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How we're building the search layer video has always been missing and what it means for people who work with footage every day.

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FrameQuery 1.2.5: Per-Folder AI Toggles, Live Progress

FrameQuery 1.2.5 shows live progress for every indexing pass, makes per-folder face, voice and bib toggles work, and scans on low-disk machines. Free update.

FrameQuery Team3 September 20262 min read

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FrameQuery 1.2.3: Guided First Run, Steadier GPU Indexing

FrameQuery 1.2.3 adds first-run tours of video search, a faces and bib-number opt-in at first process, verified GPU decode, and instant sign-in. Free update.

FrameQuery Team25 August 2026

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FrameQuery 1.2.1: Search Footage by Bib Number

FrameQuery 1.2.1 reads race bibs and jersey numbers so you can search bib:100, runs AI on your GPU, and fixes filters that AI results used to ignore.

FrameQuery Team12 August 2026

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FrameQuery 1.2.0: Video Search Overhaul

FrameQuery 1.2.0 overhauls video search: natural-language queries return far more relevant results, results arrive as one ranked list, and there are new color, codec, camera and lens filters.

FrameQuery Team9 August 2026

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FrameQuery 1.1.1: Scene Search and Face Sampling Fixed

FrameQuery 1.1.1 restores scene and transcript results in search, makes per-second face detection run as intended, and names speakers the transcript missed.

FrameQuery Team7 August 2026

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FrameQuery 1.1.2: Sign-In and Face Thumbnail Fixes

FrameQuery 1.1.2 is a maintenance update fixing a sign-in that could hang, blank face thumbnails in the People tab, and an FFmpeg download failure.

FrameQuery Team7 August 2026

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FrameQuery 1.1: Tune Face Detection to Find More People

FrameQuery 1.1 lets you tune how hard face detection looks, check a frame every second instead of one per scene, and fixes a startup failure.

FrameQuery Team6 August 2026

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FrameQuery is now available on Windows

FrameQuery for Windows has shipped, with the same indexing and search as the macOS app. Here's how to get it, and what to do if Windows SmartScreen flags the installer.

FrameQuery Team7 July 2026

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FrameQuery 1.0: AI video search for macOS

Stop scrubbing. FrameQuery indexes your footage locally and lets you search it in plain English. Available today on macOS, with Windows and ARRI RAW support both coming in the next few weeks.

FrameQuery Team22 June 2026

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Introducing Projects: Workspace-Level Organization for Your Video Library

When you manage footage for multiple clients, everything in one flat list stops working. Projects give you scoped workspaces that filter your entire library, from videos and sources to search and dashboard stats.

FrameQuery Team25 March 2026

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A Video Editor's Guide to BIPA, GDPR, and Facial Recognition Compliance

If your video tools use face or voice recognition, privacy laws apply. What BIPA, GDPR, and other regulations mean for video teams, in plain English.

FrameQuery Team19 March 2026

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What Is Semantic Video Search? A Plain-English Guide for Editors

Semantic search matches meaning rather than exact words. How it works for video, and what it changes in an edit.

FrameQuery Team13 March 2026

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Introducing Reviews: Get Feedback on Your Edits Without Leaving FrameQuery

Share any video as a review link. Reviewers leave frame-accurate comments and annotations, you get notified, upload revisions, and track approvals. Unlimited reviews on every plan.

FrameQuery Team23 February 2026

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

You can search the internet in milliseconds. Finding one moment in your own footage still means scrubbing through hours of timeline. Why, and what FrameQuery does about it.

FrameQuery Team18 February 2026

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Why FrameQuery Uses Hybrid Architecture (And Why Your Video Tool Should Too)

Your originals are never stored on our servers. Your search index lives on your disk. Why FrameQuery is a hybrid desktop app, cloud-processed and locally searchable, instead of another cloud platform.

FrameQuery Team15 February 2026

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