Need to see if your shared folder is taking up space on your dropbox đŸ‘šâ€đŸ’»? Find out how to check here.

maltexease's avatar
maltexease
Helpful | Level 6
5 months ago
Status:
Closed - Inactive

Searchability of media content: Efficient evaluation of videos, photos and audio files

It would be desirable to make the content of videos, photos and audio files searchable. We have customers in the music industry with extensive video archives (for example, concert recordings from the last 20 years). The ability to search all videos for specific scenes or content, for example for a compilation of a band's 20th anniversary, would make work much easier. This function could easily be transferred to other industries, such as advertising agencies looking for content in their archive for a showreel, or video productions sifting through the raw material for video editing.

Example search term: man eating ice cream
Result: Dropbox searches certain videos for all scenes in which a man is eating ice cream.

dropbox
edit
Organize
Web

3 Comments

Comments have been turned off for this idea
  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    4 months ago
    Status changed:
    Open
    to
    Closed - Inactive

    This idea has been closed out after a period of inactivity.

    We appreciate you sharing it with us, and you’re always welcome to submit more ideas in the future.

  • DaveLyons's avatar
    DaveLyons
    Icon for New Super User rankNew Super User
    5 months ago

    Very interesting idea. This would be a great way to make use of the troves of unused footage from shoots that just sit on a drive taking up gb's until the gdpr policy decides times up!

    Would suggest licensing levels or usage tiers, though. Maybe a scenario where someone takes these and uses for commercial purposes. also an AI to add some basic alt tags to aid others in search and navigation could enhance this feature. 

     

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    5 months ago
    Status changed:
    New
    to
    Open

    Thanks for sharing this potential enhancement. This idea is now live and open for feedback.

    For anyone following along, if this idea is something you’d like to see please click the upvote button and show a little support! 

    The more interest an idea gets, the more likely it is to be reviewed by our product team during their regular check-ins.