I'm looking into referencing file entities using the entityreference module. File entity with standard Media module integration would be used to create the file entities in the first instance, but we would then like to provide further references from other nodes to the files.

it doesn't seem to work at the moment, any info welcome.

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dave reid’s picture

dave reid
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Status: Active » Fixed

I would not at this time recommend Entity reference for referencing files as you're going to miss out on a lot of the validation and display options. Just use a core 'File' field instead.

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russellb commented
Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Thanks Dave, having spent some more time on this I quite agree. I'm having a lot of success now using the core library in media module. The file entity module seems to be giving me the fieldable metadata I need on files, and the views integration is allowing me to track the reuse of media and attribution.