Media
Media extends both files and images to provide more centralized management of digital assets and perform greater integrations across assets managed by Drupal and assets managed outside of Drupal. This centralized management offers a different experience for managing assets and structured content. Out of the box, media works well with files and images but has tools such as oEmbed to work with remote, third-party assets such as YouTube, Instagram, and more.
The media framework provided by Drupal allowed the community to produce a vast ecosystem of media-related modules found on drupal.org. Media has been extended for Google Docs, Spotify, social networks, and much more. The framework allows media sources for custom systems, which, in turn, allows Drupal to integrate media throughout an enterprise.
Media types provide a structured, fieldable entity type for digital assets and metadata. A media reference field offers integration with other entities that can associate specific...
