diff --git a/frigate/embeddings/functions/onnx.py b/frigate/embeddings/functions/onnx.py
index 574822d59..c669bcf73 100644
--- a/frigate/embeddings/functions/onnx.py
+++ b/frigate/embeddings/functions/onnx.py
@@ -143,6 +143,28 @@ class GenericONNXEmbedding:
             f"{MODEL_CACHE_DIR}/{self.model_name}",
         )
 
+    def _preprocess_inputs(self, raw_inputs: any) -> any:
+        if self.model_type == "text":
+            max_length = max(len(self.tokenizer.encode(text)) for text in raw_inputs)
+            return [
+                self.tokenizer(
+                    text,
+                    padding="max_length",
+                    truncation=True,
+                    max_length=max_length,
+                    return_tensors="np",
+                )
+                for text in raw_inputs
+            ]
+        elif self.model_type == "image":
+            processed_images = [self._process_image(img) for img in raw_inputs]
+            return [
+                self.feature_extractor(images=image, return_tensors="np")
+                for image in processed_images
+            ]
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(f"Unable to preprocess inputs for {self.model_type}")
+
     def _process_image(self, image):
         if isinstance(image, str):
             if image.startswith("http"):
@@ -163,25 +185,7 @@ class GenericONNXEmbedding:
             )
             return []
 
-        if self.model_type == "text":
-            max_length = max(len(self.tokenizer.encode(text)) for text in inputs)
-            processed_inputs = [
-                self.tokenizer(
-                    text,
-                    padding="max_length",
-                    truncation=True,
-                    max_length=max_length,
-                    return_tensors="np",
-                )
-                for text in inputs
-            ]
-        else:
-            processed_images = [self._process_image(img) for img in inputs]
-            processed_inputs = [
-                self.feature_extractor(images=image, return_tensors="np")
-                for image in processed_images
-            ]
-
+        processed_inputs = self._preprocess_inputs(inputs)
         input_names = self.runner.get_input_names()
         onnx_inputs = {name: [] for name in input_names}
         input: dict[str, any]