Singing Fish : Audio & Video Search Engine

If you've seen this before then just shout "Old!" and "Boring!" at your screen and then go and do something else. Otherwise read on.

Singing Fish is a Multimedia Search Engine which works on the meta data kept in video and audio files. Its gaining in popularity - having been bought recently by AOL & theres also word that the company has signed a deal to power audio-visual searching in Microsoft's Windows Media Player. I realise that both these companies aren't exactly popular but it works and its free so who cares. If they fuck it all up with overbearing advertising or corporate interests then thats another matter.

Bearing in mind that it relies on whatever the owner wants to add as meta data I'm surprised how well it works. At a quick glance it seems particularly useful at nabbing files which aren't always readily available elsewhere. Video offers up strange TV spots, news items and interviews. Audio offers speeches samples, tracks, mixes and even occasionally liveslots. The length & quality of the clip is listed alongside so you'll know what your getting before you start. Bonza.

I reckon your going to see quite few things posted here off the back of this. Only this morning i found a video of a fashion show being hosted by mr T & a mix with BOC & aphex stuff on it.