<li ng-repeat="lister in videos | filter:query | orderBy:orderProp | limitTo:20"
                 class="video_link">
   <p class="background_435F2C">
        <a id="{{lister.id}}" href="#/videos/{{lister.id}}">{{lister.name}}</a>
   </p>
</li>

// inject $filter into controller
.controller('MyCtrl', ['$scope', '$filter', function ($scope,$filter) {
...

var filterFilter = $filter('filter');
var orderByFilter = $filter('orderBy');
var limitToFilter = $filter('limitTo');

var tmp = filterFilter($scope.videos , $scope.query);
tmp = orderByFilter(tmp, $scope.orderProp);
$scope.videosPreFiltered = limitToFilter(tmp, 20);

<li ng-repeat="lister in videosPreFiltered class="video_link">
   <p class="background_435F2C">
        <a id="{{lister.id}}" href="#/videos/{{lister.id}}">{{lister.name}}</a>
   </p>
</li>