Media storage

Creators upload photos, videos and files. OFEngine can store them on your server’s own disk or on S3-compatible cloud storage. You choose in the admin panel under Storage settings.

Options

Storage	When to use it
Local disk	Getting started, or a small site. Nothing extra to set up.
Amazon S3	The standard choice. Reliable and widely supported.
Cloudflare R2	No egress fees, which helps a lot when fans stream video.
Backblaze B2	Low storage cost.
DigitalOcean Spaces	Simple if you already host on DigitalOcean.
Wasabi	Flat-rate storage pricing.

Moving to cloud storage

1. Create a bucket with your provider and generate an access key with read/write access to it.
2. In the admin panel, open Storage settings, choose the provider and enter the bucket name, region, endpoint (for S3-compatible providers) and keys.
3. Save, then upload a test image and a test video to confirm both display.

Tip

Switch to cloud storage before your creators upload a lot of content. Files already on local disk aren’t moved automatically.

Video processing

When FFmpeg is available, uploaded videos are transcoded into a web-friendly format and preview clips are generated. Processing runs in the background through the cron job, so a new video can take a few minutes to appear. See Server requirements.