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Instructions to use MCG-NJU/VideoChat3-4B with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.
- Libraries
- Transformers
How to use MCG-NJU/VideoChat3-4B with Transformers:
# Load model directly from transformers import AutoModel model = AutoModel.from_pretrained("MCG-NJU/VideoChat3-4B", trust_remote_code=True, dtype="auto") - Notebooks
- Google Colab
- Kaggle
| # coding=utf-8 | |
| # Copyright 2025 The VideoChat3 Team and HuggingFace Inc. team. All rights reserved. | |
| # | |
| # The code is based on the Qwen2VL processor (qwen2_vl/processing_qwen2_vl.py), but modified for VideoChat3. | |
| # | |
| # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); | |
| # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. | |
| # You may obtain a copy of the License at | |
| # | |
| # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 | |
| # | |
| # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software | |
| # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, | |
| # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. | |
| # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and | |
| # limitations under the License. | |
| """ | |
| Processor class for VideoChat3, modified from Qwen3VLProcessor. | |
| """ | |
| import numpy as np | |
| from typing import List, Union | |
| from transformers.feature_extraction_utils import BatchFeature | |
| from transformers.image_utils import ImageInput | |
| from transformers.processing_utils import MultiModalData, ProcessingKwargs, ProcessorMixin, Unpack | |
| from transformers.tokenization_utils_base import PreTokenizedInput, TextInput | |
| from transformers.utils import logging | |
| from transformers.video_utils import VideoInput | |
| from .videochat3_utils import VideoChat3VideoMetadata | |
| logger = logging.get_logger(__name__) | |
| class VideoChat3ProcessorKwargs(ProcessingKwargs, total=False): | |
| _defaults = { | |
| "text_kwargs": { | |
| "padding": False, | |
| "return_token_type_ids": False, | |
| "return_mm_token_type_ids": False, | |
| }, | |
| "images_kwargs": {}, | |
| "videos_kwargs": {"return_metadata": True}, | |
| } | |
| class VideoChat3Processor(ProcessorMixin): | |
| r""" | |
| Constructs a VideoChat3 processor which wraps a VideoChat3 image processor and a Qwen2 tokenizer into a single processor. | |
| [`VideoChat3Processor`] offers all the functionalities of [`Qwen2VLImageProcessor`] and [`Qwen2TokenizerFast`]. See the | |
| [`~VideoChat3Processor.__call__`] and [`~VideoChat3Processor.decode`] for more information. | |
| Args: | |
| image_processor ([`VideoChat3ImageProcessor`], *optional*): | |
| The image processor is a required input. | |
| tokenizer ([`Qwen2TokenizerFast`], *optional*): | |
| The tokenizer is a required input. | |
| video_processor ([`VideoChat3VideoProcessor`], *optional*): | |
| The video processor is a required input. | |
| chat_template (`str`, *optional*): A Jinja template which will be used to convert lists of messages | |
| in a chat into a tokenizable string. | |
| """ | |
| attributes = ["image_processor", "tokenizer", "video_processor"] | |
| image_processor_class = "AutoImageProcessor" | |
| tokenizer_class = ("Qwen2Tokenizer", "Qwen2TokenizerFast") | |
| video_processor_class = "AutoVideoProcessor" | |
| def __init__( | |
| self, | |
| image_processor=None, | |
| tokenizer=None, | |
| video_processor=None, | |
| chat_template=None, | |
| **kwargs, | |
| ): | |
| self.image_token = "<|image_pad|>" if not hasattr(tokenizer, "image_token") else tokenizer.image_token | |
| self.video_token = "<|video_pad|>" if not hasattr(tokenizer, "video_token") else tokenizer.video_token | |
| self.image_token_id = ( | |
| tokenizer.image_token_id | |
| if getattr(tokenizer, "image_token_id", None) | |
| else tokenizer.convert_tokens_to_ids(self.image_token) | |
| ) | |
| self.video_token_id = ( | |
| tokenizer.video_token_id | |
| if getattr(tokenizer, "video_token_id", None) | |
| else tokenizer.convert_tokens_to_ids(self.video_token) | |
| ) | |
| super().__init__(image_processor, tokenizer, video_processor, chat_template=chat_template) | |
| self.vision_start_token = ( | |
| "<|vision_start|>" if not hasattr(tokenizer, "vision_start_token") else tokenizer.vision_start_token | |
| ) | |
| self.vision_end_token = ( | |
| "<|vision_end|>" if not hasattr(tokenizer, "vision_end_token") else tokenizer.vision_end_token | |
| ) | |
| self.vision_start_token_id = ( | |
| tokenizer.vision_start_token_id | |
| if getattr(tokenizer, "vision_start_token_id", None) | |
| else tokenizer.convert_tokens_to_ids(self.vision_start_token) | |
| ) | |
| self.vision_end_token_id = ( | |
| tokenizer.vision_end_token_id | |
| if getattr(tokenizer, "vision_end_token_id", None) | |
| else tokenizer.convert_tokens_to_ids(self.vision_end_token) | |
| ) | |
| def __call__( | |
| self, | |
| images: ImageInput = None, | |
| text: Union[TextInput, PreTokenizedInput, List[TextInput], List[PreTokenizedInput]] = None, | |
| videos: VideoInput = None, | |
| **kwargs: Unpack[VideoChat3ProcessorKwargs], | |
| ) -> BatchFeature: | |
| """ | |
| Main method to prepare for the model one or several sequences(s) and image(s). This method forwards the `text` | |
| and `kwargs` arguments to Qwen2TokenizerFast's [`~Qwen2TokenizerFast.__call__`] if `text` is not `None` to encode | |
| the text. To prepare the vision inputs, this method forwards the `vision_infos` and `kwrags` arguments to | |
| Qwen2VLImageProcessor's [`~Qwen2VLImageProcessor.__call__`] if `vision_infos` is not `None`. | |
| Args: | |
| images (`PIL.Image.Image`, `np.ndarray`, `torch.Tensor`, `List[PIL.Image.Image]`, `List[np.ndarray]`, `List[torch.Tensor]`): | |
| The image or batch of images to be prepared. Each image can be a PIL image, NumPy array or PyTorch | |
| tensor. Both channels-first and channels-last formats are supported. | |
| text (`str`, `List[str]`, `List[List[str]]`): | |
| The sequence or batch of sequences to be encoded. Each sequence can be a string or a list of strings | |
| (pretokenized string). If the sequences are provided as list of strings (pretokenized), you must set | |
| `is_split_into_words=True` (to lift the ambiguity with a batch of sequences). | |
| videos (`np.ndarray`, `torch.Tensor`, `list[np.ndarray]`, `list[torch.Tensor]`): | |
| The image or batch of videos to be prepared. Each video can be a 4D NumPy array or PyTorch | |
| tensor, or a nested list of 3D frames. Both channels-first and channels-last formats are supported. | |
| return_tensors (`str` or [`~utils.TensorType`], *optional*): | |
| If set, will return tensors of a particular framework. Acceptable values are: | |
| - `'pt'`: Return PyTorch `torch.Tensor` objects. | |
| - `'np'`: Return NumPy `np.ndarray` objects. | |
| Returns: | |
| [`BatchFeature`]: A [`BatchFeature`] with the following fields: | |
| - **input_ids** -- List of token ids to be fed to a model. Returned when `text` is not `None`. | |
| - **attention_mask** -- List of indices specifying which tokens should be attended to by the model (when | |
| `return_attention_mask=True` or if *"attention_mask"* is in `self.model_input_names` and if `text` is not | |
| `None`). | |
| - **pixel_values** -- Pixel values to be fed to a model. Returned when `images` is not `None`. | |
| - **pixel_values_videos** -- Pixel values of videos to be fed to a model. Returned when `videos` is not `None`. | |
| - **image_grid_thw** -- List of image 3D grid in LLM. Returned when `images` is not `None`. | |
| - **video_grid_thw** -- List of video 3D grid in LLM. Returned when `videos` is not `None`. | |
| """ | |
| if images is None and videos is None and text is None: | |
| raise ValueError("You have to specify at least one of `images` or `text`.") | |
| output_kwargs = self._merge_kwargs( | |
| VideoChat3ProcessorKwargs, | |
| tokenizer_init_kwargs=self.tokenizer.init_kwargs, | |
| **kwargs, | |
| ) | |
| if images is not None: | |
| image_inputs = self.image_processor(images=images, **output_kwargs["images_kwargs"]) | |
| image_grid_thw = image_inputs["image_grid_thw"] | |
| else: | |
| image_inputs = {} | |
| image_grid_thw = None | |
| if videos is not None: | |
| videos_inputs = self.video_processor(videos=videos, **output_kwargs["videos_kwargs"]) | |
| video_grid_thw = videos_inputs["video_grid_thw"] | |
| # If user has not requested video metadata, pop it | |
| if "return_metadata" not in kwargs: | |
| video_metadata = videos_inputs.pop("video_metadata") | |
| else: | |
| video_metadata = videos_inputs["video_metadata"] | |
| video_grid_thw = videos_inputs["video_grid_thw"] | |
| else: | |
| videos_inputs = {} | |
| video_grid_thw = None | |
| if isinstance(text, str): | |
| text = [text] | |
| elif not isinstance(text, list) and not isinstance(text[0], str): | |
| raise ValueError("Invalid input text. Please provide a string, or a list of strings") | |
| text = text.copy() # below lines change text in-place | |
| if image_grid_thw is not None: | |
| merge_length = self.image_processor.merge_size**2 | |
| index = 0 | |
| for i in range(len(text)): | |
| while self.image_token in text[i]: | |
| num_image_tokens = image_grid_thw[index].prod() // merge_length | |
| text[i] = text[i].replace(self.image_token, "<|placeholder|>" * num_image_tokens, 1) | |
| index += 1 | |
| text[i] = text[i].replace("<|placeholder|>", self.image_token) | |
| if video_grid_thw is not None: | |
| merge_length = self.video_processor.merge_size**2 | |
| index = 0 | |
| for i in range(len(text)): | |
| while self.video_token in text[i]: | |
| metadata = video_metadata[index] | |
| if metadata.fps is None: | |
| raise ValueError("VideoChat3 requires frame timestamps to construct prompts, but the `fps` of the input video could not be inferred. ") | |
| # if timestamps are not provided, calculate them | |
| curr_timestamp = self._calculate_timestamps( | |
| metadata, | |
| self.video_processor.temporal_merge_size, | |
| ) | |
| video_placeholder = "" | |
| frame_seqlen = video_grid_thw[index][1:].prod() // merge_length | |
| for curr_time in curr_timestamp: | |
| video_placeholder += f"<{curr_time:.1f} seconds>" | |
| video_placeholder += ( | |
| self.vision_start_token + "<|placeholder|>" * frame_seqlen + self.vision_end_token | |
| ) | |
| if f"{self.vision_start_token}{self.video_token}{self.vision_end_token}" in text[i]: | |
| text[i] = text[i].replace( | |
| f"{self.vision_start_token}{self.video_token}{self.vision_end_token}", video_placeholder, 1 | |
| ) | |
| else: | |
| # vllm may input video token directly | |
| text[i] = text[i].replace(self.video_token, video_placeholder, 1) | |
| index += 1 | |
| text[i] = text[i].replace("<|placeholder|>", self.video_token) | |
| return_tensors = output_kwargs["text_kwargs"].pop("return_tensors", None) | |
| return_mm_token_type_ids = output_kwargs["text_kwargs"].pop("return_mm_token_type_ids", None) | |
| text_inputs = self.tokenizer(text, **output_kwargs["text_kwargs"]) | |
| self._check_special_mm_tokens(text, text_inputs, modalities=["image", "video"]) | |
| if return_mm_token_type_ids: | |
| array_ids = np.array(text_inputs["input_ids"]) | |
| mm_token_type_ids = np.zeros_like(text_inputs["input_ids"]) | |
| mm_token_type_ids[array_ids == self.image_token_id] = 1 | |
| mm_token_type_ids[array_ids == self.video_token_id] = 2 | |
| text_inputs["mm_token_type_ids"] = mm_token_type_ids.tolist() | |
| return BatchFeature(data={**text_inputs, **image_inputs, **videos_inputs}, tensor_type=return_tensors) | |
| def _get_num_multimodal_tokens(self, image_sizes=None, video_sizes=None, **kwargs): | |
| """ | |
| Computes the number of placeholder tokens needed for multimodal inputs with the given sizes. | |
| Args: | |
| image_sizes (`list[list[int]]`, *optional*): | |
| The input sizes formatted as (height, width) per each image. | |
| video_sizes (`list[list[int]]`, *optional*): | |
| The input sizes formatted as (num_frames, height, width) per each video. | |
| Returns: | |
| `MultiModalData`: A `MultiModalData` object holding number of tokens per each of the provided | |
| input modalities, along with other useful data. | |
| """ | |
| vision_data = {} | |
| if image_sizes is not None: | |
| images_kwargs = VideoChat3ProcessorKwargs._defaults.get("images_kwargs", {}) | |
| images_kwargs.update(kwargs) | |
| merge_size = images_kwargs.get("merge_size", None) or self.image_processor.merge_size | |
| num_image_patches = [ | |
| self.image_processor.get_number_of_image_patches(*image_size, images_kwargs) | |
| for image_size in image_sizes | |
| ] | |
| num_image_tokens = [(num_patches // merge_size**2) for num_patches in num_image_patches] | |
| vision_data.update({"num_image_tokens": num_image_tokens, "num_image_patches": num_image_patches}) | |
| if video_sizes is not None: | |
| videos_kwargs = VideoChat3ProcessorKwargs._defaults.get("videos_kwargs", {}) | |
| videos_kwargs.update(kwargs) | |
| num_video_tokens = [ | |
| self.video_processor.get_number_of_video_tokens(*video_size, videos_kwargs) | |
| for video_size in video_sizes | |
| ] | |
| vision_data["num_video_tokens"] = num_video_tokens | |
| return MultiModalData(**vision_data) | |
| def post_process_image_text_to_text( | |
| self, generated_outputs, skip_special_tokens=True, clean_up_tokenization_spaces=False, **kwargs | |
| ): | |
| """ | |
| Post-process the output of the model to decode the text. | |
| Args: | |
| generated_outputs (`torch.Tensor` or `np.ndarray`): | |
| The output of the model `generate` function. The output is expected to be a tensor of shape `(batch_size, sequence_length)` | |
| or `(sequence_length,)`. | |
| skip_special_tokens (`bool`, *optional*, defaults to `True`): | |
| Whether or not to remove special tokens in the output. Argument passed to the tokenizer's `batch_decode` method. | |
| clean_up_tokenization_spaces (`bool`, *optional*, defaults to `False`): | |
| Whether or not to clean up the tokenization spaces. Argument passed to the tokenizer's `batch_decode` method. | |
| **kwargs: | |
| Additional arguments to be passed to the tokenizer's `batch_decode method`. | |
| Returns: | |
| `list[str]`: The decoded text. | |
| """ | |
| return self.tokenizer.batch_decode( | |
| generated_outputs, | |
| skip_special_tokens=skip_special_tokens, | |
| clean_up_tokenization_spaces=clean_up_tokenization_spaces, | |
| **kwargs, | |
| ) | |
| def _calculate_timestamps(self, video_meta: VideoChat3VideoMetadata, temporal_merge_size: int = 4): | |
| timestamps = video_meta.timestamps | |
| # @JJJYmmm frames are merged by self.merge_size, \ | |
| # so we need to average the timestamps between the first/last frame within the temporal patch | |
| # @lixinhao Special handling is given for cases where the number of frames is not a multiple of the temporal merge size | |
| new_timestamps = [] | |
| for i in range(0, len(timestamps), temporal_merge_size): | |
| if i + temporal_merge_size - 1 < len(timestamps): | |
| new_timestamps.append((timestamps[i] + timestamps[i + temporal_merge_size - 1]) / 2) | |
| else: | |
| new_timestamps.append((timestamps[i] + timestamps[len(timestamps) - 1]) / 2) | |
| return new_timestamps | |
| __all__ = ["VideoChat3Processor"] |