Media
Store, organize, and distribute digital assets with complete rights management, automated processing, and IIIF support. Built for cultural heritage institutions.
Request a demoMore than file storage
Media is a full digital asset management system designed for cultural heritage. Rights tracking, automated derivatives, watermarking, and IIIF serving - all connected to your collection data.
Asset Management
Organize and manage digital assets at scale.
Hierarchical folders
Organize assets in nested folders with inherited metadata and permissions.
Bulk upload
Upload hundreds of files at once with automatic metadata extraction.
Format support
Images, video, audio, documents, and 3D models (glTF, OBJ, STL) - all supported with inline previews.
Version control
Track revisions with complete version history and restore capability.
Duplicate detection
Identify duplicate files before they clutter your library.
Metadata templates
Apply consistent metadata across similar assets.
Rights & Permissions
Track rights status and manage usage permissions.
Rights status tracking
Mark assets as ready, restricted, or blocked with clear visual indicators.
License management
Attach license terms and track permitted uses.
Consent tracking
Manage model releases and consent documentation for images of people.
Expiration alerts
Get notified before rights or licenses expire.
Usage restrictions
Define where and how assets can be used.
Rights inheritance
Apply rights at the folder level with override capability.
Processing & Derivatives
Automated processing for consistent output.
Automatic thumbnails
Generate thumbnails at multiple sizes on upload.
Image derivatives
Create web-optimized, print-ready, and archival versions automatically.
Video transcoding
Convert video to streaming-ready formats with adaptive bitrate for web delivery.
Watermark templates
Apply consistent watermarks with customizable templates.
Processing queue
Monitor processing jobs with status and error tracking.
Custom presets
Define organization-specific processing rules.
AI-Powered Processing
Automated analysis and enrichment for your media library.
Automatic tagging
AI detects objects, scenes, and concepts in images and applies tags automatically.
Visual similarity search
Find visually similar images across your library using CLIP embeddings.
Face search
Identify and search for the same person across your image collection.
OCR text extraction
Extract text from photographs of documents, labels, inscriptions, and signage.
Audio and video transcription
Automatic transcripts and subtitles for oral histories, lectures, and recorded events.
Color extraction
Detect dominant colors for visual filtering and palette-based search.
Guide in Media
Madrona's museum-trained assistant works inside Media - finding assets, interpreting rights, and explaining preservation state. Same Guide that works across the platform.
Conversational asset discovery
Search your library in plain language: "find images of textiles from the 1920s where rights are clear for publication."
Rights interpretation
Ask about the rights status of any asset and get a plain-English explanation with the underlying license terms cited.
Metadata help
Guide suggests metadata, identifies missing fields, and applies templates on request.
Preservation events explained
Plain-language explanations of PREMIS events, format identifications, and fixity check results.
Visual similarity in conversation
Reference an asset and ask Guide to surface related material across your library.
Knows your assets
Searches your actual library before answering - no hallucinated files or invented metadata.
IIIF Support
International Image Interoperability Framework for standards-based image delivery.
IIIF Image API
Serve images via IIIF Image API 3.0 for any IIIF-compatible viewer.
IIIF Presentation API
Generate manifests for multi-image objects and sequences.
Mirador integration
Built-in support for Mirador and other IIIF viewers.
Manifest generation
Automatic manifest creation from collection objects.
Canvas configuration
Control image sequencing, labels, and metadata in manifests.
External IIIF
Import and reference IIIF resources from other institutions.
Sharing & Distribution
Get assets where they need to go.
Lightboxes
Curate collections of assets for internal review or external sharing.
Share links
Generate secure, expiring links for external access.
Download requests
Manage requests for high-resolution downloads with approval workflows.
Embed codes
Generate embed codes for websites and digital displays.
API access
Programmatic access for integration with websites and applications.
Batch download
Package multiple assets for download with selected derivatives.
Contact sheets
Generate PDF proof sheets from any collection of images - grid, list, or detail layouts.
Analytics & Reporting
Understand how your assets are being used.
Usage analytics
Track views, downloads, and embeds across your library.
Popular assets
Identify your most-viewed and most-downloaded content.
User activity
See who is accessing what, and when.
Storage reports
Monitor storage usage by folder, format, and department.
Rights reports
Audit rights status across your library.
Export data
Export analytics data for external reporting.
Digital Preservation
Long-term stewardship of your digital assets aligned with OAIS standards.
PREMIS preservation events
Immutable audit trail of preservation actions - ingest, migration, normalization, replication.
Format registry
PRONOM-aligned format identification for every file in your repository.
Information packages
OAIS SIP/AIP/DIP lifecycle tracking from submission through archival storage to dissemination.
Preservation policies
Define retention, migration, and normalization rules per format or collection.
Replication tracking
Track file copies across storage locations for redundancy and disaster recovery.
Fixity checking
Checksum verification to detect bit rot and ensure long-term integrity.
Built-in intelligence
Guide
Describe, find, and rights-check assets by asking in plain language - Guide answers from your own records. It works inside Media, included with every plan.
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