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Choose a video, or try the built-in sample.
AI video moment search
Search inside video. Jump to the exact moment.
Stop scrubbing. Describe the moment you remember. Find the scene, see the context, and make your next move.
night-studies.mp41:31 · 3 illustrative scenesSee it. Search it. Find it.Sample index
A visual index of three sample scenesHD · 16:9
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What moment are you looking for?
3 matches foundNo low-confidence results shown
0:01–0:05
4sStrong matchNinja leaping across a moonlit rooftop
0:15–0:20
5sStrong matchSamurai amid falling cherry blossoms
0:30–0:35
5sStrong matchMecha powering up under the lights
Sample search uses a prepared scene index.
Scene timeline3 scenes · 01:31
0:000:230:461:081:31
15 free creditsNo card requiredSearching an analyzed video is free
Searches inside footage you upload — not reverse video search.
MORE THAN A TRANSCRIPT
Search what you see.
Find what words can miss.
A face in the crowd. A fleeting action. The scene you can picture. Start with a description, end with a timestamp.
VISUAL MOMENT
Scene search
The image in your mind. The moment in your video.
01 / VISUALS
Objects, scenes & surroundings
Describe the details that make a moment stand out.
02 / CONTEXT
A timestamp with a reason
See why a scene appears, then check it in the player.
03 / YOUR WORDS
A natural place to start
Try “ninja on the rooftop” or “cherry blossoms”.
SearchByVideo is an AI-powered video search tool that finds the exact timestamp of any moment inside your own video from a plain-language description.
Instead of scrubbing through footage or reading a transcript, describe a person, action, object, scene, emotion, or on-screen text — and jump straight to the moment.
Learn how AI video search works →BUILT AROUND YOUR FOOTAGE
Less searching.
More creating.
Choose a workflow. See the moment that makes it click.
YOUR NEXT GREAT MOMENT
Find the shot. Keep the flow.
That reaction. That detail. That frame you remember. Describe it and get back to your story.
Explore the demo
“a samurai beneath cherry blossoms”00:05 – 00:10
A SHORTER PATH TO THE RIGHT FRAME
From footage to found.
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Build the visual index
AI analyzes every scene — the sample is ready instantly.
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Describe the moment
Type what you remember about the scene.
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Jump into context
Play the result. Save its timestamp.
Why searching inside a video is hard — and how AI solves it
A video is a timeline, not a document. To find one moment in a long clip, you traditionally have to watch it — there is no “Ctrl+F” for footage. Transcripts help only when someone says the thing you are looking for out loud, which fails on silent b-roll, gameplay, screen recordings, and any visual detail nobody narrates.
SearchByVideo indexes a video the way a search engine indexes a page, but visually. A multimodal vision-language model samples the footage into frames and describes what actually appears on screen — people, actions, objects, settings, and readable text — then aligns each detection to a precise timestamp. When you type a plain-language query like “the moment the box is opened” or “whiteboard with a diagram,” the engine matches it against that visual index and returns the exact seconds it occurs, ranked by confidence.
Because the analysis is visual rather than transcript-based, it works on completely silent footage and in languages it does not caption. And because searching an already-analyzed video is instant and free, you can interrogate the same file from many angles — by object, by scene, by on-screen text — without re-processing it.
Search your video in plain language
Find any moment in your footage — built for the way you work
Most of us now capture more of our work and life on video than in writing — lectures, product demos, gameplay, client calls, family events, security feeds. The problem is that a video is a timeline, not a document: to find one moment you usually have to sit and watch. SearchByVideo makes the inside of a video searchable. You describe the moment you remember in your own words, and it takes you straight to the exact second it happens.
Because SearchByVideo reads the visuals — objects, actions, scenes, and on-screen text — and not just a transcript, it finds moments even when nobody said them out loud. That means it works on silent footage, on screen recordings, and on clips in any language. Analyze a video once, then search it as many times as you like, for free.
Where SearchByVideo saves the most time
Creators and editors pulling a specific highlight, reaction, or b-roll shot out of your raw footage before publishing.
Educators and students jumping to the exact point a concept is explained in a recorded lecture or webinar.
Teams and families retrieving one moment — a decision, a play, a milestone — from your recordings and archives.
You can try it right now on your own footage: new accounts get free credits and no credit card is required to start.
YOU STAY IN CONTROL
Your footage.
Your next move.
Try the interactive sample without an account. When you’re ready, upload your own footage and search it in seconds.
Read the privacy policySTART EXPLORINGSee the value
See the value
before you commit.
Run a complete search flow on the built-in sample. Check current plans when you’re ready for your own footage.
- Interactive video playback
- Natural-language scene search
- Jump to the exact timestamp
What is SearchByVideo?+
SearchByVideo is an AI-powered video search tool. You upload a video and describe any moment in plain language — a person, action, object, scene, emotion, or on-screen text — and it returns the exact timestamps where it appears, so you can jump to or export that moment in seconds.
How do you find a specific moment in a video?+
Upload the video, let the AI index every scene, then type what you are looking for in natural language. SearchByVideo returns the exact timestamps that match, ranked by confidence, so you can jump straight to the moment instead of scrubbing.
Can you search a video without a transcript?+
Yes. SearchByVideo analyzes the visuals — scenes, actions, objects, and on-screen text — so it finds moments even when there is no transcript and even on completely silent footage.
Can you search a video by scene instead of by keyword?+
Yes. Describe the scene ("sunset on the beach", "the moment the box is opened") and SearchByVideo returns the timestamp where that scene occurs.
How is this different from reverse video search?+
Reverse video search identifies where a video came from. SearchByVideo searches inside your own video to find the exact moment you describe. They solve different problems.
What video formats are supported, and is it free?+
SearchByVideo supports MP4, MOV, and AVI. You get 15 free credits on signup (about 3 video analyses) with no credit card required. Analyzing a video costs 5 credits; searching an analyzed video is free and unlimited.
EVERY FRAME HAS A STORY
Your next moment
is already in your footage.
Start with a 15-second sample.