diff --git a/.github/workflows/autodocs.yaml b/.github/workflows/autodocs.yaml
index a768f263..cbcc29f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/autodocs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/autodocs.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install Protocol Buffers compiler
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update
-        sudo apt-get install -y protobuf-compiler libprotobuf-dev
+        sudo apt-get install -y protobuf-compiler libprotobuf-dev clang libavcodec-dev libavfilter-dev libavdevice-dev libavformat-dev libavutil-dev pkg-config
 
     - name: Install Launcher
       id: install-launcher
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index 4eeca334..b54bb749 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install
         run: |
           sudo apt update
-          sudo apt install python3.11-dev -y
+          sudo apt install python3.11-dev python3.11-venv python3-pip clang libavcodec-dev libavfilter-dev libavdevice-dev libavformat-dev libavutil-dev pkg-config -y
+          export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           make install-cpu
       - name: Run server tests
         run: |
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 74ae6e16..5c64b43e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ version = "0.23.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ad3a619a9de81e1d7de1f1186dcba4506ed661a0e483d84410fdef0ee87b2f96"
 dependencies = [
- "bindgen",
+ "bindgen 0.69.5",
  "cc",
  "cmake",
  "dunce",
@@ -454,6 +454,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "which",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bindgen"
+version = "0.70.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f49d8fed880d473ea71efb9bf597651e77201bdd4893efe54c9e5d65ae04ce6f"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
+ "cexpr",
+ "clang-sys",
+ "itertools 0.13.0",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "regex",
+ "rustc-hash",
+ "shlex",
+ "syn 2.0.89",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bit-set"
 version = "0.5.3"
@@ -487,6 +505,15 @@ version = "2.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b048fb63fd8b5923fc5aa7b340d8e156aec7ec02f0c78fa8a6ddc2613f6f71de"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bitreader"
+version = "0.3.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "886559b1e163d56c765bc3a985febb4eee8009f625244511d8ee3c432e08c066"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitstream-io"
 version = "2.6.0"
@@ -1194,6 +1221,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "zune-inflate",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fallible_collections"
+version = "0.4.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a88c69768c0a15262df21899142bc6df9b9b823546d4b4b9a7bc2d6c448ec6fd"
+dependencies = [
+ "hashbrown 0.13.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fancy-regex"
 version = "0.11.0"
@@ -1219,6 +1255,31 @@ dependencies = [
  "simd-adler32",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ffmpeg-next"
+version = "7.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "da02698288e0275e442a47fc12ca26d50daf0d48b15398ba5906f20ac2e2a9f9"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
+ "ffmpeg-sys-next",
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ffmpeg-sys-next"
+version = "7.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2bc3234d0a4b2f7d083699d0860c6c9dd83713908771b60f94a96f8704adfe45"
+dependencies = [
+ "bindgen 0.70.1",
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "num_cpus",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fixedbitset"
 version = "0.4.2"
@@ -1512,6 +1573,15 @@ version = "0.12.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8a9ee70c43aaf417c914396645a0fa852624801b24ebb7ae78fe8272889ac888"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.13.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "43a3c133739dddd0d2990f9a4bdf8eb4b21ef50e4851ca85ab661199821d510e"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.14.5"
@@ -2471,6 +2541,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.89",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mp4parse"
+version = "0.17.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "63a35203d3c6ce92d5251c77520acb2e57108c88728695aa883f70023624c570"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitreader",
+ "byteorder",
+ "fallible_collections",
+ "log",
+ "num-traits",
+ "static_assertions",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "multimap"
 version = "0.10.0"
@@ -4425,6 +4509,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "clap 4.5.21",
  "csv",
+ "ffmpeg-next",
  "futures",
  "futures-util",
  "hf-hub",
@@ -4436,6 +4521,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "metrics-exporter-prometheus",
  "minijinja",
  "minijinja-contrib",
+ "mp4parse",
  "ngrok",
  "nohash-hasher",
  "once_cell",
@@ -4449,6 +4535,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sysinfo",
+ "tempfile",
  "thiserror",
  "tokenizers",
  "tokio",
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0c08d48f..a2fcf8a7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -20,6 +20,20 @@ FROM chef AS builder
 
 RUN apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     python3.11-dev
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    ffmpeg \
+    libavcodec-dev \
+    libavfilter-dev \
+    libavdevice-dev \
+    libavformat-dev \
+    libavutil-dev \
+    libswscale-dev \
+    pkg-config \
+    libclang-dev \
+    clang \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
 RUN PROTOC_ZIP=protoc-21.12-linux-x86_64.zip && \
     curl -OL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v21.12/$PROTOC_ZIP && \
     unzip -o $PROTOC_ZIP -d /usr/local bin/protoc && \
@@ -27,7 +41,7 @@ RUN PROTOC_ZIP=protoc-21.12-linux-x86_64.zip && \
     rm -f $PROTOC_ZIP
 
 COPY --from=planner /usr/src/recipe.json recipe.json
-RUN cargo chef cook --profile release-opt --recipe-path recipe.json
+RUN cargo chef cook --profile release-opt --features video --recipe-path recipe.json
 
 ARG GIT_SHA
 ARG DOCKER_LABEL
@@ -40,7 +54,7 @@ COPY benchmark benchmark
 COPY router router
 COPY backends backends
 COPY launcher launcher
-RUN cargo build --profile release-opt --frozen
+RUN cargo build --profile release-opt --frozen --features video
 
 # Python builder
 # Adapted from: https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/blob/master/Dockerfile
@@ -61,18 +75,18 @@ ARG TARGETPLATFORM
 ENV PATH /opt/conda/bin:$PATH
 
 RUN apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-        build-essential \
-        ca-certificates \
-        ccache \
-        curl \
-        git && \
-        rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+    build-essential \
+    ca-certificates \
+    ccache \
+    curl \
+    git && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Install conda
 # translating Docker's TARGETPLATFORM into mamba arches
 RUN case ${TARGETPLATFORM} in \
-         "linux/arm64")  MAMBA_ARCH=aarch64  ;; \
-         *)              MAMBA_ARCH=x86_64   ;; \
+    "linux/arm64")  MAMBA_ARCH=aarch64  ;; \
+    *)              MAMBA_ARCH=x86_64   ;; \
     esac && \
     curl -fsSL -v -o ~/mambaforge.sh -O  "https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/releases/download/${MAMBA_VERSION}/Mambaforge-${MAMBA_VERSION}-Linux-${MAMBA_ARCH}.sh"
 RUN chmod +x ~/mambaforge.sh && \
@@ -82,12 +96,15 @@ RUN chmod +x ~/mambaforge.sh && \
 # Install pytorch
 # On arm64 we exit with an error code
 RUN case ${TARGETPLATFORM} in \
-         "linux/arm64")  exit 1 ;; \
-         *)              /opt/conda/bin/conda update -y conda &&  \
-                         /opt/conda/bin/conda install -c "${INSTALL_CHANNEL}" -c "${CUDA_CHANNEL}" -y "python=${PYTHON_VERSION}" "pytorch=$PYTORCH_VERSION" "pytorch-cuda=$(echo $CUDA_VERSION | cut -d'.' -f 1-2)"  ;; \
+    "linux/arm64")  exit 1 ;; \
+    *)              /opt/conda/bin/conda update -y conda &&  \
+    /opt/conda/bin/conda install -c "${INSTALL_CHANNEL}" -c "${CUDA_CHANNEL}" -y "python=${PYTHON_VERSION}" "pytorch=$PYTORCH_VERSION" "pytorch-cuda=$(echo $CUDA_VERSION | cut -d'.' -f 1-2)" "openssl>=3.3.0" ;; \
     esac && \
     /opt/conda/bin/conda clean -ya
 
+RUN /opt/conda/bin/conda install -y pyOpenSSL
+
+
 # CUDA kernels builder image
 FROM pytorch-install AS kernel-builder
 
@@ -95,8 +112,8 @@ ARG MAX_JOBS=8
 ENV TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST="8.0;8.6;9.0+PTX"
 
 RUN apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-        ninja-build cmake \
-        && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+    ninja-build cmake \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Build Flash Attention CUDA kernels
 FROM kernel-builder AS flash-att-builder
@@ -188,12 +205,15 @@ ENV HF_HOME=/data \
 WORKDIR /usr/src
 
 RUN apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-        libssl-dev \
-        ca-certificates \
-        make \
-        curl \
-        git \
-        && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+    libssl-dev \
+    ca-certificates \
+    make \
+    curl \
+    git \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Add ffmpeg libraries to the path
+ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
 
 # Copy conda with PyTorch installed
 COPY --from=pytorch-install /opt/conda /opt/conda
@@ -239,6 +259,8 @@ RUN cd server && \
 ENV LD_PRELOAD=/opt/conda/lib/python3.11/site-packages/nvidia/nccl/lib/libnccl.so.2
 # Required to find libpython within the rust binaries
 ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/opt/conda/lib/"
+ENV LD_PRELOAD="/opt/conda/lib/libcrypto.so.3"
+
 # This is needed because exl2 tries to load flash-attn
 # And fails with our builds.
 ENV EXLLAMA_NO_FLASH_ATTN=1
@@ -247,9 +269,9 @@ ENV EXLLAMA_NO_FLASH_ATTN=1
 # The binaries change on every build given we burn the SHA into them
 # The deps change less often.
 RUN apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-        build-essential \
-        g++ \
-        && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+    build-essential \
+    g++ \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Install benchmarker
 COPY --from=builder /usr/src/target/release-opt/text-generation-benchmark /usr/local/bin/text-generation-benchmark
@@ -258,6 +280,9 @@ COPY --from=builder /usr/src/target/release-opt/text-generation-router /usr/loca
 # Install launcher
 COPY --from=builder /usr/src/target/release-opt/text-generation-launcher /usr/local/bin/text-generation-launcher
 
+# Copy the ffmpeg libraries
+COPY --from=builder /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/* /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu-copy/
+ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu-copy"
 
 # AWS Sagemaker compatible image
 FROM base AS sagemaker
diff --git a/backends/client/src/lib.rs b/backends/client/src/lib.rs
index 45bee10c..cec820f6 100644
--- a/backends/client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/backends/client/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use thiserror::Error;
 use tonic::transport;
 use tonic::Status;
 
-pub use v3::{Chunk, Image, Input, InputChunk};
+pub use v3::{Chunk, Image, Input, InputChunk, Video};
 
 #[async_trait]
 pub trait Health {
@@ -79,6 +79,20 @@ impl ChunksToString for Vec<InputChunk> {
                 let encoded = STANDARD.encode(data);
                 output.push_str(&format!("![](data:{};base64,{})", mimetype, encoded))
             }
+            Some(Chunk::Video(Video {
+                data,
+                mimetype,
+                width,
+                height: _,
+                frames: _,
+            })) => {
+                // TODO: revisit if we should limit video support to v3 - to avoid sending very large base64 strings
+                let encoded = STANDARD.encode(data);
+                output.push_str(&format!(
+                    r#"<video width="{}"><source src="data:{};base64,{}" type="{}"></video>"#,
+                    width, mimetype, encoded, mimetype
+                ));
+            }
             // We don't create empty chunks, so this should be unreachable.
             None => unreachable!("Chunks should never be empty"),
         });
diff --git a/backends/client/src/v3/mod.rs b/backends/client/src/v3/mod.rs
index 4a1296a2..0ebd2799 100644
--- a/backends/client/src/v3/mod.rs
+++ b/backends/client/src/v3/mod.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ pub use client::Client;
 pub use pb::generate::v3::{
     input_chunk::Chunk, Batch, CachedBatch, FinishReason, GeneratedText, Generation, GrammarType,
     HealthResponse, Image, InfoResponse, Input, InputChunk, NextTokenChooserParameters, Request,
-    StoppingCriteriaParameters, Tokens,
+    StoppingCriteriaParameters, Tokens, Video,
 };
 pub use sharded_client::ShardedClient;
diff --git a/backends/trtllm/src/looper.rs b/backends/trtllm/src/looper.rs
index 969046d1..e745e2ee 100644
--- a/backends/trtllm/src/looper.rs
+++ b/backends/trtllm/src/looper.rs
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ impl TensorRtLlmBackendV2 {
             1 => match request.inputs.first().expect("Single item-chunk") {
                 Chunk::Text(_) => Ok(()),
                 Chunk::Image(_) => Err(ValidationError(UnsupportedModality("image"))),
+                Chunk::Video(_) => Err(ValidationError(UnsupportedModality("video"))),
             },
         }
     }
diff --git a/backends/v3/src/client/mod.rs b/backends/v3/src/client/mod.rs
index d4ac50c9..3d87c319 100644
--- a/backends/v3/src/client/mod.rs
+++ b/backends/v3/src/client/mod.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ pub use grpc_client::Client;
 pub use pb::generate::v3::{
     input_chunk::Chunk, Batch, CachedBatch, FinishReason, GeneratedText, Generation, GrammarType,
     HealthResponse, Image, InfoResponse, Input, InputChunk, NextTokenChooserParameters, Request,
-    StoppingCriteriaParameters,
+    StoppingCriteriaParameters, Video,
 };
 pub use sharded_client::ShardedClient;
 
diff --git a/backends/v3/src/queue.rs b/backends/v3/src/queue.rs
index dd27806f..a5dd6cb5 100644
--- a/backends/v3/src/queue.rs
+++ b/backends/v3/src/queue.rs
@@ -439,6 +439,13 @@ impl State {
                                     data: image.data,
                                     mimetype: image.mimetype,
                                 }),
+                                Chunk::Video(video) => client::Chunk::Video(client::Video {
+                                    data: video.data,
+                                    mimetype: video.mimetype,
+                                    width: video.width,
+                                    height: video.height,
+                                    frames: video.num_frames,
+                                }),
                             }),
                         })
                         .collect(),
diff --git a/docs/openapi.json b/docs/openapi.json
index 48120f77..320e3237 100644
--- a/docs/openapi.json
+++ b/docs/openapi.json
@@ -1922,6 +1922,24 @@
                 ]
               }
             }
+          },
+          {
+            "type": "object",
+            "required": [
+              "video_url",
+              "type"
+            ],
+            "properties": {
+              "type": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "enum": [
+                  "video_url"
+                ]
+              },
+              "video_url": {
+                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Url"
+              }
+            }
           }
         ],
         "discriminator": {
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 83cedfa6..f522bb88 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -115,15 +115,17 @@
             buildInputs =
               [
                 benchmark
-                launcher
-                router
-                server
+                cargo
                 client
+                clippy
+                ffmpeg
+                launcher
                 openssl.dev
                 pkg-config
-                cargo
+                router
+                rustPlatform.bindgenHook
                 rustfmt
-                clippy
+                server
               ]
               ++ (with python3.pkgs; [
                 docker
diff --git a/integration-tests/models/__snapshots__/test_flash_qwen2_vl_video/test_qwen2_vl_simpl.json b/integration-tests/models/__snapshots__/test_flash_qwen2_vl_video/test_qwen2_vl_simpl.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..612edb07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/models/__snapshots__/test_flash_qwen2_vl_video/test_qwen2_vl_simpl.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "choices": [
+    {
+      "delta": {
+        "content": "",
+        "role": "assistant"
+      },
+      "finish_reason": "stop",
+      "index": 0,
+      "logprobs": null
+    }
+  ],
+  "created": 1733450914,
+  "id": "",
+  "model": "Qwen/Qwen2-VL-7B-Instruct",
+  "object": "chat.completion.chunk",
+  "system_fingerprint": "2.4.2-dev0-native",
+  "usage": null
+}
diff --git a/integration-tests/models/test_flash_qwen2_vl_video.py b/integration-tests/models/test_flash_qwen2_vl_video.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..79eea3c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/models/test_flash_qwen2_vl_video.py
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import pytest
+import json
+import requests
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def qwen2_vl_handle(launcher):
+    with launcher(
+        "Qwen/Qwen2-VL-7B-Instruct",
+        max_input_length=10_000,
+        max_batch_prefill_tokens=10_000,
+        max_total_tokens=10_001,
+        cuda_graphs=[0],
+    ) as handle:
+        yield handle
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+async def qwen2_vl(qwen2_vl_handle):
+    await qwen2_vl_handle.health(300)
+    return qwen2_vl_handle.client
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_qwen2_vl_simpl(qwen2_vl, response_snapshot):
+    responses = requests.post(
+        f"{qwen2_vl.base_url}/v1/chat/completions",
+        headers=qwen2_vl.headers,
+        json={
+            "model": "tgi",
+            "messages": [
+                {
+                    "role": "user",
+                    "content": [
+                        {
+                            "type": "video_url",
+                            "video_url": {
+                                "url": "https://test-videos.co.uk/vids/bigbuckbunny/mp4/h264/360/Big_Buck_Bunny_360_10s_1MB.mp4"
+                            },
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "type": "text",
+                            "text": "Describe this video.",
+                        },
+                    ],
+                },
+            ],
+            "seed": 42,
+            "max_tokens": 100,
+            "stream": True,
+        },
+    )
+
+    # iterate over the response in chunks
+    count = 0
+    full_text = ""
+    last_response = None
+    for chunk in responses.iter_content(chunk_size=1024):
+        if chunk:
+            count += 1
+            # remove the "data: " prefix, trailing newline, and split the chunk into individual lines
+            lines = chunk.decode("utf-8").replace("data: ", "").rstrip("\n").split("\n")
+            for line in lines:
+                if line == "[DONE]":
+                    break
+                print("=", line)
+                try:
+                    response = json.loads(line)
+                    # print(response)
+                    last_response = response
+                    full_text += response["choices"][0]["delta"]["content"]
+                except json.JSONDecodeError:
+                    pass
+
+    assert last_response == response_snapshot
diff --git a/nix/crate-overrides.nix b/nix/crate-overrides.nix
index a4e74c6d..36fee1d1 100644
--- a/nix/crate-overrides.nix
+++ b/nix/crate-overrides.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,26 @@ defaultCrateOverrides
   };
   rav1e = attrs: { env.CARGO_ENCODED_RUSTFLAGS = "-C target-feature=-crt-static"; };
 
+  ffmpeg-sys-next = attrs: {
+    nativeBuildInputs = [
+      pkg-config
+    ];
+    buildInputs = [
+      rustPlatform.bindgenHook
+      ffmpeg
+    ];
+  };
+
+  ffmpeg-next = attrs: {
+    # Somehow the variables that are passed are mangled, so they are not
+    # correctly passed to the ffmpeg-next build script. Worth investigating
+    # more since it's probably a bug in crate2nix or buildRustCrate.
+    postPatch = ''
+      substituteInPlace build.rs \
+        --replace-fail "DEP_FFMPEG_" "DEP_FFMPEG_SYS_NEXT_"
+    '';
+  };
+
   grpc-metadata = attrs: {
     src = filter {
       root = ../backends/grpc-metadata;
diff --git a/nix/impure-shell.nix b/nix/impure-shell.nix
index a13fd711..9d61ae9a 100644
--- a/nix/impure-shell.nix
+++ b/nix/impure-shell.nix
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
   cmake,
   isort,
   ninja,
+  rustPlatform,
   which,
   cudaPackages,
   openssl,
+  ffmpeg,
   pkg-config,
   poetry,
   protobuf,
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@
 mkShell {
   nativeBuildInputs =
     [
+      rustPlatform.bindgenHook
       black
       isort
       pkg-config
@@ -53,6 +56,7 @@ mkShell {
   buildInputs =
     [
       openssl.dev
+      ffmpeg
     ]
     ++ (with python3.pkgs; [
       venvShellHook
diff --git a/proto/v3/generate.proto b/proto/v3/generate.proto
index 02980b6f..0d707ee9 100644
--- a/proto/v3/generate.proto
+++ b/proto/v3/generate.proto
@@ -64,12 +64,31 @@ message Image {
   string mimetype = 2;
 }
 
+message Video {
+  /// Binary video data (array of RGB data)
+  bytes data = 1;
+
+  /// Video MIME type.
+  string mimetype = 2;
+
+  /// Video width
+  uint32 width = 3;
+
+  /// Video height
+  uint32 height = 4;
+
+  /// Total number of frames
+  uint32 frames = 5;
+}
+
 message InputChunk {
   oneof chunk {
     /// Plain text data
     string text = 1;
     /// Image data
     Image image = 2;
+    /// Video URLs
+    Video video = 3;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/router/Cargo.toml b/router/Cargo.toml
index 9258fe03..f35428e9 100644
--- a/router/Cargo.toml
+++ b/router/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,20 +14,23 @@ async-stream = "0.3.5"
 axum = { version = "0.7", features = ["json"] }
 axum-tracing-opentelemetry = "0.16"
 clap = { version = "4.4.5", features = ["derive", "env"] }
+ffmpeg-next = { version = "7.1.0", optional = true }
 futures = "0.3.28"
 hf-hub = { workspace = true }
 itertools = "0.10"
 jsonschema = { version = "0.17.1", features = ["draft202012"] }
 metrics = { workspace = true }
 metrics-exporter-prometheus = { workspace = true }
+mp4parse = { version = "0.17.0", optional = true }
 nohash-hasher = "0.2.0"
 opentelemetry = { version = "0.20.0", features = ["rt-tokio"] }
-opentelemetry-otlp = "0.13.0"
 outlines-core = { git = "https://github.com/dottxt-ai/outlines-core.git", rev = "ba10c619fc9bf3c487e43f49bdecb95a24bb465c" }
+opentelemetry-otlp = "0.13.0"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 reqwest = { version = "0.11.20", features = [] }
 serde = "1.0.188"
 serde_json = "1.0.107"
+tempfile = { version = "3.10.1", optional = true }
 thiserror = "1.0.48"
 tokenizers = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { version = "1.32.0", features = [
@@ -74,3 +77,4 @@ default = ["ngrok"]
 ngrok = ["dep:ngrok"]
 google = []
 kserve = []
+video = ["ffmpeg-next", "mp4parse", "tempfile"]
diff --git a/router/src/lib.rs b/router/src/lib.rs
index 84e9bc48..e405129b 100644
--- a/router/src/lib.rs
+++ b/router/src/lib.rs
@@ -1173,6 +1173,7 @@ pub struct Url {
 pub enum MessageChunk {
     Text { text: String },
     ImageUrl { image_url: Url },
+    VideoUrl { video_url: Url },
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Deserialize, ToSchema, Serialize, Debug, PartialEq)]
@@ -1229,6 +1230,9 @@ impl From<Message> for TextMessage {
                     .map(|chunk| match chunk {
                         MessageChunk::Text { text } => text,
                         MessageChunk::ImageUrl { image_url } => format!("![]({})", image_url.url),
+                        MessageChunk::VideoUrl { video_url } => {
+                            format!("<video>({})", video_url.url)
+                        }
                     })
                     .collect::<Vec<_>>()
                     .join(""),
diff --git a/router/src/validation.rs b/router/src/validation.rs
index 8137ac58..72ab4457 100644
--- a/router/src/validation.rs
+++ b/router/src/validation.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ use tokio::sync::oneshot;
 use tracing::{instrument, Span};
 use {once_cell::sync::Lazy, regex::Regex};
 
+#[cfg(feature = "video")]
+use ffmpeg_next::{
+    format::Pixel,
+    media::Type,
+    software::scaling::{context::Context, flag::Flags},
+};
+#[cfg(feature = "video")]
+use std::io::Write;
+
 static DEFAULT_GENERATION_LENGTH: u32 = 1024;
 
 /// Validation
@@ -536,6 +545,140 @@ fn format_to_mimetype(format: ImageFormat) -> String {
     .to_string()
 }
 
+#[cfg(not(feature = "video"))]
+pub fn fetch_video(
+    _input: &str,
+    _target_width: u32,
+    _target_height: u32,
+) -> Result<ProcessedVideo, ValidationError> {
+    Err(ValidationError::VideoNotSupported)
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "video")]
+pub fn fetch_video(
+    input: &str,
+    target_width: u32,
+    target_height: u32,
+) -> Result<ProcessedVideo, ValidationError> {
+    let (data, mimetype) =
+        if input.starts_with("<video>(http://") || input.starts_with("<video>(https://") {
+            let url = &input["<video>(".len()..input.len() - 1];
+            let data = reqwest::blocking::get(url)?.bytes()?.to_vec();
+            (data, "video/mp4".to_string())
+        } else if input.starts_with("<video>(data:") {
+            let content = &input["<video>(data:".len()..input.len() - 1];
+            let tokens: Vec<&str> = content.split(';').collect();
+            if tokens.len() != 2 {
+                return Err(ValidationError::InvalidVideoContent(content.to_string()));
+            }
+            let mimetype = tokens[0];
+            let content = tokens[1];
+            if !content.starts_with("base64,") {
+                return Err(ValidationError::InvalidVideoContent(content.to_string()));
+            }
+            let data = STANDARD.decode(&content["base64,".len()..])?;
+            (data, mimetype.to_string())
+        } else {
+            return Err(ValidationError::InvalidVideoContent(input.to_string()));
+        };
+
+    // init ffmpeg
+    ffmpeg_next::init().map_err(|_| ValidationError::FFmpegError)?;
+
+    // create temporary file for ffmpeg input
+    let mut temp_file = tempfile::NamedTempFile::new().map_err(ValidationError::IoError)?;
+    temp_file
+        .write_all(&data)
+        .map_err(ValidationError::IoError)?;
+
+    let mut ictx =
+        ffmpeg_next::format::input(&temp_file.path()).map_err(|_| ValidationError::FFmpegError)?;
+
+    let input = ictx
+        .streams()
+        .best(Type::Video)
+        .ok_or(ValidationError::FFmpegError)?;
+    let video_stream_index = input.index();
+
+    let context_decoder = ffmpeg_next::codec::context::Context::from_parameters(input.parameters())
+        .map_err(|_| ValidationError::FFmpegError)?;
+    let mut decoder = context_decoder
+        .decoder()
+        .video()
+        .map_err(|_| ValidationError::FFmpegError)?;
+
+    let width = target_width;
+    let height = target_height;
+
+    let mut scaler = Context::get(
+        decoder.format(),
+        decoder.width(), // original width
+        decoder.height(),
+        Pixel::RGB24,
+        width, // target width
+        height,
+        Flags::BILINEAR,
+    )
+    .map_err(|_| ValidationError::FFmpegError)?;
+
+    let mut frame_index = 0;
+    let mut captured_frame_index = 0;
+    let mut frames = vec![];
+
+    let mut receive_and_process_decoded_frames = |decoder: &mut ffmpeg_next::decoder::Video,
+                                                  raw_fps: f32|
+     -> Result<(), ffmpeg_next::Error> {
+        let mut decoded = ffmpeg_next::util::frame::video::Video::empty();
+        let fps = raw_fps.floor();
+        while decoder.receive_frame(&mut decoded).is_ok() {
+            let mut rgb_frame = ffmpeg_next::util::frame::video::Video::empty();
+            scaler.run(&decoded, &mut rgb_frame)?;
+            if frame_index as f32 % fps == 0.0 {
+                captured_frame_index += 1;
+                // Create new buffer without padding
+                let mut frame_data =
+                    Vec::with_capacity((rgb_frame.width() * rgb_frame.height() * 3) as usize);
+                let src_data = rgb_frame.data(0);
+                let row_size = rgb_frame.width() as usize * 3;
+
+                // Copy each row without padding
+                for y in 0..rgb_frame.height() as usize {
+                    let start = y * rgb_frame.stride(0);
+                    let end = start + row_size;
+                    frame_data.extend_from_slice(&src_data[start..end]);
+                }
+                frames.push(frame_data);
+            }
+            frame_index += 1;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    };
+
+    for (stream, packet) in ictx.packets() {
+        // Floor the fps to get a whole number
+        let fps = (stream.rate().numerator() as f32 / stream.rate().denominator() as f32).floor();
+
+        if stream.index() == video_stream_index {
+            decoder
+                .send_packet(&packet)
+                .map_err(|_| ValidationError::FFmpegError)?;
+            receive_and_process_decoded_frames(&mut decoder, fps)
+                .map_err(|_| ValidationError::FFmpegError)?;
+        }
+    }
+    decoder
+        .send_eof()
+        .map_err(|_| ValidationError::FFmpegError)?;
+
+    Ok(ProcessedVideo {
+        mimetype,
+        height,
+        width,
+        frames,
+        sampled_frames: captured_frame_index,
+    })
+}
+
 fn fetch_image(input: &str) -> Result<(Vec<u8>, String, usize, usize), ValidationError> {
     if input.starts_with("![](http://") || input.starts_with("![](https://") {
         let url = &input["![](".len()..input.len() - 1];
@@ -624,6 +767,26 @@ fn image_tokens(
     }
 }
 
+fn video_tokens(config: &Config, height: u32, width: u32, sampled_frames: f32) -> String {
+    use Config::*;
+
+    match config {
+        Qwen2Vl(_config) => {
+            let min_frames = 2_f32;
+            let max_frames = 256_f32;
+            // make sure the frames are within the range and are even
+            let nframes = (sampled_frames).max(min_frames).min(max_frames);
+            let nframes = (nframes / 2.0).round() as usize * 2;
+            let num_tokens = nframes * height as usize * width as usize / 1541;
+            format!(
+                "<|vision_start|>{:?}<|vision_end|>",
+                "<|video_pad|>".repeat(num_tokens)
+            )
+        }
+        _ => unimplemented!("Video tokens are not supported for this model configuration"),
+    }
+}
+
 fn image_tokens_fixup(config: &Config, text: String) -> String {
     match config {
         Config::Idefics2(_) => {
@@ -645,6 +808,10 @@ fn prepare_input<T: TokenizerTrait>(
 ) -> Result<(tokenizers::Encoding, Vec<Chunk>), ValidationError> {
     use Config::*;
     static RE: Lazy<Regex> = Lazy::new(|| Regex::new(r"!\[\]\([^\)]*\)").unwrap());
+    // Add video regex
+    static VIDEO_RE: Lazy<Regex> =
+        Lazy::new(|| Regex::new(r"<video>\((https?://[^\)]+)\)").unwrap());
+
     let (tokenizer_query, input_chunks) = match config {
         Some(
             config @ (Idefics | Mllama | Idefics2(_) | Paligemma(_) | LlavaNext(_) | Qwen2Vl(_)),
@@ -652,6 +819,53 @@ fn prepare_input<T: TokenizerTrait>(
             let mut input_chunks = Vec::new();
             let mut tokenizer_query = String::with_capacity(inputs.len());
             let mut start = 0;
+
+            // handle video content first
+            for chunk in VIDEO_RE.find_iter(&inputs) {
+                let chunk_start = chunk.start();
+                let chunk_end = chunk.end();
+                if chunk_start != start {
+                    input_chunks.push(Chunk::Text(inputs[start..chunk_start].to_string()));
+                    tokenizer_query.push_str(&inputs[start..chunk_start]);
+                }
+                let processed_video = match config {
+                    Idefics | Mllama | Idefics2(_) | Paligemma(_) | LlavaNext(_) => {
+                        let default_target_width = 224;
+                        let default_target_height = 224;
+                        fetch_video(
+                            &inputs[chunk_start..chunk_end],
+                            default_target_width,
+                            default_target_height,
+                        )?
+                    }
+                    Qwen2Vl(_) => {
+                        let target_width = 360;
+                        let target_height = 420;
+                        fetch_video(&inputs[chunk_start..chunk_end], target_width, target_height)?
+                    }
+                    _ => {
+                        unreachable!("Video tokens are not supported for this model configuration")
+                    }
+                };
+
+                input_chunks.push(Chunk::Video(Video {
+                    data: processed_video.frames.iter().flatten().cloned().collect(),
+                    mimetype: processed_video.mimetype.clone(),
+                    width: processed_video.width,
+                    height: processed_video.height,
+                    num_frames: processed_video.frames.len() as u32,
+                }));
+                let video_tokens = video_tokens(
+                    config,
+                    processed_video.height,
+                    processed_video.width,
+                    processed_video.sampled_frames as f32,
+                );
+                tokenizer_query.push_str(&video_tokens);
+                start = chunk_end;
+            }
+
+            // handle image content after video content
             for chunk in RE.find_iter(&inputs) {
                 let chunk_start = chunk.start();
                 let chunk_end = chunk.end();
@@ -660,7 +874,10 @@ fn prepare_input<T: TokenizerTrait>(
                     tokenizer_query.push_str(&inputs[start..chunk_start]);
                 }
                 let (data, mimetype, height, width) = fetch_image(&inputs[chunk_start..chunk_end])?;
-                input_chunks.push(Chunk::Image(Image { data, mimetype }));
+                input_chunks.push(Chunk::Image(Image {
+                    data,
+                    mimetype: mimetype.clone(),
+                }));
                 tokenizer_query.push_str(&image_tokens(config, preprocessor_config, height, width));
                 start = chunk_end;
             }
@@ -683,7 +900,6 @@ fn prepare_input<T: TokenizerTrait>(
 
     Ok((encoding, input_chunks))
 }
-
 type TokenizerRequest = (
     (String, bool, Option<usize>),
     oneshot::Sender<Result<(tokenizers::Encoding, Vec<Chunk>), ValidationError>>,
@@ -696,10 +912,28 @@ pub struct Image {
     pub mimetype: String,
 }
 
+pub struct ProcessedVideo {
+    mimetype: String,
+    height: u32,
+    width: u32,
+    frames: Vec<Vec<u8>>, // RGB frames
+    sampled_frames: usize,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub struct Video {
+    pub data: Vec<u8>,
+    pub mimetype: String,
+    pub width: u32,
+    pub height: u32,
+    pub num_frames: u32,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub enum Chunk {
     Text(String),
     Image(Image),
+    Video(Video),
 }
 
 /// Convert input chunks to a stringly-typed input for backwards
@@ -718,6 +952,20 @@ impl ChunksToString for Vec<Chunk> {
                 let encoded = STANDARD.encode(data);
                 output.push_str(&format!("![](data:{};base64,{})", mimetype, encoded))
             }
+            Chunk::Video(Video {
+                data,
+                mimetype,
+                width,
+                height: _,
+                num_frames: _,
+            }) => {
+                // TODO: revisit if we should limit video support to v3 - to avoid sending very large base64 strings
+                let encoded = STANDARD.encode(data);
+                output.push_str(&format!(
+                    r#"<video width="{}"><source src="data:{};base64,{}" type="{}"></video>"#,
+                    width, mimetype, encoded, mimetype
+                ));
+            }
         });
         output
     }
@@ -846,6 +1094,18 @@ pub enum ValidationError {
     FailedFetchImage(#[from] reqwest::Error),
     #[error("{0} modality is not supported")]
     UnsupportedModality(&'static str),
+    #[error("invalid video content: {0}")]
+    InvalidVideoContent(String),
+    #[error("could not parse MP4 file")]
+    MP4Error,
+    #[error("no video stream found")]
+    NoVideoStream,
+    #[error("io error: {0}")]
+    IoError(#[from] std::io::Error),
+    #[error("ffmpeg error")]
+    FFmpegError,
+    #[error("video not supported")]
+    VideoNotSupported,
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/models/custom_modeling/flash_pali_gemma_modeling.py b/server/text_generation_server/models/custom_modeling/flash_pali_gemma_modeling.py
index b1f89eff..448641e7 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/models/custom_modeling/flash_pali_gemma_modeling.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/models/custom_modeling/flash_pali_gemma_modeling.py
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ class PaliGemmaForConditionalGeneration(nn.Module):
         image_sizes: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
         adapter_data: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
         image_grid_thw: Optional[torch.LongTensor] = None,
+        video_pixel_values: Optional[torch.FloatTensor] = None,
+        video_grid_thw: Optional[torch.LongTensor] = None,
     ) -> Tuple[torch.Tensor, Optional[torch.Tensor]]:
         inputs_embeds = self.text_model.embed_tokens(input_ids)
         # TODO This is odd but apparently pali gemma position ids start at 1.
diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/models/custom_modeling/idefics2.py b/server/text_generation_server/models/custom_modeling/idefics2.py
index 923123d6..1e430f56 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/models/custom_modeling/idefics2.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/models/custom_modeling/idefics2.py
@@ -751,6 +751,8 @@ class Idefics2ForConditionalGeneration(nn.Module):
         image_sizes: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
         adapter_data: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
         image_grid_thw: Optional[torch.LongTensor] = None,
+        video_pixel_values: Optional[torch.FloatTensor] = None,
+        video_grid_thw: Optional[torch.LongTensor] = None,
     ):
         inputs_embeds = self.text_model.embed_tokens(input_ids)
         if pixel_values is not None:
diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/models/custom_modeling/llava_next.py b/server/text_generation_server/models/custom_modeling/llava_next.py
index df7366ea..e5572bef 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/models/custom_modeling/llava_next.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/models/custom_modeling/llava_next.py
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ class LlavaNextForConditionalGeneration(nn.Module):
         image_sizes: Optional[torch.LongTensor] = None,
         adapter_data: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
         image_grid_thw: Optional[torch.LongTensor] = None,
+        video_pixel_values: Optional[torch.FloatTensor] = None,
+        video_grid_thw: Optional[torch.LongTensor] = None,
     ):
         inputs_embeds = self.text_model.embed_tokens(input_ids)
         if pixel_values is not None and len(pixel_values) > 0:
diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/models/custom_modeling/qwen2_vl.py b/server/text_generation_server/models/custom_modeling/qwen2_vl.py
index a8e1e8c1..35ab4325 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/models/custom_modeling/qwen2_vl.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/models/custom_modeling/qwen2_vl.py
@@ -411,6 +411,7 @@ class Qwen2VLForConditionalGeneration(nn.Module):
         self,
         batch_input_ids: torch.Tensor,
         image_grid_thw: Optional[torch.LongTensor] = None,
+        video_grid_thw: Optional[torch.LongTensor] = None,
         # video_grid_thw is not implemented yet as we do not accept video inputs at the moment
     ) -> Tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
         if batch_input_ids.dim() == 1:
@@ -424,8 +425,10 @@ class Qwen2VLForConditionalGeneration(nn.Module):
             device=batch_input_ids.device,
         )
         d = batch_input_ids.device
-        if image_grid_thw is not None:
-            image_index = 0
+
+        # Handle both image and video tokens
+        if image_grid_thw is not None or video_grid_thw is not None:
+            vision_index = 0
             llm_pos_ids_list = []
 
             for i, input_ids in enumerate(batch_input_ids):
@@ -433,24 +436,39 @@ class Qwen2VLForConditionalGeneration(nn.Module):
                     input_ids == self.vision_start_token_id
                 ).squeeze(1)
                 vision_tokens = input_ids[vision_start_indices + 1]
-                # only copy the sum of the image tokens GPU<->CPU
+
+                # only copy the sum of the image and video tokens GPU<->CPU
                 image_count = (vision_tokens == self.image_token_id).sum().item()
+                video_count = (vision_tokens == self.video_token_id).sum().item()
 
                 current_pos = 0
-                for _ in range(image_count):
-                    # copy the value position of the next image token from GPU<->CPU
-                    next_image_pos = (
-                        (input_ids[current_pos:] == self.image_token_id)
+                for _ in range(image_count + video_count):
+                    # copy the value position of the next image or video token from GPU<->CPU
+                    next_vision_pos = (
+                        (
+                            (input_ids[current_pos:] == self.image_token_id)
+                            | (input_ids[current_pos:] == self.video_token_id)
+                        )
                         .nonzero()[0]
                         .item()
                     )
+
                     # TODO: revisit above to get all next_image_pos in one go to avoid copying in the loop
-                    time_steps, height, width = image_grid_thw[image_index].clone()
+                    is_video = (
+                        input_ids[current_pos + next_vision_pos] == self.video_token_id
+                    )
+                    grid_thw = (
+                        video_grid_thw[vision_index]
+                        if is_video
+                        else image_grid_thw[vision_index]
+                    )
+
+                    time_steps, height, width = grid_thw.clone()
                     height //= self.spatial_merge_size
                     width //= self.spatial_merge_size
 
                     # calculate the length of the text and image tokens
-                    text_length = next_image_pos
+                    text_length = next_vision_pos - current_pos
                     start_idx = (
                         llm_pos_ids_list[-1].max() + 1 if llm_pos_ids_list else 0
                     )
@@ -460,7 +478,7 @@ class Qwen2VLForConditionalGeneration(nn.Module):
                     text_pos_ids = text_pos_ids.view(1, -1).expand(3, -1) + start_idx
                     llm_pos_ids_list.append(text_pos_ids)
 
-                    # image position ids
+                    # vision position ids
                     t_indices = torch.arange(time_steps, device=d).repeat_interleave(
                         height * width
                     )
@@ -473,16 +491,17 @@ class Qwen2VLForConditionalGeneration(nn.Module):
                         height * time_steps
                     )
 
-                    image_pos_ids = (
+                    vision_pos_ids = (
                         torch.stack([t_indices, h_indices, w_indices])
                         + text_length
                         + start_idx
                     )
-                    llm_pos_ids_list.append(image_pos_ids)
+                    llm_pos_ids_list.append(vision_pos_ids)
 
-                    current_pos += next_image_pos + time_steps * height * width
-                    image_index += 1
+                    current_pos = next_vision_pos + time_steps * height * width
+                    vision_index += 1
 
+            # Handle remaining text if any
             if current_pos < batch_input_ids.size(1):
                 st_idx = (
                     llm_pos_ids_list[-1].max() + 1 if len(llm_pos_ids_list) > 0 else 0
@@ -515,6 +534,7 @@ class Qwen2VLForConditionalGeneration(nn.Module):
         prefill_cache_indices: Optional[torch.Tensor],
         lm_head_indices: Optional[torch.Tensor],
         pixel_values: torch.FloatTensor = None,
+        video_pixel_values: torch.FloatTensor = None,
         image_grid_thw: Optional[torch.LongTensor] = None,
         video_grid_thw: Optional[torch.LongTensor] = None,
         pixel_attention_mask=None,
@@ -525,13 +545,27 @@ class Qwen2VLForConditionalGeneration(nn.Module):
     ):
         inputs_embeds = self.embed_tokens(input_ids)
 
+        if video_pixel_values is not None and len(video_pixel_values) > 0:
+            vision_embeds = self.visual(
+                video_pixel_values, grid_thw=video_grid_thw
+            ).squeeze(0)
+            vision_token_mask = input_ids == self.video_token_id
+            inputs_embeds[vision_token_mask] = vision_embeds
+
         # apply the visual model to the pixel values if they are provided
         if pixel_values is not None and len(pixel_values) > 0:
-            if pixel_values is not None:
-                image_embeds = self.visual(
-                    pixel_values, grid_thw=image_grid_thw
-                ).squeeze(0)
-                inputs_embeds[input_ids == self.image_token_id] = image_embeds
+            vision_embeds = self.visual(
+                pixel_values,
+                grid_thw=(
+                    torch.cat([image_grid_thw, video_grid_thw])
+                    if video_grid_thw is not None
+                    else image_grid_thw
+                ),
+            ).squeeze(0)
+
+            # Apply embeddings to image tokens
+            vision_token_mask = input_ids == self.image_token_id
+            inputs_embeds[vision_token_mask] = vision_embeds
 
         hidden_states = self.text_model(
             inputs_embeds=inputs_embeds,
diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/models/mllama_causal_lm.py b/server/text_generation_server/models/mllama_causal_lm.py
index 28e7489e..3a726f9f 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/models/mllama_causal_lm.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/models/mllama_causal_lm.py
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ class MllamaCausalLMBatch(VlmCausalLMBatch):
         if image_inputs is not None:
             assert len(image_indices) == image_inputs["pixel_values"].shape[0]
 
-        return batch_tokenized_inputs, image_inputs
+        video_inputs = None
+        return batch_tokenized_inputs, image_inputs, video_inputs
 
     @classmethod
     def from_pb_processor(
@@ -160,8 +161,8 @@ class MllamaCausalLMBatch(VlmCausalLMBatch):
         dtype: torch.dtype,
         device: torch.device,
     ) -> "VlmCausalLMBatch":
-        batch_tokenized_inputs, image_inputs = cls.batch_tokenized_inputs(
-            pb.requests, tokenizer, processor, config
+        batch_tokenized_inputs, image_inputs, _video_inputs = (
+            cls.batch_tokenized_inputs(pb.requests, tokenizer, processor, config)
         )
         batch = cls.from_tokenized(pb, tokenizer, batch_tokenized_inputs, dtype, device)
         # XXX: <|image|> token is actually out of bounds and bugs out the logit processors.
diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/models/pali_gemma.py b/server/text_generation_server/models/pali_gemma.py
index fe75570e..5b6960a0 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/models/pali_gemma.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/models/pali_gemma.py
@@ -68,4 +68,6 @@ class PaliGemmaBatch(VlmCausalLMBatch):
             image_inputs = new_image_inputs
         else:
             image_inputs = None
-        return batch_tokenized_inputs, image_inputs
+
+        video_inputs = None
+        return batch_tokenized_inputs, image_inputs, video_inputs
diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/models/vlm_causal_lm.py b/server/text_generation_server/models/vlm_causal_lm.py
index 81b4369b..c9b24025 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/models/vlm_causal_lm.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/models/vlm_causal_lm.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import torch
 from PIL import Image
 from io import BytesIO
 
+import numpy as np
 from opentelemetry import trace
 from typing import Iterable, Optional, Tuple, List, Type, Dict
 
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ from text_generation_server.utils.log import log_master
 from transformers import AutoProcessor
 from text_generation_server.layers.attention import Seqlen
 from text_generation_server.models.metadata_kernels import block_tables_to_ragged
+import math
 
 tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__)
 
@@ -76,6 +78,15 @@ def image_text_replacement(processor, image_input, config, image_id: int) -> str
         raise RuntimeError(f"Unknown config {config.model_type} for multimodal")
 
 
+def video_text_replacement(processor, video_input, config) -> str:
+    if config.model_type == "qwen2_vl":
+        num_pads = video_input.pixel_values.shape[0] // 4
+        padding = "<|video_pad|>" * num_pads
+        return f"<|vision_start|>{padding}<|vision_end|>"
+    else:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"Unknown config {config.model_type} for multimodal")
+
+
 def image_text_replacement_fixup(config, text: str) -> str:
     if config.model_type == "idefics2":
         return text.replace(
@@ -138,29 +149,59 @@ def get_number_of_features(height: int, width: int, config) -> int:
     return unpadded_features + newline_features + base_features
 
 
+# copied from: https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen2-VL/blob/main/qwen-vl-utils/src/qwen_vl_utils/vision_process.py
+def smart_nframes(
+    fps: int,
+    nframes: int,
+    min_frames: int,
+    max_frames: int,
+    total_frames: int,
+    video_fps: int | float,
+) -> int:
+    if nframes:
+        nframes = round(nframes / 2) * 2
+    else:
+        min_frames = math.ceil(min_frames / 2) * 2
+        max_frames = math.floor(max_frames / 2) * 2
+        nframes = total_frames / video_fps * fps
+        nframes = min(max(nframes, min_frames), max_frames)
+        nframes = round(nframes / 2) * 2
+    if not (2 <= nframes and nframes <= total_frames):
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"nframes should in interval [{2}, {total_frames}], but got {nframes}."
+        )
+    return nframes
+
+
 class VlmCausalLMBatch(FlashCausalLMBatch):
     pixel_values: Optional[List[torch.Tensor]]
+    video_pixel_values: Optional[List[torch.Tensor]]
     pixel_attention_mask: Optional[List[torch.Tensor]]
     image_sizes: Optional[List[Tuple[int, int]]]
     image_grid_thw: Optional[torch.Tensor]
+    video_grid_thw: Optional[torch.Tensor]
 
     @classmethod
     @tracer.start_as_current_span("concatenate")
     def concatenate(cls, batches):
         batch = super(VlmCausalLMBatch, cls).concatenate(batches)
         batch.pixel_values = None
+        batch.video_pixel_values = None
         batch.pixel_attention_mask = None
         batch.image_sizes = None
         batch.image_grid_thw = None
+        batch.video_grid_thw = None
         return batch
 
     @tracer.start_as_current_span("filter")
     def filter(self, request_ids: List[int]):
         batch = super().filter(request_ids)
         batch.pixel_values = None
+        batch.video_pixel_values = None
         batch.pixel_attention_mask = None
         batch.image_sizes = None
         batch.image_grid_thw = None
+        batch.video_grid_thw = None
         return batch
 
     @classmethod
@@ -171,6 +212,7 @@ class VlmCausalLMBatch(FlashCausalLMBatch):
         # can make the image splits the same size. And we need the final
         # sizes to insert correct number of image tokens.
         images = []
+        videos = []
         for r in requests:
             for chunk in r.input_chunks.chunks:
                 chunk_type = chunk.WhichOneof("chunk")
@@ -190,6 +232,30 @@ class VlmCausalLMBatch(FlashCausalLMBatch):
                         images.append(image)
                     else:
                         images.append([image])
+                elif chunk_type == "video":
+                    if config.model_type == "qwen2_vl":
+                        video_frame_buf = np.frombuffer(
+                            chunk.video.data, dtype=np.uint8
+                        )
+                        num_bytes = len(video_frame_buf)
+                        bytes_per_frame = num_bytes // chunk.video.frames
+
+                        # iterate over with a stride the size of a frame
+                        frames = []
+                        for i in range(chunk.video.frames):
+                            frame = video_frame_buf[
+                                i * bytes_per_frame : (i + 1) * bytes_per_frame
+                            ]
+                            frame = frame.reshape(
+                                chunk.video.height, chunk.video.width, 3
+                            )
+                            frames.append(frame)
+
+                        video_frame_buf = np.stack(frames)
+                        frame_nchw_tensor = torch.from_numpy(video_frame_buf).permute(
+                            0, 3, 1, 2
+                        )
+                        videos.append(frame_nchw_tensor)
                 else:
                     raise RuntimeError(f"Invalid chunk type {chunk_type}")
 
@@ -198,6 +264,19 @@ class VlmCausalLMBatch(FlashCausalLMBatch):
         else:
             image_inputs = None
 
+        video_inputs = None
+        if videos:
+            try:
+                video_inputs = processor.image_processor(
+                    videos,
+                    return_tensors="pt",
+                )
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(f"Failed to process video: {e}")
+                pass
+        else:
+            video_inputs = None
+
         batch_inputs = []
         max_truncation = 0
         image_id = 0
@@ -212,9 +291,10 @@ class VlmCausalLMBatch(FlashCausalLMBatch):
                         processor, image_inputs, config, image_id
                     )
                     image_id += 1
+                elif chunk_type == "video":
+                    full_text += video_text_replacement(processor, video_inputs, config)
 
             full_text = image_text_replacement_fixup(config, full_text)
-
             batch_inputs.append(full_text)
             max_truncation = max(max_truncation, r.truncate)
 
@@ -225,7 +305,7 @@ class VlmCausalLMBatch(FlashCausalLMBatch):
             add_special_tokens=not config.model_type == "paligemma",
         )["input_ids"]
 
-        return batch_tokenized_inputs, image_inputs
+        return batch_tokenized_inputs, image_inputs, video_inputs
 
     @classmethod
     def from_pb_processor(
@@ -237,10 +317,23 @@ class VlmCausalLMBatch(FlashCausalLMBatch):
         dtype: torch.dtype,
         device: torch.device,
     ) -> "VlmCausalLMBatch":
-        batch_tokenized_inputs, image_inputs = cls.batch_tokenized_inputs(
+        batch_tokenized_inputs, image_inputs, video_inputs = cls.batch_tokenized_inputs(
             pb.requests, tokenizer, processor, config
         )
         batch = cls.from_tokenized(pb, tokenizer, batch_tokenized_inputs, dtype, device)
+        if video_inputs is not None:
+            if "pixel_values" in video_inputs:
+                batch.video_pixel_values = video_inputs["pixel_values"].to(
+                    device=device
+                )
+            if "image_grid_thw" in video_inputs:
+                batch.video_grid_thw = video_inputs["image_grid_thw"].to(device=device)
+            else:
+                batch.video_grid_thw = None
+        else:
+            batch.video_pixel_values = None
+            batch.video_grid_thw = None
+
         if image_inputs is not None:
             batch.pixel_values = image_inputs["pixel_values"].to(device=device)
             if "pixel_attention_mask" in image_inputs:
@@ -257,6 +350,10 @@ class VlmCausalLMBatch(FlashCausalLMBatch):
                 batch.image_grid_thw = image_inputs["image_grid_thw"].to(device=device)
             else:
                 batch.image_grid_thw = None
+            if "video_grid_thw" in image_inputs:
+                batch.video_grid_thw = image_inputs["video_grid_thw"].to(device=device)
+            else:
+                batch.video_grid_thw = None
         else:
             batch.pixel_values = None
             batch.pixel_attention_mask = None
@@ -367,7 +464,7 @@ class VlmCausalLM(FlashCausalLM):
         if self.model.config.model_type == "qwen2_vl":
             if position_ids.dim() == 1 and batch.prefilling:
                 position_ids = self.model.get_position_ids(
-                    input_ids, batch.image_grid_thw
+                    input_ids, batch.image_grid_thw, batch.video_grid_thw
                 )
                 batch.position_ids = position_ids
 
@@ -420,20 +517,26 @@ class VlmCausalLM(FlashCausalLM):
                     prefill_cache_indices=batch.prefill_cache_indices,
                     lm_head_indices=lm_head_indices,
                     pixel_values=batch.pixel_values,
+                    video_pixel_values=batch.video_pixel_values,
                     pixel_attention_mask=batch.pixel_attention_mask,
                     image_sizes=batch.image_sizes,
                     image_grid_thw=batch.image_grid_thw,
+                    video_grid_thw=batch.video_grid_thw,
                 )
                 if batch.prefill_cache_indices is not None:
                     batch.prefill_cache_indices = None
                 if batch.pixel_values is not None:
                     batch.pixel_values = None
+                if batch.video_pixel_values is not None:
+                    batch.video_pixel_values = None
                 if batch.pixel_attention_mask is not None:
                     batch.pixel_attention_mask = None
                 if batch.image_sizes is not None:
                     batch.image_sizes = None
                 if batch.image_grid_thw is not None:
                     batch.image_grid_thw = None
+                if batch.video_grid_thw is not None:
+                    batch.video_grid_thw = None
                 return logits, speculative_logits
 
         # Copy inputs to the static inputs of the cuda graph