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Uploading media & backgrounds

Upload images, video, audio, PDFs and web pages to your media library, the Company Library or the background library.

Not on Release 5 yet? Click the media icon in the context panel of the story editor and use Upload media.

You can upload files in the media library, or straight from the Composer while you build a story.

Which files you can upload

  • Images: .png, .jpg and .gif

  • Video: .mp4, .mov and .webm

  • Audio: .mp3 and .ogg

  • PDF and PowerPoint files

  • Web pages, by adding their address

The upload window shows the maximum file size for your organisation. Other files are refused with the message "File … cannot be uploaded." For videos, see Converting unsupported videos.

Upload in the media library

  1. Click Media in the main menu.

  2. Open My Media and click New Media.

  3. Drag your files into the window, or click Select files.

Upload from the Composer

  1. Click Media in the top bar of the Composer.

  2. Open My media and click Upload Media.

  3. Drag files into the window, or click Upload files from computer. Several files upload at the same time.

  4. To add a web page, type or paste its address under Add URL and click Add.

See Adding media to your story for how to place your files in a scene.

What to upload

Compose converts video to the best format for TSS Play automatically. For what to export and what to avoid, see Asset creation guidelines.

Upload to the Company Library

Files in the Company Library are available to everyone in your organisation. See Adding media to the Company Library.

Upload to the background library

Super Users and Administrators can add images and videos to the background library, so everyone can use them as backgrounds and transitions.

  1. Go to Backgrounds in the main menu. This page shows all backgrounds and transitions.

  2. Click New Background.

  3. Choose your file.

To rename a background, click it to open Edit Background, change the Name and click Save.

You can also use images and videos from My Media and the Company Library as backgrounds. See Adding and editing backgrounds.

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