Reverse Video Search. How-to guide - GainChanger (2023)

You may be unaware but it is possible to perform a reverse video search. All you have to do is apply some tricks and you will find the video resource you were looking for online. I will be giving you step by step instructions on how to do a reverse video search on Google and other services. You will be surprised by how simple it can be done.

Prepare Video snapshot for processing

  1. Open a video of your choice using any video player. Choose a video that has high quality, at least 720 HD ready (1,280×720 pixels). This is not mandatory but will give you a higher probability that the video is matched.Reverse Video Search. How-to guide - GainChanger (1)
  1. For Windows, while the video is playing, open Snipper Tool and take a snapshot at the chosen target time.Reverse Video Search. How-to guide - GainChanger (2)
  2. In MAC, use the following command:(SHIFT+Command+4+Space bar) to take a snapshot of the video window. By default, screenshots are saved to your desktop with the name “Screen Shot [date] at [time].png.”

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  • Ideally, the video frame is clear and contains something unique such as text or a particular scene. Doing this will have a better chance of it being found.
  1. When you take the snapshot, save the image in any format. Most common formats to use are JPEG and PNG formats.

1. Reverse Video Search using Google

Google Reverse Image search is a free to use service and has unlimited file upload size. It also doesn’t restrict you on the file type. The advantage of using this tool is that it has the largest number of images indexed giving rise to a high possibility in finding exact matches.

Steps on how to reverse video search using Google

  1. Go to Google Images homepage. It will be found on the right-hand side corner of the page. You will be presented with the following page. As you can see you have a camera icon. Clicking on it will present you with a dialogue to upload images.

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  1. Choose an image from your file repository or drag it into the window. You can also paste an image URL if you have the direct link for it.

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  1. In my case, I uploaded a frame from an online maths lecture about percentages. Google immediately detected the source of the video. Inside the result, you can see the YouTube subscription channel for the online lectures as well as the official site from where the video originated.

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  1. You can improve the results even further by adding keywords to the suggested ones Google provides. For example, in my case, I know the topic of the lecture was about percentages. So I added the keyword percentages to the already suggested ones. This was the result:

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Google immediately directed me to the exact video on YouTube. It also gave me a related video that considers percentages too.

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As you can see, with just a few steps, I was able to find the exact match of the video online by just uploading a frame from a video and adding just one keyword to the results. It also gave me the ability to view similar images which directed me to other lecture videos that were related.

2. Reverse Video Search using Online Services

Google isn’t the only service that provides the ability to do video reverse search. There are a number of reverse image searches that can offer the same ability. They also use multiple image search engines which will give you a wider dataset to search from. Some of these services are not free but most of them offer some free features and trial periods.

Berify

Focuses on finding stolen images and video searches

Berify strives to find any stolen images and videos that could have been copyrighted and uploaded online. The process is not as fast as Google but it manages to find a good number of matches.

What’s different about Berify is that it uses its own proprietary solution and images are matched against a number of image search engines such as Google, Bing, Yandex and others. This gives you as mentioned before a comprehensive data range from where to search from.

Berify also allows upload from multiple social media sites as well as sitemaps, and any other website direct links.

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Steps on how to perform reverse video search in Berify

  1. Use the same process as above to take a snapshot of the video using either Windows or Mac.
  2. Visit berify.com and upload image inside the search bar.
  3. Click on Search and wait for results. Results will take a while but it will be saved in the dashboard for later retrieval.

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I added the same video frame as I used in Google and I got a number of results. It found the exact match of the video and also found similar matches.

A great feature is that it automatically saves your searches inside a dashboard. The similarity matches take quite a long time to process but you can always return back to the dashboard to check out the results later.

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Apart from this, you can customize the search frequency of the images searched to keep ensuring that the video has not been copyrighted. Tags can also be added to get more refined results.

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TinEye

TinEye specialises in image search and recognition. It uses computer vision, pattern recognition, neural networks and machine learning to be able to predict matches with images. TinEye is used by millions of companies from different industries.

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Steps on how to perform a reverse video search in TinEye

  • Perform previous steps as presented above to take a snapshot of the video on Windows or MAC.
  • Visit tinyeye.com. Click on the upload button to upload the video frame to the search engine. You can also paste or enter a direct image URL to the search bar.
  • If you require further filters, you can filter by a specific domain or choose a certain collection.

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I decided to put the AI expertise statement to the test. I uploaded several frames of the video to TinyEye. The exact video I expected was matched with every search. The results were retrieved relatively fast when compared to Berify that needed a dashboard to retrieve results later.

TinEye has the added benefit of being a private search engine. It states that none of the searches is saved and ensures privacy.

Shutterstock

Boasting about 1 billion images and videos and having contributions from more than a million users, it is no wonder that Shutterstock is one of the most widely used services for bloggers.

Unlike the other services, it contains a section specifically for videos. This means that the data set is refined and can help you filter out any other form of media in the results. Shutterstock makes use of neural networks to analyze video clips and identify their characteristics. It then uses these measurements to match their patterns with the uploaded image.

Steps on how to perform a reverse video search in Shutterstock

  • Perform previous steps as presented above to take a snapshot of the video on Windows or MAC.
  • Go to shutterstock.com.The link will direct you to the footage section. As seen below, you can drag or upload the image to the dashboard panel.

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Immediately, Shutterstock will show you a number of videos that match your video clip from several collections added by contributors. The search results also show a number of suggested tags that can be chosen to further refine the search if you still haven’t matched your video.

The downside of this is that the subscription for video search costs you a hefty €139 per month. If you are not interested in applying for subscriptions, you can pay €230 for 5 SD Clips. So unless you are serious about searching and retrieval of videos, it is best to stick to other free services.

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TECXIPIO

If you are looking into automating the time-consuming steps of searching for videos by providing clips, TECXIPIO Reverse Video Search API is your answer. It uses a powerful video reverse search software that compares the fingerprints of a great number of videos and identifies matches even with highly modified and low-quality videos.

In comparison with the other services, this one actually takes a video as input and processes all the clips inside it. It supports MP4, Matroska, WebM and AVI. They are also very fast at producing results using high-end algorithms and caching mechanisms.

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TECXIPIO Architecture design

  1. Videos are uploaded and fingerprints are generated and saved to their cloud storage.
  2. The fingerprints are matched against their cloud database.
  3. API returns detailed results for recognised matches.

If you are interested in reading up further on their API documentation, click here.

Used of Reverse Video Search

Before I begin, let me explain how Reverse Video search can help you:

1. Copyright checking and video matching

If you are concerned that your produced video may have been shared online, violating license agreements, this tool could help you check for this.

Some of these services prove to be powerful enough to match the exact video online. If you have a video and you wish to find its online location, then this is your best bet.

2. Location Recognition

This feature is actually very useful for videographers and video editors. If you produced a video in a certain location but you are missing a few minutes of clips, then reverse image search can help you find clips matching your location or similar features from the location.

3. Similarities

Reverse video search can assist in finding similar footage featuring certain characteristics such as lighting and temperature, specific video shot-types such as long-shot or full-shot, and other associations.

4. Object recognition

This feature is useful if you are looking to discover what a certain object is inside your video. For example, you need to know the name of a certain plant or the classification of an animal inside your video. Reverse video search is capable of analyzing and detecting objects inside the video. It identifies different colours, shapes and certain objects inside your image and matches it against their data set of videos.

Final thoughts and considerations

Reverse video search may not be available except for services like TECXIPIO through API, but a few tricks will get you amazing results. Just by taking a clip from a video, these tools prove to be capable of finding exact matches and similarities to videos available online. One does not need to process the whole video in order to do this.

So, whatever service you decide to use, all will give you relatively accurate results. The different results will depend on the dataset collection available and the machine learning techniques used to analyse and detect similarities.

Only, which one should you choose? I recommend you try them all out and see for yourself which results are most accurate. This is because the video clip you upload might give more favourable results in one tool compared to another as each tool has its own unique dataset collection.

Overall, Reverse video search can give you better results than searching for videos using keywords. The algorithms used by these services can guarantee better matches especially if the videos you are looking for aren’t tagged.

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References

Sample screen shots were grabbed from you tube videos from the Math Entics Youtube Channel.

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FAQs

Is there a way to reverse Google search a video? ›

Run A Reverse Video Search On Google

Google doesn't offer a reverse search function specific to video, so you will need to take a screenshot of the video and then use the reverse image search function.

How do I do a google search with a video? ›

Search for videos
  1. Enter a search on google.com.
  2. Scroll to "Videos."
  3. Choose a video to watch.

Which key is used to view the reverse video? ›

Place the playback marker at the beginning or end of the section and press the "T" key. Now select the cut section and apply the reversed video effect to it. Export the entire video or a selected section of the video file in a format such as MP4.

How do I edit a reverse video? ›

How to reverse a video
  1. Open a video file. Select a clip for reversing from your Mac or Windows computer, iOS or Android device, Google Drive or Dropbox. ...
  2. Adjust the video. When your video is added, you can choose any of the available speeds. ...
  3. Save the reversed video.

What is it called when a video is reversed? ›

Reverse motion (also known as reverse motion photography or reverse action) is a special effect in cinematography whereby the action that is filmed is shown backwards (i.e. time-reversed) on screen. It can either be an in-camera effect or an effect produced with the use of an optical printer.

Why do videos get reversed? ›

There is a reason for that — the camera on your device is not a like a mirror but rather like a person looking at you. From the perspective of a person facing you, your left is their right and vice versa. So, when a camera records, the video turns out flipped i.e. left becomes right and vice versa.

What is the most honest search engine? ›

  1. Google. Besides being the most popular search engine covering over 90% of the worldwide market, Google boasts outstanding features that make it the best search engine in the market. ...
  2. Bing. ...
  3. 3. Yahoo. ...
  4. Baidu. ...
  5. Yandex. ...
  6. Duckduckgo. ...
  7. Contextual Web Search. ...
  8. Yippy Search.
Jan 24, 2022

What is the most anonymous search engine? ›

You should opt for a private search engine.
...
1) DuckDuckGo
  • DuckDuckGo doesn't save your search histories.
  • You can save your settings in the cloud.
  • Extracting information with fewer clicks.
  • Allows you to limit your search by region.
  • It includes a detailed, transparent privacy policy.
Jan 21, 2023

How to do reverse image search tips? ›

Google's reverse image search is a breeze on a desktop computer. Go to images.google.com(Opens in a new window), click the camera icon, and either paste in the image link (URL) for an image you've seen online, upload an image from your hard drive, or drag an image from another window.

Is there a search engine for videos? ›

Google. It shouldn't come as a surprise that Google offers one of the top video search engines. Google is excellent at all kinds of search, including video. You can find Google video search under the search bar and other search options like news and images.

What does the reverse () method do? ›

The reverse() method transposes the elements of the calling array object in place, mutating the array, and returning a reference to the array.

What is a reversing key? ›

To change polarity rapidly. A plastic bar with two terminals and two brushes is pivoted to rotate over two contact strips so that its rotation reverses polarity of connections on the base.

Which tool should we click to reverse the last action? ›

To undo an action press Ctrl+Z. If you prefer your mouse, click Undo on the Quick Access Toolbar. You can press Undo (or CTRL+Z) repeatedly if you want to undo multiple steps.

What is the best unrestricted search engine? ›

What are the best no-tracking search engines?
  1. Brave Search. Brave Search doesn't track you, your searches, or your clicks. ...
  2. DuckDuckGo. DuckDuckGo (DDG) is a popular privacy search engine. ...
  3. 3. Yahoo! Search. ...
  4. Startpage. ...
  5. WolframAlpha. ...
  6. Ecosia. ...
  7. Qwant. ...
  8. Gibiru.
Oct 27, 2022

What are the 3 types of search engines? ›

There are three main types of search engines, web crawlers, directories, and sponsored links. Search engines typically use a number of methods to collect and retrieve their results. These include: Crawler databases.

Which search engine is faster than Google? ›

1. Bing. Bing is a search engine by Microsoft and is second in terms of market share after Google. It was launched in 2009, and its origin traces back to earlier search engines offered by Microsoft, such as MSN Search and Live Search.

What free video editing software can reverse? ›

Kapwing is a free online video editing software. If you do want to download or install any software on your computer that you can try this online editing tool. For this online software, you can use it to reverse, cut, trim, or crop your videos.

What is reverse mirroring? ›

In television (typically sports broadcasting), a reverse mirror refers to a situation in which two national television channels have their signals split regionally, such that each of two programs will be available in all (or almost all) regions on one of the two channels, but will not air on the same channel in both ...

How do you know if a video is mirrored or not? ›

You can test this by reaching out to shake hands with yourself - mirroring will see both you and your video image reaching out with the same hand. That's how you know mirroring is on.

Why do we look better reversed? ›

This is because the reflection you see every day in the mirror is the one you perceive to be original and hence a better-looking version of yourself. So, when you look at a photo of yourself, your face seems to be the wrong way as it is reversed than how you are used to seeing it.

What does flipping a video mean? ›

When we talk about "flipping" footage, we usually mean vertically. This means turning it upside down (though you'll usually flip a movie when it's already upside down and you want it right-side up). "Mirroring" a video is usually a horizontal reflection.

Is it possible to reverse a video? ›

How do you reverse audio and video? Upload your video to the Adobe Express reverse video tool. Then, choose the speed you'd like to use for the reverse effect. If you want the audio to be reversed as well, make sure the Mute option is deselected.

What's the safest search engine? ›

10 BEST Private Search Engines: Secure Anonymous Search 2023
  • Comparison Of Some Top Secure Search Engine.
  • #1) Startpage.
  • #2) DuckDuckGo.
  • #3) searX.
  • #4) Qwant.
  • #5) Swisscows.
  • #6) MetaGer.
  • #7) Mojeek.
Jan 5, 2023

Is there a deeper search than Google? ›

Haystak. With over 1.5 billion indexed pages, Haystack boasts more indexed sites than any other deep web search engine.

What is better than Google search? ›

#1 – DuckDuckGO

DuckDuckGo is the perfect choice if privacy is your top browsing concern. Like Google, DuckDuckGo offers their own mobile & desktop browsers. By default, this browser doesn't collect or store any personal information at all.

What is the downside of DuckDuckGo? ›

While using DuckDuckGo, your traffic is not encrypted, making it vulnerable to eavesdropping and IP address discovery. Even if you change your default search engine, your internet service provider (ISP) will still be able to see what you're doing online and may share that information with third parties.

Can someone see what websites I visit? ›

The sad truth is that anyone can view your browser history and search history. Many websites use cookies that follow you and recommend items based on your search history. Governments can track you if you do something to alert them. In addition, hackers could infiltrate your computer.

How can I search without being tracked? ›

Here's how to surf anonymously with various tools:
  1. Get a VPN, a proxy server, or Tor.
  2. Use a private email service.
  3. Employ specialized anti-tracking software.
  4. Use a more private search engine.
  5. Get a secure browser.
Feb 18, 2021

What does it mean when a reverse image search has no results? ›

If the page is not indexed, it will not appear in a search result. To crawl more of the web, a search engine needs to become more powerful and the most powerful search engine is Google. This leaves other reverse image search engines with less available search results.

What is the most powerful reverse image search? ›

Google Images

Google's image search is the most effective reverse search engine tool you can use on your desktop. They have billions of pictures from millions of web pages to list.

Do screenshots work for reverse image search? ›

Yes, reverse image search works with screenshots.

How do I find underground videos? ›

Smaller shallow voids can often be detected using ground penetrating radar (GPR), and deeper voids are sometimes best detected and measured using seismic reflection.

How do video search engines work? ›

A video search engine is a web-based search engine which crawls the web for video content. Some video search engines parse externally hosted content while others allow content to be uploaded and hosted on their own servers. Some engines also allow users to search by video format type and by length of the clip.

How do I reverse an entire video? ›

How to reverse a video
  1. Open a video file. Select a clip for reversing from your Mac or Windows computer, iOS or Android device, Google Drive or Dropbox. ...
  2. Adjust the video. When your video is added, you can choose any of the available speeds. ...
  3. Save the reversed video.

Can you reverse search a video on iPhone? ›

Reverse searching on iOS

Download the Google app on your iPhone or iPad. Open the app and tap the Google Lens icon that's present in the search bar, or you can also add a Google widget on your iPhone lock screen as I did, but you need to update your iPhone to iOS 16 or newer.

How do I reverse audio search on a video? ›

How to Reverse Audio Search
  1. #1. Shazam. Shazam is a music identifier app that can identify music by sound. ...
  2. #2. Picard. Picard is another reverse audio search tool. ...
  3. #3. Musixmatch. ...
  4. #4. Cortana for Windows. ...
  5. #1. MP3Juices. ...
  6. #2. Internet Archive. ...
  7. #3. Find Sounds.
Dec 8, 2022

How do you find hidden videos on iPhone? ›

Unhide photos on iPhone or iPad
  1. Open Photos and tap the Albums tab. ...
  2. Scroll down and tap Hidden under Utilities.
  3. Use Face ID or Touch ID to unlock your Hidden album.
  4. Tap the photo or video that you want to unhide.
  5. Tap the More button then tap Unhide.
Sep 14, 2022

What app can reverse videos? ›

CapCut. By using CapCut, you can easily and quickly make a reverse video on your Android without the requirement for any settings first. All you've to do is install the latest version of the app, open it on your phone, and then create a ''New Project''. After it, choose and add the video file you want to reverse.

How do you secretly search on iPhone? ›

Turn on Incognito mode
  1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google app .
  2. Tap the Search bar.
  3. Above the keyboard, turn on Incognito mode.

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