Product updates

What's new in MediaFind

A plain-language tour of the recent work that matters to users: smarter on-device AI, AI-agent access, developer APIs, cleaner editor handoff, richer people views, and broader platform support.

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MediaFind search interface showing ranked transcript, visual, and file results.
Latest focus: one private engine, more ways in The desktop app, CLI, MCP server, Python SDK, and HTTP API now reach the same local media library.

Latest highlights

Written for people deciding whether to try the app, not for engineers reading commit history.

MediaFind Ask workspace with cited answers.
Local AI

Ask your library, with citations

Ask questions across your own media and jump back to the exact clips that support the answer.
MediaFind MCP icon for AI-agent integration.
AI agents

Claude and Cursor can search locally

AI assistants such as Claude can search, ask questions and read transcripts without uploading your footage.
Developers

Use MediaFind in your own tools

Build the same private search engine into your own apps and scripts, through a stable interface.
Rocket launch sample frame used by the MediaFind demo.
Search

More ways to remember a moment

Search by meaning, scene, on-screen text, objects, color, action, music, people, and related clips.
MediaFind player view with moments and export controls.
Editing

Send finds to your editor

Turn search results into timelines for Premiere Pro, Resolve, and Final Cut.
MediaFind People and Voices view with clustered faces.
People

Faces and speakers stay local

Browse who appears or speaks across your library while face and voice data stay on your machine.
Demo image with brand logos and visual search examples.
Try it

Interactive browser demo

Click through a sample library before installing anything, including search, Ask, people, and export.
Release

Cross-platform v0.1.58 builds

A new Mac installer plus Windows and Linux betas: faster imports and searches, and Ask and Meetings in Chinese.

Recent releases, translated

The changelog remains the source of truth. This page turns the busy release notes into a scannable product story.

0.1.58

  • Adding media is faster, with speaker detection and object recognition done alongside the rest.
  • Searching stays quick while files are being added, and the first search after launch is as fast as the rest.
  • Ask and Meetings work in Chinese, Japanese and Korean, action items and decisions included.
  • Faces & People opens on a large library, and the home screen fills in much sooner.
  • An import survives your Mac going to sleep, and a part that fails is redone later on its own.

0.1.57

  • Ask a file for a visual summary: charts, takeaways and key numbers, each linked to its moment.
  • MediaFind opens again on the newest macOS: earlier builds quit as their window appeared.
  • Call on this Mac records your voice as well as the other people on the call.
  • Ask answers two or three questions in one message, and queues the next one while it works.
  • MediaFind opens about three seconds sooner, and suggested searches appear at once on a large library.

0.1.56

  • MediaFind watches the folders you add and indexes new files on its own.
  • Search the text in your videos and images — slides, captions, signs — with nothing extra to install.
  • A decision in a meeting’s brief now shows related decisions from your other meetings.
  • Windows and Linux apps now work like the Mac app, from built-in editing to settings that stick.
  • The sidebar is now built around Find, Meetings, Memory (formerly Conversations) and Create.
  • The Mac app needs macOS 14 or later, and on-device Ask now runs there, M1 Macs included.
  • Deleting your data never needs Pro, and “Forget all faces” now deletes the face images too.

0.1.55

  • Download the text MediaFind reads in your videos, such as slides and subtitles, like a transcript.
  • Find shows how it read your search, and lets you search exactly what you typed.
  • Meetings keep a recording’s speaker names and are dated by when it was recorded.
  • Libraries with thousands of files no longer freeze every few seconds.
  • Cleanup never quarantines your last copy of a file.

0.1.54

  • Ask answers from your conversations wherever you ask, in the app or through AI assistants.
  • Ask says when it doesn’t know, and shows the moments it read so you can judge.
  • One card per person: the same face no longer fills Faces & People as a dozen strangers.
  • Face pages stay open instead of closing a moment later in libraries with thousands of people.
  • Home no longer waits minutes for the Memories panel on very large libraries.

0.1.53

  • See what MediaFind has learned about you from your conversations in Settings → Memory.
  • Object search finally works, and one indexing pass now covers faces and objects.
  • Your library keeps working after an update; MediaFind offers to refresh only what needs it.
  • Adding a YouTube video by its link works again.
  • Quitting MediaFind no longer reports a crash after the on-device AI answers a question.

0.1.52

  • Find can search only your conversations, and Ask answers from them too.
  • Import a folder of notes, such as an Obsidian vault, to search and ask about.
  • Long recordings no longer get stuck repeating one sentence; re-transcribe older files to fix them.
  • Searches no longer come back empty when the words were actually said.
  • Your library survives a crash or a full disk during backup, restore or indexing.

0.1.51

  • Conversations keep what you said about yourself up to date on their own.
  • Forget one conversation instead of a whole library, along with the facts it established.
  • Connecting AI assistants such as Claude works again on Mac, Windows and Linux.
  • Quit while indexing and it carries on at the next launch, instead of failing.
  • Ask works on the free plan again.

0.1.50

  • Stronger voice recognition suggests well-known speakers, and a name you give once follows that voice to every file.
  • Live meetings can record the other people on a Zoom, Teams or Meet call on a Mac (Pro).
  • Transcription learns the names and terms you add in Settings.
  • A new transcription option and newer on-device AI for answers, sized for an 8 GB Mac.
  • Export transcripts and meeting notes as Word documents or PDFs.

0.1.49

  • Import chats exported from ChatGPT or Claude, then ask questions that cite the messages.
  • Search understands dates like “in May 2022” and “since April 2023”.
  • The Mac app remembers your settings, and the update check stays off until you turn it on.
  • Backup recovery no longer deletes your good backups, and restoring no longer breaks search.
  • Redacted exports hide file names and paths, and downloaded AI models no longer go online when they load.

0.1.48

  • Re-transcribing keeps a file’s meeting notes, and emptying the quarantine keeps restored files’ transcripts and notes.
  • Names you give people and voices stay with the right person (Pro).
  • Live meetings (Pro) no longer leave the microphone on after a failed start, and recover audio after a crash.
  • Telling speakers apart works again in the Windows app and in new installs.
  • Search no longer fails on big folders or long pasted searches.

0.1.47

  • On a Mac, indexing pauses while you work in apps like Final Cut Pro, then carries on.
  • Windows and Linux apps now include visual search and face recognition (Pro), like the Mac app.
  • Optional anonymous usage stats are off by default and never include file names, searches or transcripts.
  • Indexing can no longer freeze for good, and searches no longer wait behind it.
  • Also brings 0.1.46, which was never a download: live meeting transcription (Pro), data-safety fixes and faster search.

0.1.46

  • New in Meetings (Pro): transcribe a meeting live, with action items and decisions picked out as you go.
  • Ask and summaries use newer on-device AI and no longer repeat their instructions.
  • Faster search on large libraries, and visual and text analysis now uses the Mac’s GPU by default.
  • Re-indexing a file keeps its notes and tags, and long videos are scanned to the end.
  • Duplicate cleanup and backup restore are safer for your data.

0.1.45

  • The People grid shows clearer, larger faces and hides tiny, unreliable ones.
  • Faces of the same person in different poses or lighting are merged back together.
  • Large People libraries load a small first page instead of thousands of faces at once.
  • Reliability fixes for search, Ask and the Knowledge map.

0.1.43

  • Videos with no sound are reported clearly instead of being retried as failures.
  • Sung vocals get a second transcription pass when no speech is detected at first.
  • Searching in quotes now finds those exact words, and people’s names help rank results.

0.1.42

  • Search suggestions now include people, places and organisations from your own library.
  • A stuck AI model download can no longer freeze indexing forever.

0.1.41

  • A person’s face, voice and mentions in transcripts are now tied together.
  • Celebrity recognition now covers far more public figures.
  • Create projects can import a video’s chapters, and Cleanup shows storage use and leftover files.

0.1.40

  • New installers for Mac, Windows and Linux.

0.1.39

  • Claude Desktop setup can now check that MediaFind is installed and working.
  • Fixed how the Claude Desktop add-on starts MediaFind.

0.1.38

  • New installers for Mac, Windows and Linux.

0.1.37

  • Pro activation in the desktop app now works with the current licensing service.

0.1.36

  • Searching for actions in your videos works again.
  • On-screen text matches show up on the right result.

0.1.35

  • MediaFind can spot media that seems to be missing, using clues already in your library.
  • A new switch lets you search from another device on the same network.
  • Bug fixes and new installers for Mac, Windows and Linux.

0.1.34

  • Same app as 0.1.33, in new installers for Mac, Windows and Linux.

0.1.33

  • Search now weighs speech, visuals, on-screen text and file details together to rank results.
  • MediaFind recognizes actions in your videos without uploading or re-processing them.
  • Create exports use your saved folder more reliably when no save window is available.
  • Fixed a timecode error in timelines exported for Premiere Pro.

0.1.32

  • New Interview Brief, Research Quote Pack and Rough Cut workflows build cited results from your media.
  • Search for events in plain words, and get suggestions matching voices to faces, all on your device.
  • MediaFind Pro now offers monthly and yearly plans that you manage yourself, and can move to another device.
  • Your data is safer when editing notes, importing, or running exports at the same time.
  • Saved library locations display correctly on Windows, Linux and Mac.

0.1.31

  • Moment DNA can reattach your annotations after a video is converted, reframed or otherwise changed.
  • A review panel on the file page shows recovered annotations and lets you act on them.
  • Correction Memory remembers search corrections you approve, on your device, for future searches.
  • Notes, calendar and timeline exports can save to a folder when the save window isn’t available.

0.1.30

  • MediaFind recognizes scenes and places better: eight scene types and 35 specific places.
  • Richer scene search works on your existing library without re-processing it.
  • Places beyond those 35 can still be found.
  • Searching “ice” or “officer” no longer brings up the Office scene.

0.1.29

  • Search MediaFind from a panel inside Premiere Pro and add results to your timeline.
  • Search by camera move, shot type, angle, B-roll and alternate takes.
  • Sync your MediaFind library through a shared folder you choose.
  • Folder indexing is faster, and renamed or moved files can reconnect without re-indexing.

0.1.28

  • Ask can answer from several files at once, with follow-up questions and links to each source.
  • Export clean, timestamped transcripts and quote tables that span several files.
  • Cleanup is safer on large libraries.

0.1.27

  • Reviewing an export is clearer, showing whether it’s redacted and each speaker’s transcript.
  • You can now export to Obsidian.

0.1.26

  • Bug fixes across search, Cleanup, Create, exports, indexing and first-run setup.

0.1.25

  • Insights adds Trending Topics and Sound & Music sections, and Browse opens the right month.
  • Your notes are searchable by default, and you can add more folders and files while indexing runs.
  • Fixes for search, speaker filters, faces, meeting follow-ups and tags.

0.1.24

  • Fixes for search, captions, GIF trimming, redaction, object detection and saved searches.

0.1.23

  • Task Assistant turns a goal into a draft plan and asks before changing your library.
  • Task Assistant can also render reels, tag in bulk and review duplicates, with your approval.
  • Fixes for sharing privacy, Ask, cancelling jobs, faces and filters.

0.1.22

  • AI assistants such as Claude can now search your library, ask questions and read transcripts.
  • Set up AI assistants right from the app.
  • Developers can build their own tools on the same on-device engine.
  • Startup no longer loads AI models just to report an empty or idle library.

0.1.20

  • Media processing is time-limited so it doesn’t stall the app.
  • Media work during indexing and playback is handled more carefully.

0.1.17

  • The option to buy Pro stays visible during the free trial.

0.1.16

  • Long Create renders are less likely to stall the app.
  • The desktop app’s health checks and library recovery are more reliable.

0.1.15

  • Transcription works offline on first run, with no download.
  • Larger speech models are still available for better quality.

0.1.14

  • Search stays responsive while your library indexes.
  • Exact matches in on-screen text now rank as strong results.
  • Smarter default AI choices when you first run the app.
  • Fixes that keep background work and the app from getting stuck.

0.1.13

  • Re-transcribe a single file on demand, right from the play page.
  • See whether the transcription model is downloaded before you re-transcribe.
  • Fixed blank transcripts, including recordings added before transcription was ready.
  • Search no longer freezes or times out while indexing runs.
  • Fixed jobs and screens getting stuck, including the Activity dock.

0.1.12

  • Ask and summaries work out of the box with built-in on-device AI: no cloud, account or download.
  • MediaCreate: an on-device video studio that starts from your search results and exports timelines to editing apps.
  • The Activity dock gathers all indexing, downloads and background jobs in one place.
  • Celebrity recognition covers more public figures, with more precise name matches.
  • Cleaner AI summaries, and no more freeze when a download starts.

0.1.11

  • Meetings, redesigned: process recordings in bulk, with action items, decisions and follow-ups across meetings.
  • See indexing progress in one card with clear stages as you add videos.
  • Face detection is on by default when adding media (Pro).
  • Better accessibility across the app, including keyboard use and screen readers.
  • Steadier search, a faster launch, and face detection that works offline.

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Use the newest build on your own library

MediaFind runs locally, starts with a free Pro trial, and does not require an account, cloud upload, or API key.

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