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Media

Media — images and other files — is either public or private.

Public media​

Public media has a stable URL. It isn't listed in any public directory, so it won't turn up by browsing, but anyone who has the link can open it. The link stays valid as long as the media exists; removing the media from where it was shared doesn't invalidate a link someone already has.

Private media​

Private media is limited to the people who have access to where it's shared — for example, the members of a space. It's served through access-checked links that expire, rather than from a permanent public URL.

Browsing a space's media​

Every space's files live in Drive, on the space's desktop. Drive opens on the desktop's folders, the groups you can browse, and any loose files; open a folder to go in, and use the path at the top to walk back out. Switch between Grid view and List view to suit what you're looking at.

Images, videos, audio, and files attached to posts or sent in chat are gathered in one folder at the top of Drive called Posts & chat. If you can add files to the folder you're in, an upload button appears there.

You only ever see files you already have access to; Drive never surfaces anything from a part of the space you can't reach.

New videos and audio take a moment to get ready before they play. A post can't go out as an email newsletter until the audio or video in it is ready.

If you run the space, Studio → Reach → Media lists videos and audio with plays, viewers, and completions per file, filterable by kind and by where the file came from — see Media plays.

Descriptions​

Whoever uploaded a file can give it a short description — up to 240 characters — from the file's settings. The description is saved on the file itself, so it stays with the media.

Limits​

A single file can be up to 10MB if it's an image, and up to 4GB for everything else — audio, video, documents, archives, whatever it is. You can upload up to 20 files at a time. Anything over the size line is skipped rather than half-uploaded, and you're told which files were too large and which limit they hit.

Where it lives​

Media is stored on cloud infrastructure operated by DFOS Inc., in the United States.