}, {box.top:.5f})",
                f"({box.right:.5f}, {box.bottom:.5f})",
                sep=" | ",
            )
            

Call the function with the entity ID for insects:

insect_entity_id = "/m/03vt0"
print_object_frames(results, insect_entity_id)

You should see something like this:

--------------------- insect, confidence: 87%, frames: 25 ----------------------
 98.840 | (0.49327, 0.19617) | (0.69905, 0.69633)
 98.960 | (0.49559, 0.19308) | (0.70631, 0.69671)
...
101.600 | (0.46668, 0.19776) | (0.76619, 0.69371)
101.720 | (0.46805, 0.20053) | (0.76447, 0.68703)
--------------------- insect, confidence: 71%, frames: 23 ----------------------
108.440 | (0.47343, 0.10694) | (0.63821, 0.98332)
108.560 | (0.46960, 0.10206) | (0.63033, 0.98285)
...
110.960 | (0.49466, 0.05102) | (0.65941, 0.99357)
111.080 | (0.49572, 0.04728) | (0.65762, 0.99868)

If you draw the bounding boxes on top of the corresponding frames, you'll get this:

Summary

In this step, you were able to perform object detection and tracking on a video using the Video Intelligence API. You can read more about tracking objects.

13. Detect and track logos

You can use the Video Intelligence API to detect and track logos in a video. Over 100,000 brands and logos can be detected.

Copy the following code into your IPython session:

from typing import Optional, Sequence

from google.cloud import videointelligence_v1 as vi


def detect_logos(
    video_uri: str, segments: Optional[Sequence[vi.VideoSegment]] = None
) -> vi.VideoAnnotationResults:
    video_client = vi.VideoIntelligenceServiceClient()
    features = [vi.Feature.LOGO_RECOGNITION]
    context = vi.VideoContext(segments=segments)
    request = vi.AnnotateVideoRequest(
        input_uri=video_uri,
        features=features,
        video_context=context,
    )

    print(f'Processing video "{video_uri}"...')
    operation = video_client.annotate_video(request)

    return operation.result().annotation_results[0]  # Single video
    

Take a moment to study the code and see how it uses the annotate_video client library method with the LOGO_RECOGNITION parameter to analyze a video and detect logos.

Call the function to analyze the penultimate sequence of the video:

from datetime import timedelta

video_uri = "gs://cloud-samples-data/video/JaneGoodall.mp4"
segment = vi.VideoSegment(
    start_time_offset=timedelta(seconds=146),
    end_time_offset=timedelta(seconds=156),
)

results = detect_logos(video_uri, [segment])

Wait for the video to be processed:

Processing video: "gs://cloud-samples-data/video/JaneGoodall.mp4"...

Add this function to print out the list of detected logos:

def print_detected_logos(results: vi.VideoAnnotationResults):
    annotations = results.logo_recognition_annotations

    print(f" Detected logos: {len(annotations)} ".center(80, "-"))
    for annotation in annotations:
        entity = annotation.entity
        entity_id = entity.entity_id
        description = entity.description
        for track in annotation.tracks:
            confidence = track.confidence
            t1 = track.segment.start_time_offset.total_seconds()
            t2 = track.segment.end_time_offset.total_seconds()
            logo_frames = len(track.timestamped_objects)
            print(
                f"{confidence:4.0%}",
                f"{t1:>7.3f}",
                f"{t2:>7.3f}",
                f"{logo_frames:>3} fr.",
                f"{entity_id:<15}",
                f"{description}",
                sep=" | ",
            )
            

Call the function:

print_detected_logos(results)

You should see something like this:

------------------------------ Detected logos: 1 -------------------------------
 92% | 150.680 | 155.720 |  43 fr. | /m/055t58       | Google Maps

Add this function to print out the list of detected logo frames and bounding boxes:

def print_logo_frames(results: vi.VideoAnnotationResults, entity_id: str):
    def keep_annotation(annotation: vi.LogoRecognitionAnnotation) -> bool:
        return annotation.entity.entity_id == entity_id

    annotations = results.logo_recognition_annotations
    annotations = [a for a in annotations if keep_annotation(a)]
    for annotation in annotations:
        description = annotation.entity.description
        for track in annotation.tracks:
            confidence = track.confidence
            print(
                f" {description},"
                f" confidence: {confidence:.0%},"
                f" frames: {len(track.timestamped_objects)} ".center(80, "-")
            )
            for timestamped_object in track.timestamped_objects:
                t = timestamped_object.time_offset.total_seconds()
                box = timestamped_object.normalized_bounding_box
                print(
                    f"{t:>7.3f}",
                    f"({box.left:.5f}, {box.top:.5f})",
                    f"({box.right:.5f}, {box.bottom:.5f})",
                    sep=" | ",
                )
                

Call the function with Google Map logo entity ID:

maps_entity_id = "/m/055t58"
print_logo_frames(results, maps_entity_id)

You should see something like this:

------------------- Google Maps, confidence: 92%, frames: 43 -------------------
150.680 | (0.42024, 0.28633) | (0.58192, 0.64220)
150.800 | (0.41713, 0.27822) | (0.58318, 0.63556)
...
155.600 | (0.41775, 0.27701) | (0.58372, 0.63986)
155.720 | (0.41688, 0.28005) | (0.58335, 0.63954)

If you draw the bounding boxes on top of the corresponding frames, you'll get this:

Summary

In this step, you were able to perform logo detection and tracking on a video using the Video Intelligence API. You can read more about recognizing logos.

14. Multiple features

You've seen how to use the Video Intelligence API, feature by feature, but you can request multiple features in a single request.

Here the kind of request you can make if you want to get all insights at once:

from google.cloud import videointelligence_v1 as vi


video_client = vi.VideoIntelligenceServiceClient()
video_uri = "gs://..."
features = [
    vi.Feature.SHOT_CHANGE_DETECTION,
    vi.Feature.LABEL_DETECTION,
    vi.Feature.EXPLICIT_CONTENT_DETECTION,
    vi.Feature.SPEECH_TRANSCRIPTION,
    vi.Feature.TEXT_DETECTION,
    vi.Feature.OBJECT_TRACKING,
    vi.Feature.LOGO_RECOGNITION,
]
context = vi.VideoContext(
    segments=...,
    shot_change_detection_config=...,
    label_detection_config=...,
    explicit_content_detection_config=...,
    speech_transcription_config=...,
    text_detection_config=...,
    object_tracking_config=...,
)
request = vi.AnnotateVideoRequest(
    input_uri=video_uri,
    features=features,
    video_context=context,
)

video_client.annotate_video(request)

15. Congratulations!

You learned how to use the Video Intelligence API using Python!

Clean up

To clean up your development environment, from Cloud Shell:

• If you're still in your IPython session, enter the exit command to go back to the shell.
• Stop using the Python virtual environment with the deactivate command.
• Delete your working directory: cd ~ ; rm -rf ~/video-intelligence/

To delete your Google Cloud project, from Cloud Shell:

• Retrieve your current project ID: PROJECT_ID=$(gcloud config get-value core/project)
• Make sure this is the project you wish to delete: echo $PROJECT_ID
• Delete the project: gcloud projects delete $PROJECT_ID

Learn more

• Test the demo in your browser: https://zackakil.github.io/video-intelligence-api-visualiser/
• Video Intelligence documentation: https://cloud.google.com/video-intelligence/docs
• Beta features: https://cloud.google.com/video-intelligence/docs/beta
• Python on Google Cloud: https://cloud.google.com/python
• Cloud Client Libraries for Python: https://googlecloudplatform.github.io/google-cloud-python

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License.