2. The computer-implemented method set forth in claim 1 , further comprising generating, by the media application, the transcripts, each transcript indicating the priority of a respective component for the at least one time interval.
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: identifying, by a media application executed on a computing device, a presentation characteristic for a plurality of components overlapping during at least one time interval of a composite media presentation, the composite media presentation presented by the media application in a user interface of the media application, the presentation characteristic including an audio gain value based on presenting the composite media presentation in the user interface; determining, by the media application, a priority of each of the plurality of components during at least one time interval based on a magnitude of at least the audio gain value included in the presentation characteristic; storing, by the media application, the priority of each of the plurality of components in metadata associated with the media presentation for the at least one time interval; associating, by the media application based on the metadata, the priority of each of the plurality of components with a transcript of the each of the plurality of components; and in response to receiving a query indicating a priority of interest, performing, by the media application, steps comprising: searching transcripts of the plurality of components based on word matching and priority matching between the query and the transcripts, the word matching comprising identifying matches between the query and words included in the transcripts, the query matching comprising identifying matches between the priority of interest indicated in the query and priorities included in the metadata of the plurality of components; selecting a transcript from the transcripts based on the searching, the transcript associated with a priority of a component of the plurality of components, the transcript selected based on (i) a match between the query and words included in the transcript and (ii) a match between the priority of interest indicated in the query and the priority of the component; and providing, based on the searching, a search result indicating the component of the media presentation.