Two approaches for passing binary files, say a 2-hour lecture video, to a VLM: 1. Send it whole: accurate, but slow to encode and process. 2. Keyframe extractio

Two approaches for passing binary files, say a 2-hour lecture video, to a VLM: 1. Send it whole: accurate, but slow to encode and process. 2. Keyframe extraction: fast, but could miss what matters. There's no right or wrong approach here. It all depends on your use case and acceptable trade-offs. Find useful strategies for encoding binary files in the post below. Enjoy!