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2. Media

User defined media (images or video), is defined in the entity "Media Files".

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A media file is composed of 4 attributes.

The name
Just the name shown in the dropdown, when selecting a component type for a page component.

The type
Is it an image or a video.

The content
An image or a video, based on the type selected.

An alt-text
The alt-text added to the HTML, that will be shown if the media fails to load, and will be used by screen readers.

A media file also has 2 system attributes.

The public path
A path to where this file is publicly available.

The alt public path
Only used for videos. A path where a thumbnail for this video is publicly available.

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Every time a media file is saved, the file is written to disk, and the public path is updated.
If the media is a video, then the video is also re-encoded into the defined resolutions and bitrates. This takes a while and therefore the site will be loading for a little while. A thumbnail is also generated, and that path is saved in the field "Alt Path".

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