01 Video Media Library
Your Media Library. Your Branding.
Create a professional video media library for your customers or community. All videos in one place, clearly organized.
02 Use cases
A media library for every purpose
Corporate media library
Internal videos for employees: training, onboarding, product videos, corporate communications.
- GDPR-compliant for sensitive content
- Access control
- Team management
Creator portfolio
Show your work professionally. Showreel, projects, references – all in one place.
- Without YouTube branding
- 4K quality
- Custom design
Course library
All your courses in one place. Participants find their purchased content immediately.
- Categories & modules
- Password protection
- Search function
Community archive
All community videos, interviews, Q&As – searchable and organized.
- Growing archive
- Evergreen content
- Membership value
03 Setup
How a media library comes about
The order in which a pile of files turns into a library where people find something again.
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Create a workspace
Sign up for free, no credit card. The free plan is enough to try things out.
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Upload your catalogue
Upload videos in any format. Transcoding to HLS runs automatically — old material becomes as playable as fresh material.
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Create folders for your own work
Folders are the filing system inside the workspace: hierarchical, for you and your team, invisible to viewers.
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Set categories and tags for viewers
Categories are the navigation of the library, tags help the search. One video may sit in several categories; series and collections can be filed the same way.
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Set visibility and publish
Per video public, unlisted or private. Then open the library on your own domain or show individual videos through an embed on an existing page.
04 Features
Everything for your media library
Organize videos in categories and folders.
Find videos quickly by title or tags.
Custom logo and colors for your media library.
Password protection for private content.
05 Recommended product
Video Portal for Media Libraries
For professional media libraries we recommend the Video Portal – with categories, search function, member area and custom branding. Ideal for corporate media libraries, course libraries and community archives.
- Categories & search
- Login area
- Custom branding
06 Questions
Questions about the media library
What is the difference between folders and categories?
Folders are your filing system inside the workspace — hierarchical, for you and your team. Categories are what viewers see in the library and navigate by. A video sits in exactly one folder but can appear in several categories.
How do viewers find a particular video again?
Through the categories, through search by title and tags, and through collections in which you bundle what belongs together. For series the order of seasons and episodes leads the way as well.
Does the library have to be public?
No. It can be open, sit entirely behind a login, or be mixed: visibility is set per video, and for series as members only on top. An internal library is the same library with a different setting.
Does this grow with our catalogue?
Storage and traffic depend on the plan and can be changed without moving content. How much is included where is in the pricing overview.
See pricingCan several people maintain the library?
Yes, depending on the plan with several accounts, separate roles and a log of who changed what. A library run by one person does not need that, an archive inside a company does.
07 Where it stops
What a media library here is not for
Four expectations a video library does not meet.
- File storage Documents, slide decks and images cannot be managed. The library takes video and audio; everything else stays on your drive.
- Long-term archive This is a delivery system, not an archive in the strict sense: streaming versions are produced from the source material. If an original is meant to count as a backup, it belongs in your own backup as well.
- Editorial review There are no drafts with comments, no sign-off by a third party and no task assignment. A video is visible or it is not.
- Automatic tagging Titles, descriptions, tags and categories are yours to set. There is no recognition that sorts a grown catalogue on its own.
08 Read on
Where to go from here
- For businesses An internal library with a DPA, roles and access for employees only.
- See the video portal The product behind the library — categories, search, login, custom domain.
- Build a membership When the catalogue should not sit open but carry a membership instead.
- See pricing Storage, traffic and team sizes per plan at a glance.
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Start your media library
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