Manage media
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Edit media
This article describes how to access the Edit Media page, edit, and manage your media.
Media page New
About Introducing our new media page in the Video Portal – where videos shine center stage and simplicity meets sophistication! With a sleek and intuitive design, our revamped media page puts your favorite videos front and center, ensu...
Media metadata
This article describes how to edit metadata in My Media.
Schedule media
This feature must be enabled by your Administrator through the Scheduling module in the KMS admin console. Would you like to publish your media according to a specific time frame? It's easy! Here's how: Access the Edit Media page ....
Actions menu
About The Actions menu is a drop-down menu of options that you can choose from in order to quickly access the actions you need. Access the menu Navigate to the desired entry (for example, in your playlist page , channel ...
Delete an entry
This article describes how to delete an entry.
Publish media
By default, any media you upload is private. To share it with others, you'll need to publish it in a channel or gallery on your Video Portal.
Media comments
This article describes how to comment to media in Kaltura Mediaspace and KAF applications.
You can comment on media, view comments by other users, reply to existing comments, and delete comments and replies.
Change media ownership & add collaborators
This article describes how to change media owners and add collaborators to media.
Media likes, plays, and comments
About On the Media Entry page, the user may like or unlike the media, see how many likes and/or comments have been left by viewers, and see how many playbacks the media has had. This functionality is available just to the right of the media ti...
Set the media thumbnail
A default thumbnail is automatically created for each video. The default thumbnail offset is three seconds, which means that Kaltura creates a thumbnail from the frame on the third second of each video. If you would like to change this offset, please contact your Customer Success Manager.
You also have the option of setting and managing thumbnails for your content. This article describes how.
Download media
This article describes how Media Owners may enable the downloading of a media entry, and how Viewers may download a media entry.
Add attachments to media
About
Discover how to enhance your media content by adding attachments in both Kaltura Video Portal and KAF applications. Attach files to your media effortlessly, allowing viewers to download them before, during, or after w...
Add media to a playlist
About Playlists serve as an effective tool for organizing and presenting media content. In your video portal, you can conveniently add media to playlists, thereby improving the accessibility and engagement of your content. Via 'My Media&#...
Media stitching New
About Do you have some videos you'd like to combine? It's very easy with Kaltura's new Media Stitching feature. Media Stitching allows you to stitch or splice together multiple videos and images to create a new, original video.&n...
Chapters and slides Updated
About Chapters and slides enhance the viewer's experience by providing structured navigation and additional visual elements within videos. Chapters act as bookmarks, allowing users to easily navigate to specific sections or top...
Replace an entry via the Video Portal
About
You can replace video entries while keeping the entry’s metadata, URL, and analytics intact. However, time-based metadata may need manual adjustment if it becomes out of sync with the new media. If the video is publis...
Custom media display
About This guide will help you customize the design of your media entry page in Kaltura KMS or KAF applications. Follow these steps to personalize the appearance and functionality of your media pages. Customize
Login to your KMS or KAF a...
Edit a document entry New
About
A document entry can serve various purposes, such as providing event details, instructions, or supplementary materials to enrich the hosted media. You can upload and view documents in formats like pdf, doc, docx, ppt, p...
Share and embed media Updated
About Kaltura offers flexible ways to share and embed your videos, ensuring your content reaches the right audience. Embedding is the ability to take a Kaltura video, and place it into some other web page by means of HTML iframe code. A Ka...
Media localization
About
Media owners can add metadata (such as Name, Description, and Tags) in different languages for their media via the Languages tab of the Media Edit page.
Prerequisites
Enable the Multi-Language Instance setting under t...
Enable clipping on a media item
About Clipping creates a new entry from an existing one and lets you control the start and end time for the new entry. This is very useful if, for example, you want to shorten an intro to a long lecture or clip the lecture into several short...
Disable comments and close discussion
About You can easily disable comments and close a discussion on your media. Follow these steps to manage your media's interaction settings. Access the Edit Media page
On the My Media page, click the pencil icon. When t...
Recycle bin New
About Great news! We have a recycle bin! You no longer have to worry about accidentally deleting an entry or changing your mind afterwards because the recycle bin feature allows you to delete entries with an option to restore them later. Not onl...
Restore deleted items from the recycle bin
Did you delete something and now you want it back? Accidents happen, but don't worry, you can easily restore deleted items without even bothering your administrator! The following instructions require the Recyclebin module to be enabled.&...
Permanently delete items from the recycle bin
The following instructions require the recyclebin module to be enabled. Although the items in the recycle bin are automatically deleted after a specified number of days, an item can also be permanently deleted manually by the media owner....
Add presenters to media page New
About The Presenters tab is a feature in Kaltura's Video Portal that allows you to easily manage and showcase specific presenters for your media content. When you add presenters using this tab, their names become clickable links for anyo...
Enable media download
The downloadmedia module must be enabled in the Video Portal admin page. You must be the media owner to enable this feature. Navigate to the entry you want to enable and click on it. In the entry page, click the 3 dots menu and...
Content distribution New
Ready to amplify your content reach? Effortlessly distribute it using Kaltura's Distribution service, directly from your video portal. Get ready Access the Edit Media Page. Click on the Distribution tab. The Distr...
Related media New
About The Related Media feature in Kaltura allows you to effortlessly discover and explore content that complements the main media item you're currently viewing. Whether you're using Kaltura's Video Portal (MediaSpace) or Ka...
View and manage a document entry New
About Document entries in Kaltura offer a range of features and tools tailored to the type of document uploaded. From PowerPoint presentations to PDF files, each document type comes with its own set of functionalities designed to enhance use...
