Search FAQs

Filmot limits how far you can page through search results for performance reasons. There is no control for jumping directly to a specified page.

Use filters such as channel or upload-date range to narrow a large search. Exports are subject to per-file limits: up to 60 subtitle-search rows or 100 metadata-search rows without patron benefits, and up to 10,000 rows with patron benefits, reduced to 2,500 when full subtitles are included.

The results on a numbered page can change as Filmot's index is updated.

Run a subtitle or metadata search and click Export. Choose CSV, Compact CSV, JSONL or ZIP, then select the columns you want, such as video ID, title, channel ID, channel name, upload date or view count. Stored descriptions are included only with patron benefits, and full subtitles can be selected where available.

To list a channel's known videos without matching title words, select the channel in metadata search, leave the title query empty and export the results. To export only videos whose captions contain particular words, use subtitle search with the channel selected.

Exports contain IDs rather than ready-made links:

• For a video URL, append its video ID to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=.
• For a channel URL, append its channel ID to https://www.youtube.com/channel/.

To produce a channel list, select the channel ID and name columns and deselect other columns if you do not need them. An export has one row per matching video, so the same channel can appear repeatedly; remove duplicate channel IDs in a spreadsheet if you need unique links.

Row limits apply to each export:

• Without patron benefits: up to 60 rows from subtitle search or 100 rows from metadata search.
• With patron benefits: up to 10,000 rows, or 2,500 when full subtitles are included.

Subtitle search also offers a Subtitle Timestamps Export option. Use Export embed urls to create links to matching moments on YouTube.

The search total is an estimate and may not equal the exact number of rows available for export. Exports also have row limits.

Without patron benefits, an export can contain up to 60 rows from subtitle search or 100 from metadata search. With patron benefits, the maximum is 10,000 rows, reduced to 2,500 when full subtitles are included.

Check Max Records in the export dialog to see the selected limit.

• With patron benefits: export up to 10,000 rows, or 2,500 when full subtitles, captions or transcripts are included. Stored video descriptions are included.
• Without patron benefits: export up to 60 rows from subtitle search or 100 rows from metadata search, without descriptions.

Abusing the access provided with a Patreon linked account would cause the standard export limits apply even while your Patreon membership is active. Larger options in the subtitle export dialog may then be marked only available to Patrons. Also check that you signed in with the correct Patreon account and that the Patreon Tier line on Settings shows your tier.