Migrate your media library

Move your media library with a clear plan for what depends on it.

Map the assets, metadata and delivery references your teams rely on. Validate a representative set in FileSpin, then plan the wider move around the websites, applications and people that use your media.

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Illustration: Move your media library with a clear plan for what depends on it.

The work behind the outcome

Moving the files is just one part of moving the workflow.

Whether you are replacing a DAM or media service, consolidating libraries or changing how your applications prepare and deliver assets, your library may contain product identifiers, content categories, related versions and URLs already used in live systems. A useful migration plan makes those dependencies visible before the main move, so teams can see what changes and what must keep working.

Define the scope

Identify source assets, metadata and the systems that use them.

Define the scope

Identify source assets, metadata and the systems that use them.

Validate the metadata mapping

Check a representative set of files and fields in the new workflow.

Validate the metadata mapping

Check a representative set of files and fields in the new workflow.

Plan the switch

Agree how applications and teams will begin using the new library.

Plan the switch

Agree how applications and teams will begin using the new library.

01 / Scope the move

Start with an inventory of what the library supports.

Bring the source platform, storage locations, file types and approximate volumes to the discussion. Identify which fields connect media to products, pages or other records, and where your current delivery URLs are used. Flag the files and relationships that should stay behind.

Illustration: Start with an inventory of what the library supports.
Illustration: Check the difficult assets before moving the ordinary ones.

02 / Validate a sample

Check the hardest assets before you move the ordinary ones.

Use a representative set to test import, metadata mapping, search, image outputs and video playback. Include unusual formats, larger files and important asset relationships, and agree the acceptance checks before you scale up.

03 / Plan the rollout

Make the cutover a decision the team can assess.

Agree the order in which assets and consuming systems move, who validates each stage and when an old service can be retired. We’ll shape the plan around source access, delivery references and the systems involved, staged where that helps.

Illustration: Make the cutover a decision the team can assess.

Relevant customer experience

XXL moved 150,000 assets and kept its site live.

XXL’s initial FileSpin migration moved 150,000 assets while the retail site remained live. FileSpin now handles its product-media intake and on-demand image outputs.

150,000

assets

The scope of XXL’s initial migration.

A live retail site

Shoppers kept using the site during the move.

Before you begin

Questions about media migration

Can we migrate from any DAM?

We can scope it with you. The route depends on the source platform’s export or API access, the media types and the metadata available, so share your current setup and we’ll plan a practical migration.

Can we migrate from any DAM?

We can scope it with you. The route depends on the source platform’s export or API access, the media types and the metadata available, so share your current setup and we’ll plan a practical migration.

Will our existing asset URLs keep working after the move?

We’ll plan for it. Identify the live references before the move, and we’ll agree with you whether each one stays, is remapped or needs an application change.

Will our existing asset URLs keep working after the move?

We’ll plan for it. Identify the live references before the move, and we’ll agree with you whether each one stays, is remapped or needs an application change.

Will all metadata and versions transfer automatically?

We map the fields, relationships and versions you need, then validate them on a representative set. What can carry over depends on the source export and the target data model.

Will all metadata and versions transfer automatically?

We map the fields, relationships and versions you need, then validate them on a representative set. What can carry over depends on the source export and the target data model.

How long does a migration take?

It depends on asset volume, source access, file sizes, metadata mapping, validation and application changes. We’ll estimate it with you once we’ve seen a representative sample.

How long does a migration take?

It depends on asset volume, source access, file sizes, metadata mapping, validation and application changes. We’ll estimate it with you once we’ve seen a representative sample.

Can we evaluate FileSpin before agreeing the whole move?

Yes. Test the target workflow on representative media first, then scope the wider migration with our team.

Can we evaluate FileSpin before agreeing the whole move?

Yes. Test the target workflow on representative media first, then scope the wider migration with our team.

Start with your own assets

Plan your move around the media dependencies you really have.

Bring your current library, an example metadata export and the systems that use the assets. We will help scope a representative evaluation and migration discussion.

Book a demo

Start free trial

Start with your own assets

Plan your move around the media dependencies you really have.

Bring your current library, an example metadata export and the systems that use the assets. We will help scope a representative evaluation and migration discussion.

Book a demo

Start free trial

Start with your own assets

Plan your move around the media dependencies you really have.

Bring your current library, an example metadata export and the systems that use the assets. We will help scope a representative evaluation and migration discussion.

Book a demo

Start free trial

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