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Edit Media
This article describes how to access the Edit Media page, edit, and manage your media.
Media page New
Introducing Kaltura's new media page in MediaSpace 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 cent...
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
The actions menu is a dropdown list of options that you can choose from in order to quickly access the actions you need.  Access the actions menu If your Video Portal has the basic design, click Actions  on the entry page. I...
Delete an Entry
This article describes how to delete an entry.
Publish media
By default, the media that you upload is private. If you want other users to view it, you need to publish it in a channel or gallery on your Video Portal. Here's how: Publish your media only when file conversion is complete, and the...
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.
Media owner & 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 titl...
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
This article describes how to add attachments to media in Kaltura Mediaspace and KAF applications. You can attach files to your media. Media viewers may download the file before, during, or after viewing the media.  To add an attachment to a ...
Add media to a playlist
Add to a playlist from My Media Open My Media from the user menu . On the My Media page, check the box(es) to the left of the media you would like to add to the playlist.  From the ACTIONS menu, select Add to playlist. Cho...
Media Stitching
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.&nbs...
Manage Chapters and Slides
This article describes how to manage chapters and slides in Kaltura MediaSpace and KAF applications. Chapters are like bookmarks in the video and can be used to navigate through the video. You can use chapters to mark the beginning of a new topic...
Replace Media
This article describes how to replace media entries. You can replace media, and retain the entry’s metadata, URL and analytics. The time-based metadata on the entry is kept in place, however it will likely be out of sync with the new media....
Document entry New
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, pptx, xls, xlsx, csv, and ...
Custom Media Display
Login to your KMS or KAF applications. Navigate to My Media .  Select an entry you own or can edit and click the Edit icon or select Edit from the Actions drop-down menu. The Edit Entry page displays. Click on the Display tab. ...
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 Kalt...
Media Localization New
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.  Admin setup Enable the Multi-Language Instance setting under the Application module ...
Enable Clipping on a Media Item
Media owners can enable clipping on a media entry for any user with privateRole or higher to create clips from their video. What is clipping? Clipping creates a new entry from an existing one and lets you control the start and end time for the ...
Disable Comments and Close Discussion
It's easy to disable comments and close a discussion. Here's how: On the My Media page, click the pencil icon. When the Edit Media Page opens, click the Options  tab. Check "Disable comments for this media".&nb...
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
The Presenters tab allows the owner of the media to add users to show as presenters. Here's how! Click the thumbnail of the media you want to add presenters to. The Media entry page displays. Click the three dots to open the Actions ...
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
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 Kaltura A...
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