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Edit media
This article describes how to access the Edit Media page, edit, and manage your media.
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This guide covers how to edit and manage your media, offering options like metadata management, publishing settings, thumbnail customization, and more, so you can ensure your content is exactly how you want it.
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Introducing our new media page in the Video Portal – where videos shine center stage and simplicity meets sophistication!
Media metadata
This article describes how to edit metadata in My Media.
Schedule media
Scheduling media in Kaltura's video portal allows you to control when your content becomes viewable to your audience.
Actions menu
The Actions menu is a drop-down menu of options that you can choose from in order to quickly access the actions you need.
Delete media
This article describes how to delete an entry.
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Deleting content from your site is an essential task for maintaining an organized and clutter-free environment.
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.
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By default, any media you upload is private (unless your administrator has configured it differently). To share it with others, you'll need to publish it in a channel or gallery on your video portal.
Comment on media
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.
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Media owners can transfer ownership to someone else.
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Media owners can add collaborators such as co-editors, co-publishers, co-viewers, and Webcasting moderators to their media.
Media likes, plays, and comments
About On the 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 title. ...
Set the media thumbnail
Kaltura automatically generates a default thumbnail for each video, capturing a frame at the three-second mark.
Download media
Media can be downloaded via the media page in the video portal and KAF applications.
Add attachments to media
Discover how to enhance your media content by adding attachments in both Kaltura Video Portal and KAF applications.
Media stitching New
Would you like to combine multiple videos and images into one video?
Create chapters and add slides Updated
Chapters and slides enhance the viewer's experience by providing structured navigation and additional visual elements within videos.
Replace media
You can replace video entries while keeping the entry’s metadata, URL, and analytics intact.
Customize media display
This guide will help you customize the design of your media page in your video portal.
Edit a document entry New
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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
Kaltura makes it easy to share and embed videos into websites or other platforms using an HTML iFrame code.
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Kaltura makes it easy to share and embed videos into websites or other platforms using an HTML iFrame code.
Media localization
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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
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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 sev...
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 the Edi...
Recycle bin
With Kaltura's recycle bin, you no longer have to worry about accidentally deleting an entry or changing your mind afterwards because the recycle bin allows you to delete entries with an option to restore them later.
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Kaltura's recycle bin allows you to delete entries with an option to restore them later.
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 needing to ask your administrator.
Permanently delete items from recycle bin
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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.
The recycle bin retention period (number...
Add presenters / speakers to media
Adding presenters / speakers to your media lets you highlight speakers and make their names clickable links for viewers.
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 Distribution module mus...
Related media New
The Related Media feature in Kaltura allows you to effortlessly discover and explore content that complements the main media item you're currently viewing.
Create a registration form for media entries
This guide walks you through setting up a registration form in your Video Portal.
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...
