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How FrameQuery Compares to Other Video Search and Management Tools

An honest look at where FrameQuery fits in the landscape of video search, asset management, and AI-powered analysis tools. We are new, and we are not pretending otherwise.

FrameQuery Team18 February 20266 min read

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Technology4 min read

Native R3D and BRAW Decoding: How We Built GPU-Accelerated Cinema Camera Support

Most video tools punt on professional RAW formats. We wrote Rust FFI bindings to the RED and Blackmagic SDKs with CUDA and Metal acceleration so FrameQuery can index cinema footage natively.

FrameQuery Team18 February 2026

Product2 min read

Why Video Search Is Broken (And How We're Fixing It)

You can search the entire internet in milliseconds, but finding a single moment in your own footage still means scrubbing through hours of timeline. Here is why, and what FrameQuery does differently.

FrameQuery Team18 February 2026

Product3 min read

Why FrameQuery Is Local-First (And Why Your Video Tool Should Be Too)

Your footage never leaves your machine. Your search index lives on your disk. Here is why we built FrameQuery as a local-first desktop app instead of another cloud platform.

FrameQuery Team15 February 2026

Technology4 min read

CUDA, Metal, and CPU: Cross-Platform GPU Acceleration in a Desktop Video App

How we built a single Rust codebase that uses NVIDIA CUDA on Windows and Linux, Apple Metal on macOS, and gracefully falls back to CPU when no GPU is available.

FrameQuery Team12 February 2026

Technology2 min read

Behind the Scenes: How FrameQuery Indexes Your Videos

A look at the multi-pass pipeline that turns raw footage into an instantly searchable index, covering transcription, object detection, face recognition, and scene understanding.

FrameQuery Team10 February 2026

Workflows1 min read

5 Workflows FrameQuery Unlocks for Video Teams

From finding B-roll in seconds to building searchable archives, here are five ways teams are planning to use FrameQuery in their daily work.

FrameQuery Team4 February 2026

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