Search
From Wikanual
Since INTERDUBS stores all information about files and folders in a database it can perform searches on all your files and folders with great speed.
Search is the go-to feature for looking up information, it felt naturally to extend its capabilities beyond text matches.
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Search Results
Search results can be folders, files, logins and reels. Files in the search results have a checkbox in front of them and there is a
select all
check box as well. This allows you to work an groups of files at once. Depending on the operation and size of your selection these things can take a little while. Please do not navigate away from the the page while INTERDUBS is still processing your commands.
Special searches
special searches allow you to look up useful information about your files, folders, logins and reels. A brief overview of these function is also being displayed on start search page.
Last files added
If you like to know what files have been added last to your system then you can look this up via search:
go to the search screen leave the search field empty click on search right away
You will see a list of the last 300 files and folders that have been added last to the system. The order is form newer to older.
Files matching resolution
If you enter two number seperated by x then INTERDUBS will show the first 300 files that match this resolution. A search for
720x486
would turn up all files that have NTSC ( a TV standard popular during the 20th century ) resolution. If you would want to match the other popular standard called PAL as well (it has 720 x 576 pixels) then you could enter
720x*
Expired
INTERDUBS supports Expiring_media. You can look up files that have been expired in a search like:
expired:DAYS
where DAYS is a number indicating the minimal number of days that the files were expired since. The files will be displayed in the order new to old.
Bandwidth
Since INTERDUBS knows the length and size of your clips it can easily calculate the required bandwidth. If you enter a search term like
bandwidth:NUMBER
then you will see all files that have a higher bandwidth than the NUMBER you entered. The unit for the bandwidth here is Mb/s (Megabit per second).
INTERDUBS has a configuration setting for the bandwidth warning level in the admin interface. If you like to see which clips are above your current warning level you search for:
bandwidth:high
Only clips longer than 5secs will be displayed. The resulting display will show at most 300 clips sorted by their size.
md5 checksum
INTERDUBS builds an md5 checksum for each file. This is handy since you can look up file duplicates very easily. If you enter the md5 checksum for a file (a 32 character long unique hexadecimal string) then INTERDUBS will find all instances of the the same file content. It does not matter how the files have entered the system, what their names are etc. INTERDUBS will find all identical files solely based on the file content.
In the 
edit file you will see a link that will create the search for the md5 checksum. You can then easily do operation on all files
that match the content.
largest files and folders
If you enter
bysize:
into the search box then INTERDUBS will list the 300 largest files and folders ordered by their size.
client links
If can copy/paste a client link into the search field then INTERDUBS will locate the corresponding login or reel for you. Usually these links look like
http://www.interdubs.com/r/example/?al=9tfj08
The search is looking for string starting with http and then having somewhere an al= followed by a code. In case where you have to type the URL and can not copy paste you can enter something as short as:
htppal=abcdef
This would look for a login with the al code of abcdef
environment
If you enter
environment:
as the search term then INTERDUBS will display your browser environment - the same information will also go into the INTERDUBS system log.
While being on the phone / in a chat with INTERDUBS support you might get asked to enter this search term, so that INTERDUBS can see what environment you are using.
what is my ip
If you would like to find out what your IP address that you are using on the Internet then you can search in INTERDUBS for:
what is my ip
or in short
my ip
or
myip
This info can be helpful if you like to debug your connection to our data centers or have other Internet related concerns.
Your IP address is a key piece of information that will make helping you much easier.
Text matches
If none of the special searches are being activated then INTERDUBS will match your search terms against the content of the system.
Match
INTERDUBS is performing a text match following these rules
Case insentive
INTERDUBS search is case insensitive. The searches
california
or
CALIFORNIA
or
CaliforniA
will all match
California
Substring match
INTERDUBS will take your search and will try to find it anywhere in the text and meta data fields listed in the end of the page.
So the searches
cali
or
FORN
or
ornia
will all match
California
A space is simply being used a part of the name. The search
test f
would match a file called
Our test file
INTERDUBS search always looks for one string only.
Matched fields
INTERDUBS matches a search against the following fields:
File / Folder title
The displayed name of the file or folder
File name
The actual file name in the system
Note
The 
notes for a file or folder.
Tag
A 
tag added to a file or folder.
Credit
A 
credit of a file.
Login / reel name
The name of the login or reel.
Password
The password of the login or reel.
Internal note
The internal note that has been set for the login or reel.
Configuration
INTERDUBS will search in all configuration settings. If you like to change part of a web design for instance, but you do no know where this gets defined then you can simply enter the string that you would like to change. The admin search function will return all configurations that contain the search string. A link to change the item in the login, look or segment configuration will be provided as well.
Search on Client Pages
You can also add the ability to search within a login via the client interface. See client search for details.
