Cottontail DB is a column store aimed at multimedia retrieval. It allows for classical boolean as well as vector-space retrieval (nearest neighbour search) used in similarity search using a unified data and query model.
Cineast is a multi-feature content-based mulitmedia retrieval engine. It is capable of retrieving images, audio- and video sequences as well as 3d models based on edge or color sketches, textual descriptions and example objects.