SentrySearch: Semantic Search Over Dashcam Footage Using Gemini Embedding 2

SentrySearch: Semantic Search Over Dashcam Footage Using Gemini Embedding 2 Written by Arshdeep Singh Scrubbing through hours of dashcam footage to find one specific moment is exactly as tedious as it sounds. You remember something happened — a car cut you off, someone ran a red light — but now you're stuck fast-forwarding through gigabytes of MP4 files like it's 2003. SentrySearch solves this. It's an open-source Python CLI that lets you search raw video files in plain English. Type what you're looking for, get a trimmed clip back. sentrysearch search "red truck running a stop sign" That's it. What Is SentrySearch? SentrySearch is a command-line tool built by @ssrajadh that brings semantic search to any folder of MP4 files. It was originally built for Tesla Sentry Mode footage (hence the name), but it works with any dashcam or video library. The core idea: Index your footage once Search it with natural language queries Get back an auto-trimmed clip of the matching moment No transcript