# Summary

Provides a unified and extensible way to upload, browse, and manage media on a Drupal site.

# Project URL

https://www.drupal.org/project/media

# Where is the code?

https://github.com/drupal-media/media

# Estimated completion date

Unknown

# Dependencies

File Entity
Entity Browser
Entity Embed

# Who's doing the port?

The Drupal Media Team (https://github.com/drupal-media)

# What help do they need?

(Are there specific types of resources (e.g. skillsets, $, sprints) that would be helpful to expedite porting?)

# D8 roadmap

The Media module will be a vastly different module for Drupal 8. Many of the responsibilities and code that was contained in Media is being split into separate components. For example, the Media Browser functionality is being developed into the Entity Browser module and embedding media in WYSIWYG is being developed into the Entity Embed module. For D8, the Media module will basically be what was considered a "Feature module" in D7: prepackaged configuration, and maybe some code and styling to wrap everything in a nice UI. It will assume that media matches up with a corresponding file entity in Drupal.

Check File entity browser module to see what is possible today. It uses Entity browser and DropzoneJS integration to provide nice multi-upload experience and re-usage of files.

For a full roadmap and status update of the Media ecosystem, see http://drupal-media.github.io/d8-status-update/#/.

See http://janezurevc.name/when-will-media-be-ready-drupal-8#list-modules for a detailed run-down of the various Media sub-components as of November 9, 2015.

# Background and reference information

(Links to any other helpful information, documentation, etc.)

Comments

Dave Reid created an issue. See original summary.

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Dave Reid CreditAttribution: Dave Reid at Lullabot commented
Priority: Minor » Major
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mgifford CreditAttribution: mgifford at OpenConcept Consulting Inc. commented
Parent issue: #2573659: [project_short_name] Project Human-Readable Name (Issue Template) »
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webchick CreditAttribution: webchick at Acquia commented
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Adding a pointer to the excellent blog post at http://janezurevc.name/when-will-media-be-ready-drupal-8 by @slashrsm.

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gokulnk CreditAttribution: gokulnk at Azri Solutions commented

I think we should also add a reference to Media Pink Eye.

Media Pinkeye is one of "full-featured" media solutions for Drupal8. It's goal is to provide basic media features and experience (WordPress parity).

Also on https://contribkanban.com/board/contrib_tracker it lists the module under "No Port Active", while this empirically right I think it can be misleading. Please let me know what you think on this.

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sime CreditAttribution: sime commented

Looking for some context... The media and media_entity projects are both owned by the "Drupal Media Team" user. Does it follow that they are being developed under the same D8 roadmap? The two modules appear to have completely different teams of contributors.

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sime CreditAttribution: sime commented

OK, watched the slideshow (without sound) and I take it they are mutually exclusive functionality part of the same big picture roadmap.

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slashrsm CreditAttribution: slashrsm as a volunteer commented
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Adding link to File browser module: https://drupal.org/project/file_browser

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freelylw CreditAttribution: freelylw commented

I am going to start a D7 site now, so,what should I used for the video upload now?? It seems there are lots of new selection for D8, should I still use the "media"+ media_vimeo and medis_youtube now ? or should I use another one ?? Please suggest !!! its really difficult to understand what's the best for now and for the upgrade to D8 in the next.

Thank you !!!

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dercheffe CreditAttribution: dercheffe commented

Hi @all,

will there be an upgrade path from D7 to D8 for already existing content?

thx, phil

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willyk CreditAttribution: willyk commented

@freelylw I work with the media team and can help you with this question. If you open an issue on the media project page here: https://www.drupal.org/project/media (specifying D7), then we can have a discussion there and I can help you to work through a solution to your question. Your strategy for a D7 site will be somewhat different than for a D8 site.

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Obviously development has started. Changing issue summary.

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slashrsm CreditAttribution: slashrsm as a volunteer and at MD Systems commented

As part of 2016 Google summer of code @royal121 worked on D8 port of media. Initial code in available on https://github.com/drupal-media/media.

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webchick CreditAttribution: webchick at Acquia commented
Status: Active » Needs work

Oh, great! Marking Needs Work.

Any way to sync that over to Drupal.org as it's being developed so that the project page doesn't look so sad? :)

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slashrsm CreditAttribution: slashrsm as a volunteer and at MD Systems commented

That is the plan. Would be great to hear what @Dave Reid thinks about that.

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Dave Reid CreditAttribution: Dave Reid at Lullabot commented

The GSOC student emailed me to ask permission and I replied that I'd love to find out more, and that if he had a summary blog post or high-level of what's the end-result, that I could really use that. I'm still waiting on that information, so if someone here can provide it, even better.

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slashrsm CreditAttribution: slashrsm as a volunteer and at MD Systems commented

He provided PR for D8 media guide: https://github.com/drupal-media/d8-guide/pull/38/files I think that it should give you the general overview of what has been done.

That PR also needs a review so any help with that would be great too. It has been on my todo list for a while since I just returned from vacation.