Video & Audio Token Calculator
Enter video or audio duration in seconds to estimate token usage across Gemini and other multimodal APIs in real-time. Optimize input size to reduce API costs.
LLM (GPT-5.5, Claude, DeepSeek) calling costs are 30% - 50% lower than official APIs. Multimodal (Veo 3.1, Flux Pro) costs are 60%+ lower!
Single key aggregates text, image, video generation (Runway, Veo, Kling), music generation (Suno), and speech recognition. No multiple accounts needed.
Fully compatible with OpenAI / Anthropic request formats. Simply update base_url and api_key in your code to migrate seamlessly.
Developer Integration Guides (Cursor, Claude Code, SDK)
Video & Audio FAQ
Q: How does Gemini calculate video and audio tokens?
Multimodal models like Gemini 1.5/2.5/3.5 support direct video and audio inputs. The official rules are: video costs approximately 263 tokens per second, and audio costs approximately 32 tokens per second. A 1-minute video costs about 15,780 tokens, while a 1-minute audio file costs about 1,920 tokens.
Q: Why is video processing in LLMs so expensive?
Because videos consist of many individual image frames (typically sampled at 1 or more frames per second). Each frame must be processed through the vision encoder, which normally consumes significant token counts. Gemini optimizes this by charging a flat 263 tokens/second, but longer clips still accumulate huge token numbers.
Multimodal Video/Audio Rules & Optimization
When handling audio/video inputs, optimizing length and structure can save significant API expenses:
- Video Sampling & Duration: Gemini samples video inputs at a steady rate (e.g. 1 frame per second). Since Gemini charges purely by the duration (seconds), lowering the physical framerate beforehand will not decrease token counts. Shortening unnecessary intros/outros is the most direct optimization.
- Trimming Audio Silence: Audio costs 32 tokens/second. To optimize, trim silent sections or background noise before uploading. Only keep the speech sections to save tokens.
- Kie.ai GenAI Discounts: If you need to generate video/audio using Sora 2 or Veo 3, Kie.ai offers up to 60% off standard rates (e.g., Veo 3.1 Fast at just $0.40 per run), cutting down your generation costs.