Media

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This document explains what 'media' represents in the application.

A media item is used as a generic abstraction for files stored in a project.

Any data that is imported via the media bin, or represented in the media bin, is inherently a Media item. This includes timelines, external projects (future) and anything else that needs to be imported and stored.

Reference

Any media item should inherit from a base class.

Example media item implementation:

abstract class MediaItem {
    itemID: string;
    /**
     * The name of this media item.
     */
    name: string;
    creation: string;
    getMetadata: <Data = any>(plugin?: string) => Data | null;
    addMetadata: (plugin?: string) => boolean;
}

Warning

This does not represent the final API

Storage

Media items are stored in IndexedDB using the following information as a base:

• ID: UUID
• Creation: ISO-DateTime
• Name: string
• metadata: A Map of data that plugins can add to a Media item.