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Explore Kaltura's updated media page, designed to make your videos the main focus. With a clean, intuitive layout, it’s now easier than ever to find and enjoy your content, all while offering a smoother, more enjoyable experience.
If your media page doesn't look like the one below, you may need to enable our Theming module. Visit our article Getting started with the Theming module to get your page looking just right.
Let's check out some of its features:
Key features
- Like - Users can rate the video by clicking the "like" button.
- Share - Clicking on Share will open a pop-up window with options to link to media page, embed or share via social media. See our article Share and Embed Media for more information.
- Comments - Users can comments on the video at the bottom of the screen.
The comments feature isn't currently available, but will be very soon.
- Three-dots menu - Click the three dots to open the menu. For more information, see Three dots menu below.
- Viewing context with option to subscribe - This shows where the entry is being viewed from. Note, the context will only be indicated if you came to the media through a channel. It will always display if this media was published to the one channel only. You can click Subscribe to subscribe to that channel if the channel manager has provided that option. See our article Channel subscriptions for more information.
- Information about the entry - All the information and metadata about the entry.
- Speakers - Media owners can easily add speakers to media entries from the edit media page. For more information, check out our article Add speakers to media.
- Attachments - Hover over the attachment and a tooltip will show the title of the media, file name, description and file size.
Three-dots menu
Click the three dots under the player to open the menu. The menu gives you the following options:
- Publish status - You can select in which channel / gallery the entry will be published. Once you publish the media in a channel or category, the name will appear on the media page. To learn more about publishing media, read our article Publish media - Theming.
- Download - Click to download a certain flavor of the media to your desktop. See Download media for more information.
- Add to Playlist - Click to add the entry to another playlist. Read Add to a playlist for more information.
- Edit - Click to edit your entry. See our article Edit media for more information.
- Add to Watch List - Click to add the entry to your personal watch list. Text will change from “Add to watch list” to “Remove from watch list” according to your status.
- Analytics - Click to access the VOD analytics dashboard and get an overview of the media entry. See our article VOD analytics for more information.
- REACH Captions & Enrich - Select to order captions and enrichment services. See our article Order captions and enrichment services for media for more information.
- Launch Editor - Click to launch the Kaltura Video Editor. See Overview of Kaltura's video editing tools for more information.
- Delete - Click to delete the entry and move it to the Recycle Bin. Check out our article Restore deleted items from the Recycle Bin for more information.
Your three-dots menu may look slightly different depending on what has been enabled in your account. If there is something missing, please contact your account administrator to have it enabled.
