Add media or empty sections

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Add other recordings, edits, uploads, music, videos, or empty sections to your recording. This media is added into the recording timeline itself. To add media on top of your recording, see steps on adding text overlays, image overlays, and music overlays.

Step by step

Add media to your recording by following the steps below, either by using the transcript or the timeline.

Before you add media, make sure it meets our external file requirements.

• Add media using the transcript

  

  1. Log in to your Riverside account.
  2. Open a recording in the editor or upload an external file to start editing.
  3. Go to the transcript. 
  4. On the transcript, hover between paragraphs and click the + plus icon.
     • Or, at the top or bottom of the transcript, click Add +.
  5. Select a media type: stock images or video, music, text, your media, or an empty section.
     The new media is added to your recording timeline.

• Add media using the timeline

  

  1. Log in to your Riverside account.
  2. Open a recording in the editor or upload an external file to start editing.
  3. On the timeline, make a split, or click between two sections.
  4. Hover your cursor where the two sections meet and click the + plus icon.
     • Or, at the beginning or end of the timeline, click the + plus icon.
  5. Select a media type: stock images or video, music, text, your media, or an empty section.
     The new media is added to your recording timeline. 

Good to know

• There are no limits on the number of media uploads you can add to a recording.
• By clicking Upload from the menu, media you add will be available in the Your media panel. You have to manually add it to your edit.

Learn more

• Upload video or audio file for editing
• Troubleshooting: Cannot upload files in the editor
• Does Riverside transcribe media I add to the editor, Media Board files, or audio from screen shares?
• Add music in the editor