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Ask questions in plain English. VideoDB uses semantic search to understand intent and return relevant video segments.

Quick Example


How It Works

  1. Query Understanding - Your query is transformed into a vector embedding
  2. Similarity Matching - Embeddings are compared against indexed content
  3. Relevance Scoring - Results are ranked by semantic similarity
  4. Timestamp Retrieval - Matching segments are returned with timestamps

Search Types

Semantic Search (Default)

Understands meaning and intent, not just keywords.
Best for:
  • Questions (“What causes…?”, “How do you…?”)
  • Conceptual queries (“explain the theory”)
  • Fuzzy matching (“something about cars”)
Exact substring matching. Finds literal occurrences.
Best for:
  • Technical terms
  • Proper nouns
  • Exact phrases

Comparison


Index Types

Specify which index to search.

Tuning Results

Result Threshold

Limit the number of results returned:

Score Threshold

Filter out low-relevance results:

Dynamic Score Percentage

Adaptive filtering based on score distribution:
The dynamic threshold is calculated as:

Search Parameters Reference

Layers and parameters of semantic search showing how queries are transformed into vectors and matched against indexed content

Query Examples

Sort by Timestamp

Spoken Content Queries

Visual Content Queries

Multimodal Queries

Combine spoken and visual search for precise results:

What You Can Build

Keyword Search Compilation

Create highlight reels from specific keywords or phrases

Multimodal Search

Combine spoken and visual search for precise results

Character Clips

Extract clips featuring specific people using search

Next Steps

Timestamps, Clips, Streams

What you get back from search

Collection Search

Search across your entire library