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Sift Video
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- API
- The REST API includes search, URL download progress, file upload, video listing and streaming, deletion, and a health endpoint.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The README provides Docker, Git, and optional NVIDIA GPU setup instructions, and invites users to contribute issues or pull requests.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Audio and visual search
- The search interface supports all-match, audio-only, and visual-only filtering.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The project runs through Docker Compose and serves its web interface at localhost:8080.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- File uploads
- The web UI accepts MP4, WebM, MKV, MOV, AVI, and OGV files up to 1 GB.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- GPU support
- Separate NVIDIA GPU builds can use CUDA for Whisper transcription and ONNX Runtime inference, with NVIDIA Container Toolkit required on the host.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository states that the project is licensed under GNU GPLv3.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Live ingestion
- The system accepts yt-dlp-compatible URLs and streams ingestion progress while downloading, extracting frames, transcribing with Whisper, and embedding content.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Local data handling
- The README describes a local Docker deployment with video and output directories and a Qdrant service; it does not state a security certification or compliance status.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Maker
- The GitHub profile identifies the maker as Sourav Kumar.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Offline indexing
- Videos are processed offline, with audio and frames converted into semantic embeddings and indexed in Qdrant.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Processing
- Videos are processed offline, with audio and frames converted into semantic embeddings and indexed in Qdrant.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- SIFT-Video searches video audio and visual content with natural-language queries and returns relevant timestamps.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Search filters
- Users can filter searches to audio, visual, or all matches and scope searches to one selected video.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Search results
- Results show video names, timestamps, match types, transcript excerpts, and relevance scores, and can open the built-in player at the matching moment.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Support and contributions
- The README welcomes suggestions, fixes, and improvements through issues or pull requests.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Technology
- The documented stack includes Whisper small.en for timestamped speech transcription and MobileCLIP2-S3-OpenCLIP for text and image embeddings.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Upload limits
- Local uploads support mp4, webm, mkv, mov, avi, and ogv files up to 1 GB.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
