Searchable Databases Packages/Tools

[OmBuddha]

I was wondering if there were any tools or packages I could use to help construct a database of Video/Audio/Text. or any good guides to getting started on a project like that.

I want users to be able to search for and rate the files. how hard will this be?

Can you point me in the right direction?

[paulkoan]

Do you actually want to be able to store the videos etc in the the database?

This isn't generally a good idea, large files are best stored as files.

That then leaves the rating aspect. There are a number of approaches for this, but a little more information about how you see this working would be good.

You could build the site in drupal (http://drupal.org) and use the voting extension to track feedback.