Guide · Task 07 · 3 min
Keep files in your own storage
Connect your own storage so your uploads and finished renders stay with you, and do not use up your Syndcast storage.
Your channel can keep its files in storage you already pay for. Connect a cloud drive or a bucket, and your uploads and finished renders go there. Those files do not use your Syndcast storage.
Syndcast keeps information about each file: its name, type, size, length and where it lives. That is how your files stay in your library, and how agents and renders can work with them.
Before you start
You need to be the channel's owner. See Create a channel.
Step 1 of 5
Connect your storage
- Open your channel's dashboard and press Connections.
- Press Syndcast storage. The panel says "Where this channel keeps its files."
- Connect one of these:
- A cloud drive: press Connect Google Drive, Connect Dropbox or Connect OneDrive, then sign in. OneDrive takes personal accounts only for now.
- A bucket: under Connect an S3-compatible bucket, fill in the form and press Connect and Test.
A button that says "Not set up on this Syndcast" or "Coming soon" cannot be used yet. A bucket works without it.
Step 2 of 5
Choose where new files go
The panel lists your storage in order: "New uploads and finished renders go to the first of these that can take them". Use the arrows to put your own storage first.
Files you already have stay where they are.
Step 3 of 5
What goes to your storage
- Files you upload to the library
- Files an agent uploads
- Finished renders
A finished render opens, downloads and publishes as usual. A render over 1 GB cannot be saved to your own storage yet, and its job says so.
If your storage cannot take a finished render, Syndcast keeps the render and its job says why. What you do depends on the reason:
- The sign-in has run out. Press Reconnect beside that storage and sign in, then press Test. The render saves.
- Your storage is out of space. Free some room, then press Test beside that storage. The render saves. Syndcast does not send it again until you press Test.
- Your storage did not answer. You do not need to do anything. Syndcast tries again every hour for a day. After that, press Test to try again.
Step 4 of 5
What stays with Syndcast
- AI images, video, voice, sound effects and music
- Stock media you add
- Channel logos, backgrounds and thumbnails
- Small helper files such as posters, waveforms and captions
- Lighter copies for smooth editing, when your storage allows one
Step 5 of 5
Not built yet
- Google Drive and Dropbox files do not get a lighter copy for editing yet.
- Agents cannot look at the picture in a file kept in your own storage yet. They can still read what we know about it and place it on a timeline.
- Syndcast does not watch a drive for new files. Add a file through the library.