MediaCMS

MediaCMS is a self-hosted, open source media publishing platform focused on video. It provides a YouTube-like workflow for uploading, organizing, moderating, and delivering videos with an embeddable player and optional transcoding pipeline.

Key Features

• Video uploads with web-based management UI for media items, channels, categories, and tags
• Transcoding/encoding pipeline (commonly via FFmpeg) to generate web-friendly renditions
• Embeddable video player for external websites and sharing
• Playlists and channel-style organization for collections and publishers
• Full-text search and browsing by categories/tags
• User accounts with roles/permissions and admin moderation workflows
• API support for integrations (where enabled/configured)

Use Cases

• Internal company video portal for training, onboarding, and announcements
• Education or community sites hosting lecture series, talks, or recorded events
• Organizations replacing public video hosts for controlled branding and distribution

Limitations and Considerations

• Feature set and scalability depend heavily on deployment choices (storage, CDN/reverse proxy, transcoding workers); large libraries typically require careful tuning.

MediaCMS is a practical choice when you need a centrally managed video library with a web UI and an embeddable player, while keeping control of storage and delivery. It targets teams and organizations that want a general-purpose video publishing platform rather than a lightweight file listing site.