Feature Request: Enable Video Analysis from Public Google Drive Links

ChatGPT Feature requests
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Hello everyone,

I would like to share a real-world use case and suggest a potential improvement for ChatGPT.

I work with socio-environmental projects in Brazil, where video documentation plays a key role in monitoring, evaluation, and reporting field activities.

Recently, we conducted a practical test of a low-cost sustainable solution (a roof made from recycled PET bottles), and we recorded the process as part of our documentation. I attempted to use ChatGPT to analyze the video by sharing a public Google Drive link (“anyone with the link can view”).

However, ChatGPT was not able to access or analyze the video content.

Expected workflow

Public Google Drive link → ChatGPT accesses the video → analyzes the content
(e.g., scene description, activity identification, evaluation, summaries)

Current limitation

Even with a fully public link, video content cannot be accessed or processed.
This creates a gap between real-world documentation (which is increasingly visual) and the platform’s current capabilities.

Why this matters

In projects like ours, video is essential for:

  • documenting results

  • validating field solutions

  • reporting to partners and funders

  • sharing knowledge with communities

Suggested improvement

Enable ChatGPT to:

  • access videos from public links (Google Drive and similar platforms)

  • perform basic video understanding and analysis

  • optionally use frame-based interpretation or previews

Final note

This feature would significantly expand ChatGPT’s usefulness in real-world, field-based applications, especially in education, sustainability, and community projects.

Thank you for considering this suggestion.

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Thanks for explaining this request: Fetch public cloud-hosted videos and perform frame-based scene, activity, evaluation, and summary analysis. The intended outcome is clear. Thank you for sharing this feedback. We can’t promise implementation or timing. We’re closing this topic while keeping it visible for reference.