 adding a new media type goal add a new media type that can be referenced in media reference fields media types are a content entity type see managing media for an overview of media items and media types and managing content structure for more information on content entities and fields steps in the manage administrative menu navigate to structure  media types if there is not already a media type for the type of media you want to use on your site click add media type  enter a name and description for your media type and select the media source  for most media sources there is additional information that will need to be stored with your media item in a field on your media type under media source configuration  select an existing field to reuse to store this information or select  create  to create a new field note the types of metadata in the field mapping section that can be mapped to fields on your media type click save  optionally add additional fields for the metadata noted above or for other information that you want to store to your media type by clicking on manage fields  see related topic below if you have added metadata fields click edit  under field mapping  select the fields you added for each piece of metadata information click save  you can now use this media type by adding a media reference field to any content entity subtype see related topic below  