These feature guides demonstrate key Pixeltable capabilities through practical examples and detailed explanations. Each guide is available as an interactive Jupyter notebook.

These tutorials are available as interactive Jupyter notebooks on our Github repository.

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Essential Features

Working with External Files

Learn how Pixeltable efficiently manages external media files (videos, images, audio) through references and automatic local caching of remote files from S3 and other sources

User-Defined Functions

Master Pixeltable’s UDF capabilities to extend functionality with custom Python logic in expressions and computed columns

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Advanced Features

Embedding Indexes

Explore Pixeltable’s declarative indexing system for similarity search across any data type, with automatic index maintenance and efficient lookups

Time Zone Handling

Understand how Pixeltable ensures consistent timestamp handling across time zones through UTC storage and precise arithmetic

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Key Capabilities

Declarative Design

Define what you want, not how to do it - Pixeltable handles the implementation details

Automatic Caching

Smart local caching of remote files for optimal performance

UTC Consistency

Reliable timestamp handling across datasets and deployments

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Implementation Patterns

Custom UDFs

Extend Pixeltable with Python functions for any workflow

Vector Search

Build semantic search with automatic index maintenance

Remote Storage

Seamlessly work with files in S3 and other cloud storage

These guides assume basic familiarity with Pixeltable. New to Pixeltable? Start with our Getting Started Guide or join our Discord community for help.

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