# associatedMedia

A media object that encodes this CreativeWork. This property is a synonym for encoding.

## Expected Types

| Type | Description |
|------|-------------|
| [MediaObject](https://schema.org.ai/MediaObject) | A media object, such as an image, video, audio, or text object embedded in a web page or a downloadable dataset i.e. DataDownload. Note that a creative work may have many media objects associated with it on the same web page. For example, a page about a single song (MusicRecording) may have a music video (VideoObject), and a high and low bandwidth audio stream (2 AudioObject's). |

## Used on Types

| Type | Description |
|------|-------------|
| [CreativeWork](https://schema.org.ai/CreativeWork) | The most generic kind of creative work, including books, movies, photographs, software programs, etc. |
| [HyperToc](https://schema.org.ai/HyperToc) | A HyperToc represents a hypertext table of contents for complex media objects, such as [VideoObject](https://schema.org.ai/VideoObject), [AudioObject](https://schema.org.ai/AudioObject). Items in the table of contents are indicated using the [tocEntry](https://schema.org.ai/tocEntry) property, and typed [HyperTocEntry](https://schema.org.ai/HyperTocEntry). For cases where the same larger work is split into multiple files, [associatedMedia](https://schema.org.ai/associatedMedia) can be used on individual [HyperTocEntry](https://schema.org.ai/HyperTocEntry) items. |
| [HyperTocEntry](https://schema.org.ai/HyperTocEntry) | A HyperToEntry is an item within a [HyperToc](https://schema.org.ai/HyperToc), which represents a hypertext table of contents for complex media objects, such as [VideoObject](https://schema.org.ai/VideoObject), [AudioObject](https://schema.org.ai/AudioObject). The media object itself is indicated using [associatedMedia](https://schema.org.ai/associatedMedia). Each section of interest within that content can be described with a [HyperTocEntry](https://schema.org.ai/HyperTocEntry), with associated [startOffset](https://schema.org.ai/startOffset) and [endOffset](https://schema.org.ai/endOffset). When several entries are all from the same file, [associatedMedia](https://schema.org.ai/associatedMedia) is used on the overarching [HyperTocEntry](https://schema.org.ai/HyperTocEntry); if the content has been split into multiple files, they can be referenced using [associatedMedia](https://schema.org.ai/associatedMedia) on each [HyperTocEntry](https://schema.org.ai/HyperTocEntry). |

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