I built a semantic search engine for video ("Ctrl+F" for mp4s)

Show HN: Matriq – Search inside video files using natural language

I built a semantic search engine for video ("Ctrl+F" for mp4s) is a business in show hn launch.

Profile

Hello HN, I’m David. I built Matriq because I was frustrated with the "Post-Production Scrub."I had hours of B-roll and long-form content, but finding a specific 5-second clip (e.g., "a red car passing by" or "a specific quote about React state") meant manually watching the footage at 2x speed.What I built: Matriq indexes video content visually and aurally. It uses multimodal embeddings to understand scene context, action, and dialogue.The Use Case:While it works for general editing, I’ve found the best use case is Content Repurposing. Creators with 100+ hours of archives can now instantly find "viral hooks" or specific topics to turn into Shorts/Reels without re-watching old footage.It’s in

Its activity falls under show hn launch; the profile below is assembled from public directory data.

Directory data places it at the Show HN launch stage.

Website: www.matriq.video