A method for navigating digital media comprising:
- receiving, by a computer server, a search query comprising one or more search terms;
- searching, by the computer server, at least one database based on the one or more search
- terms, wherein the searching by the computer server comprises searching indices in the at least one database where the indices are indexed automatically based on time-based metadata, the database comprising attributes of at least a plurality of digital videos, each video in the plurality of digital videos comprising two or more time-based segments that include attributes matching the one or more search terms;
- based on the searching of the database by the computer server, causing a display of a summary search result interface;
- receiving, by the computer server, a user selection of a first thumbnail associated with a first digital video, from the plurality of digital videos, to display on the summary search result interface, wherein the first digital video includes at least one time-based segment having attributes that match the one or more search terms and the selection of the first thumbnail associated with the first digital video is based on a selection criterion;
- causing to display, by the computer server, the selected first thumbnail with a summary of the first digital video on the summary search result interface;
- receiving, by the computer server, a selection of the displayed first thumbnail;
- and in response to the received selection:
- identifying, by the computer server, a first time-based segment of the first digital video associated with the first thumbnail;
- and
- causing display, by the computer server, of a video player interface for playing the identified first time-based segment of the first digital video, wherein;
- the time-based metadata for the first digital video is organized into a data structure comprising one or more tracks, each track of the one or more tracks representing a timeline-based attribute and comprising a set of non-overlapping segment data;
- each set of non-overlapping segment data indicates a specific start time and duration for the attribute along a timeline for the first digital video;
- and
- the data structure is populated based on an automatic analysis of the first digital video.