BerriAI/litellm · error · NotImplementedError

video create character is not supported for Gemini

Error message

video create character is not supported for Gemini

What it means

Error "video create character is not supported for Gemini" thrown in BerriAI/litellm.

Source

Thrown at litellm/llms/gemini/videos/transformation.py:551

        headers: dict,
    ) -> tuple[str, dict]:
        """
        Video delete is not supported by Veo API.
        """
        raise NotImplementedError(
            "Video delete is not supported by Google Veo. Videos are automatically cleaned up by Google."
        )

    def transform_video_delete_response(
        self,
        raw_response: httpx.Response,
        logging_obj: LiteLLMLoggingObj,
    ) -> VideoObject:
        """Video delete is not supported."""
        raise NotImplementedError("Video delete is not supported by Google Veo.")

    def transform_video_create_character_request(self, name, video, api_base, litellm_params, headers):
        raise NotImplementedError("video create character is not supported for Gemini")

    def transform_video_create_character_response(self, raw_response, logging_obj):
        raise NotImplementedError("video create character is not supported for Gemini")

    def transform_video_get_character_request(self, character_id, api_base, litellm_params, headers):
        raise NotImplementedError("video get character is not supported for Gemini")

    def transform_video_get_character_response(self, raw_response, logging_obj):
        raise NotImplementedError("video get character is not supported for Gemini")

    def transform_video_edit_request(
        self,
        prompt,
        video_id,
        api_base,
        litellm_params,
        headers,
        extra_body=None,

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Solutions

1. Gemini does not support video create character.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at litellm/llms/gemini/videos/transformation.py:551 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of BerriAI/litellm@6c2dcb801b (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/4102ab885116926f. Report an issue: GitHub.