Support for searching through Video Transcripts

[seanmcnally98]

MediaChips looks incredible, it seems like everything I've been looking for in a video organization software. There's one thing I need though, that doesn't seem to exist anywhere - support for searching within the transcript of a video.

I am a video editor, and I work with a lot of documentary and on-stage performance footage. A lot of spoken words. I need a software that is able to search for the word "banana" for example, and find where that word has been spoken amongst all of the footage. This could be done by searching embedded subtitles, associated SRT files, or some sort of auto-transcription feature (which would be wild, but pretty cool)

It could also be used for people who use this software to organize non-production media. If you had a big database of The Big Bang Theory episodes, and wanted to find the episode where Sheldon is looking for a "menial job", all you would have to do is type in those keywords, and the episode with the associated found subtitle would appear. Any quote you could remember from the associated episode would help you find what you're looking for. Or, you could find every single episode where Sheldon says "Bazinga" across the entire series.

This feature would bring functionality that currently only exists in professional newsrooms, and enterprise-level organizations. Believe me, I've been looking everywhere - software that organizes clips and utilizes transcripts DOES NOT exist at the consumer level (there is something called Lumberjack Builder that exists for mac geared towards production users, but it isn't cross-platform, and requires a monthly subscription). You could use Notepad++ to search a keyword in a folder full of srt files, but it's not the same as being able to instantly access the associated video at the correct time. Truly, I believe this feature would take MediaChips into an entirely new segment, and would make it very popular amongst video editors.

[mf35]

I know my post won't solve your issue, but i know a web tool related to this search feature, which is absolutely cool:

https://www.playphrase.me/#/search

[seanmcnally98]

That is pretty cool! Things like that could be possible with local media if transcripts were implemented in MediaChips.