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Hybrid Search

Combining 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.

Aerial turquoise ocean
Coast · Open SeaTurquoise ocean meeting the horizon, whitecaps rolling to shore.
Melbourne skyline at sunset
City · SunsetMelbourne grid of roads and towers under a pink-blue sunset.
Mountain range over a valley
Range · ValleyA broad valley running to a mountain range under blue sky.
Lone tree at sunset
Golden · TreeA single tree silhouetted against a low golden-hour sun.

The two search methods

Search by meaning finds shots that match what you describe, even when your words don't appear in the filename or folder. It handles synonyms, paraphrases, and conceptual similarity.

Search by specifics finds exact matches on equipment names, place names, and technical details. "Canon R5," "Bourke Street," "4K 60fps."

How DAAAM combines them

DAAAM runs both searches at once, then ranks the combined results so the strongest matches rise to the top: obvious finds first, near-matches close behind.

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)Digital asset management (DAM) is software for organising, storing, and retrieving media files by searchable metadata instead of folders. For filmmakers, a video-native DAM system 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.
MetadataData about data. For video footage, it's the information that makes a clip findable: what camera shot it, what's in the frame, where it was filmed, and why you might need it again.