> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://kino.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Local & Remote Media

> How Kino handles terabytes of footage without transcoding

Traditional tools make you choose: work with massive files locally, or transcode everything to proxies and lose quality.

Kino uses local files when they are available and proxies when they are not.

## When you have the files locally

If you're on the computer where the footage lives, Kino scrubs the original files directly. Your GPU decodes the video in the browser.

Drag a 4K file into Kino and start scrubbing immediately.

## When you're remote

If you're on a different computer, or your teammates are accessing the same project, Kino streams a proxy. The proxy is generated when you upload.

Your teammates see the same timeline and cuts. They stream the proxy instead of reading from your drive.