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I wrote my own software to organize and search my media files (alien.top)
submitted 2 years ago by [B] to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
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I recently started learning how to edit videos and decided to write my own desktop app to organize my videos and images (only available for Mac right now). The app is called Cosmos and you can use it to browse, tag, and search your media with AI. It's completely private, so no data ever leaves your computer.

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I showed it to other video editors but their reaction was pretty underwhelming. I'm curious if people in this sub might have a use case for the app. Not sure how often you are searching through large media libraries, but I imagine this would be a good tool to help find stuff you don't want to manually label.

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If there are any interested testers out there, I'd be happy to offer a discount (it is currently a one-time $40). For a short overview of the features, you can check out this YT video.

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[–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

I want to join the Windows wait-list, but the link doesnt appear to be working...

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    [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Interesting. I have an unRAID server and could see this being used for my massive library of Raw footage to find clips. I am also an unRAID community developer. DM me the details of your offer. I’d be willing to help beta test it. I would also love to see keyword integration with the OSX Photos app.

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    [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Haven’t checked out the video yet but sounds interesting. Just began getting into YT editing myself and going through my massive media library definitely is a pain point for me. Would love to be a tester.

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    [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Wait, are you saying this logs footage automatically?

    Like it'll look through footage and tag it without supervision?

    In the video world we generally call it logging instead of adding tags. If it's doing that and you're targeting video editors replace the word indexing on your site with logging.

    If this is the case you need to reach out to video post production houses. They should be all over this.

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  • [–] [S, B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Hey thanks for tip on logging. The way it works is that you can choose a file to "index" with one of the AI models built into the app. After that process is complete, you can search for the content of the files (for example: a woman smiling, sad boy, danger). That will return the timestamp and a still from the video at that timestamp. We don't automatically generate tags/labels yet, but would consider prioritizing it that's something users wanted.

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    I talked with a reality tv editor a few months back...he mentioned he spent hours watching tons of footage on a normal project. Do you think this is a common problem for unscripted tv editors?

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Your software sounds super awesome and I don't think you realize what you have on your hands from a video editors perspective.

    Granted I don't have tons of footage to look through for most projects but it'd probably save me a little time.

    I'd imagine if you pitched this software to stock footage companies they'd be all over it. Instead of tagging/logging the footage you could eventually have ai do it.

    I think there's a service out there now where you can upload footage someone will tag/log it for a fee then upload it to multiple stock sites.

    Istock shutterstock pondfive getty are some big ones. They may be interested in this tech.

    I'd also consider reaching out to adobe, blackmagic and avid to see if they would want to buy this from you....or try to partner up with this other new ai company that figures out what broll that you shot is usable. ..combining your software with theirs would be huge (I'll edited the name here once I find it again)

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    • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    You might want to checkout Stash. Obviously it's for a different genre of content but your tagging/filtering shares some similarities. But your automatic/AI video "tagging" is amazing and something that Stash is lacking.

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