Media Library

Your whole library, indexed and ready.

Every clip in your storage shows up in one searchable library, with a browser-ready preview built for it automatically. Your team finds and watches any asset without downloading originals or opening an NLE.

The problem

You can't cut with footage you can't find.

As a project grows, media spreads across cards, drives, and folders until no one is sure what is where or which take is current. CloudStudio indexes everything in your storage into one library your team can browse, so finding the right asset takes seconds, not an afternoon.

Automatic indexing

Media shows up the moment it lands.

When footage arrives in your storage, whether through a transfer or dropped onto a mounted share, CloudStudio indexes it automatically and adds it to the library. Your team does not import anything or wait for an overnight crawl.

  • New media is indexed automatically as it lands, not batched overnight
  • Works for transfers and for files dropped on a mounted share
  • Each clip carries an ingest status from uploading to ready
  • The library stays current as your team keeps working
Proxies, made for you

A browser preview for every clip.

CloudStudio builds a browser-friendly proxy for each asset along with a thumbnail and a filmstrip, so anyone can scrub footage in a tab without downloading the original. Camera RAW formats are decoded on a dedicated GPU pipeline and get the same preview.

  • Proxies, thumbnails, and filmstrips generated automatically
  • Scrub a clip in the browser without touching the original
  • Camera RAW including RED R3D, Blackmagic BRAW, and ARRIRAW
  • No exporting or transcoding by hand
Search and organize

Find any asset across the whole project.

Browse a project's media in a grid, follow your folder structure, and search to land on the right clip fast. Every project has its own library, so teams see the media that belongs to the work in front of them.

  • Search the library to get to the right asset
  • Browse by folder, the way your media is already organized
  • A separate library per project keeps work scoped
  • Open any asset to preview it right in the browser
Built for media teams

A library that keeps itself current.

Automatic index

New media appears in the library automatically as it lands.

Automatic proxies

Browser previews, thumbnails, and filmstrips made for you.

Scrub in a tab

Preview footage without downloading the original file.

Camera RAW

R3D, BRAW, and ARRIRAW decoded on a GPU pipeline.

Search the library

Land on the right clip across the whole project.

Per-project libraries

Each project sees only its own media.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

What is media asset management in CloudStudio?

It is the library layer that sits on top of your storage. CloudStudio indexes the media in your pools, builds a browser-ready preview for each clip, and makes the whole catalog searchable, so your team can find and watch any asset without opening an NLE.

Do I have to generate proxies myself?

No. When media lands in storage, CloudStudio generates a browser-friendly proxy along with a thumbnail and a filmstrip automatically. There is nothing to export or transcode by hand.

Does the library handle camera RAW formats?

Yes. Camera RAW formats including RED R3D, Blackmagic BRAW, and ARRIRAW are decoded on a dedicated GPU pipeline, so they get the same browser preview as everything else.

How quickly do new files show up in the library?

Media that lands in your storage is indexed automatically, whether it arrived through a transfer or was dropped onto a mounted share, so the library stays current as your team works.

How is the library different from storage and review?

Storage holds the files. The media library indexes those files, previews them, and makes them searchable. Review takes an asset from that library and shares it with clients. They are three layers of one platform, not separate tools.

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