In Acquia Source, the term Media refers to digital assets that enhance your content. It includes:

• Images and photographs
• Documents and PDFs
• Videos, including remote embeds
• Audio files
• Other downloadable files

The following are the methods to add media Acquia Source:

• Add media directly to a media component in Drupal Canvas.

  This method is useful for one-off display of media for an image.

• Attach a media file directly to another entity such as Content.

  This method is useful when you want to show the media only as an attachment to the entity, and also want to show it across multiple channels such as through API, in lists, and through direct embed.

• Add media as an independent, re-usable entity with its own fields, metadata, access control, and so on.

  This method is useful when the media is referenced in multiple places and may need to be displayed in a variety of ways such as thumbnail, embeddable video, and player.

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