Search Index

The catalogue DAAAM builds on your machine so natural-language queries work — finding shots by meaning, not filename.

Aerial winding coastal road — Coast · RoadCars tracing a winding coastal road between greenery and sea.

Farmyard and fields at dawn — Aerial · FarmA farmyard and cultivated fields from above at dawn.

Village among trees — Aerial · VillageA village of houses and dirt roads among green trees.

Aerial coastal town and road — Coast · TownAerial coastal town hugging a winding clifftop road.

What gets indexed

Every editorial description, transcript segment, camera detail, and place name — woven together so you can search the way you remember a shot.

One file, on your drive

The entire catalogue lives in a single portable file on your machine. No separate server. No cloud account required for search. Copy it to back up. Move it to a new laptop. Search works offline — results come from a pre-built local index, no internet required.

More terms

CodecThe algorithm that compresses and decompresses video data. For filmmakers, codec choice affects quality, file size, editing performance, and long-term archive compatibility.

Digital Asset Management (DAM)Software for organising, storing, and retrieving media files. For filmmakers, a video-native DAM is the difference between finding a shot and scrubbing for hours.

EXIF DataThe metadata your camera embeds in every photo and video file. Make, model, lens, GPS, ISO, timestamp — the technical fingerprint of every shot you take.

Hybrid SearchCombining meaning-based search with exact-match search to produce better results than either alone. For video footage, this means finding shots by description AND by camera model, place name, or technical specs.