Search your raw footage and back catalog like a YouTuber should

The creator's footage pile

Creators reuse constantly: the b-roll of the studio, the reaction you had in 2022, the take where you explained something better than you did in the final cut. It's all on a drive somewhere as final_v3_REAL.mp4 and a hundred camera files.

YouTube's own search only knows your titles and descriptions, and only for what you published. Outtakes and raw footage aren't covered at all.

Collaborations make it harder: footage from a guest's camera, clips a co-host sent over, a friend's drone shots. Each arrives with its own naming scheme, and none of it is labeled by what's inside.

How creators cope

The result is familiar: you know you filmed the perfect shot for this video, you can't find it, and you either reshoot or settle for something close.

• Folder names and memory. Works until the channel is a few years old.
• Auto-captions from the platform. Useful for viewers, not for searching your own drive.
• Editor transcripts, project by project. Good inside one project, but nothing searches across all of them.

One index for everything you've shot

Point MediaFind at your footage folders. It transcribes speech and indexes frames on your computer, so you can search by what you said, “the time I explained why I quit my job,” and by what was on screen, “me at the desk with the green lamp.” On-screen text is searchable too, which finds videos by a title card or a product name shown on camera.

Sound events and music are indexed as well, so you can find the clip with the crowd cheering or where a song plays. Related clips helps you find other takes of the same setup. With Pro, face search finds every appearance of a collaborator.

Organizing a channel's archive

You don't need to rename anything first. Add the folders as they are: raw footage, project exports, and the final uploads. Free tags and categories can mark series, sponsors or formats, and saved searches keep frequent needs, such as “studio b-roll” or a recurring segment name, one click away. With Pro, collections group videos into nested folders of your own, like one per series.

Thumbnails and photos can go in too. Photos are indexed next to video, searchable by scene, color and the text in them, so the thumbnail with the red arrow and the word “FAILED” is easy to find again.

Turn old moments into new videos

• Cut a found moment into its own clip, then open it in Create to reframe for vertical, burn in captions and render an MP4 for Shorts.
• In Create, edit by the transcript: drop silences and filler words or keep just one speaker.
• With Pro, Auto-Reel picks the best moments in a long recording as short highlights, and reels can gather every moment about a topic across your library into one video.
• Export transcripts as SRT or VTT to upload as captions.

Bringing in published videos

If a published video only exists online now, the Pro media downloader can pull public media from a link so it's transcribed and searchable with everything else. Use it for your own uploads or material you have the rights to use.

Everything is indexed and searched on your computer. Unreleased videos and sponsor footage under embargo stay on your drive.

If you're weighing this against an editor with built-in transcripts, the difference is scope: MediaFind searches across every project and every drive you add, not just the footage inside one edit.

Frequently asked questions

Can I search my raw footage, not just published videos?

Yes. MediaFind indexes whatever video, audio and photos are in the folders you add, including raw camera files and outtakes.

Can I make vertical Shorts from old videos?

Yes. The Create editor can reframe a clip for vertical, burn in captions and render MP4.

Can I import my own videos from YouTube?

With Pro, the media downloader pulls public media from a link into your library. Only download content you have the right to use.

Will it slow down while I'm editing?

Indexing runs in the background on your computer. If you would rather it not pick up new files while you work, turn folder watching off in Settings.