diff --git a/npm/ui/media/package.json b/npm/ui/media/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e5b308eff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/npm/ui/media/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+{
+  "name": "@vizeui/media",
+  "version": "0.298.0",
+  "description": "Accessible, type-safe media foundations for Vize applications",
+  "keywords": [
+    "accessibility",
+    "audio",
+    "media",
+    "pdf",
+    "video"
+  ],
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/ubugeeei-prod/vize",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/ubugeeei-prod/vize/issues"
+  },
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/ubugeeei-prod/vize.git",
+    "directory": "npm/ui/media"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "dist"
+  ],
+  "type": "module",
+  "sideEffects": false,
+  "main": "./dist/index.mjs",
+  "types": "./dist/index.d.mts",
+  "exports": {
+    ".": {
+      "types": "./dist/index.d.mts",
+      "import": "./dist/index.mjs",
+      "default": "./dist/index.mjs"
+    },
+    "./pdf": {
+      "types": "./dist/pdf.d.mts",
+      "import": "./dist/pdf.mjs",
+      "default": "./dist/pdf.mjs"
+    },
+    "./source": {
+      "types": "./dist/source.d.mts",
+      "import": "./dist/source.mjs",
+      "default": "./dist/source.mjs"
+    }
+  },
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "vp pack",
+    "dev": "vp pack --watch",
+    "pretest": "vp pack && pnpm check:size",
+    "test": "vp exec node --test 'src/**/*.test.ts'",
+    "check": "vp check src scripts vite.config.ts",
+    "check:fix": "vp check --fix src scripts vite.config.ts",
+    "check:size": "node scripts/check-size.mjs",
+    "fmt": "vp fmt --write src scripts vite.config.ts"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/node": "catalog:typescript",
+    "typescript": "catalog:typescript",
+    "vite-plus": "catalog:vite-stack"
+  },
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=24"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/npm/ui/media/scripts/check-size.mjs b/npm/ui/media/scripts/check-size.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2de4b7c1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/npm/ui/media/scripts/check-size.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { posix } from "node:path";
+import { gzipSync } from "node:zlib";
+
+const distributionDirectory = new URL("../dist/", import.meta.url);
+const staticImportPattern = /\b(?:import|export)\s+(?:[^"']*?\s+from\s+)?["'](\.\.?\/[^"']+)["']/g;
+const budgets = new Map([
+  ["index.mjs", 1_850],
+  ["pdf.mjs", 1_850],
+  ["source.mjs", 1_400],
+]);
+
+async function collectStaticDependencies(file, collected = new Map()) {
+  if (collected.has(file)) return collected;
+
+  const source = await readFile(new URL(file, distributionDirectory));
+  collected.set(file, source);
+
+  for (const match of source.toString().matchAll(staticImportPattern)) {
+    const dependency = posix.normalize(posix.join(posix.dirname(file), match[1]));
+    if (dependency === ".." || dependency.startsWith("../")) {
+      throw new Error(`Output dependency escapes dist: ${dependency}`);
+    }
+    await collectStaticDependencies(dependency, collected);
+  }
+
+  return collected;
+}
+
+for (const [entry, maximumGzipBytes] of budgets) {
+  const files = await collectStaticDependencies(entry);
+  const gzipBytes = gzipSync(
+    [...files.entries()]
+      .sort(([left], [right]) => left.localeCompare(right))
+      .map(([file, source]) => `/* ${file} */\n${source}`)
+      .join("\n"),
+  ).byteLength;
+
+  console.log(
+    JSON.stringify({
+      entry: `@vizeui/media/${entry.replace(/\.mjs$/, "")}`,
+      files: files.size,
+      gzipBytes,
+      maximumGzipBytes,
+    }),
+  );
+
+  if (gzipBytes > maximumGzipBytes) process.exitCode = 1;
+}
diff --git a/npm/ui/media/src/index.ts b/npm/ui/media/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..035bff8f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/npm/ui/media/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export { createPDFSource } from "./pdf-source.ts";
+export type { CreatePDFSourceOptions } from "./pdf-source.ts";
+export { normalizeMediaSource } from "./media-source.ts";
+export type { MediaSourceKind, NormalizeMediaSourceOptions } from "./media-source.ts";
diff --git a/npm/ui/media/src/media-source.test.ts b/npm/ui/media/src/media-source.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e7174a78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/npm/ui/media/src/media-source.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { readFile, stat } from "node:fs/promises";
+import test from "node:test";
+import { createPDFSource } from "./pdf-source.ts";
+import { normalizeMediaSource } from "./media-source.ts";
+import type { MediaSourceKind } from "./media-source.ts";
+
+void test("accepts relative, encrypted, and object media sources", () => {
+  for (const [source, kind] of [
+    ["/audio/intro.mp3", "audio"],
+    ["../video/intro.mp4", "video"],
+    ["//media.example.test/poster.webp", "image"],
+    ["https://media.example.test/subtitles.vtt", "track"],
+    ["blob:session-id", "stream"],
+  ] as const) {
+    assert.equal(normalizeMediaSource(` ${source} `, { kind }), source);
+  }
+});
+
+void test("requires an explicit opt-in for unencrypted remote sources", () => {
+  const source = "http://localhost:4173/video.mp4";
+  assert.throws(
+    () => normalizeMediaSource(source, { kind: "video" }),
+    /\[VIZE_UI_MEDIA_DISALLOWED_SOURCE\]/,
+  );
+  assert.equal(normalizeMediaSource(source, { kind: "video", allowInsecure: true }), source);
+});
+
+void test("accepts only category-matched inline data", () => {
+  const sources = [
+    ["data:audio/ogg;base64,T2dnUw==", "audio"],
+    ["data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgo=", "image"],
+    ["data:video/mp4;base64,AAAA", "video"],
+    ["data:application/pdf;base64,JVBERi0xLjQ=", "pdf"],
+    ["data:text/vtt;charset=utf-8,WEBVTT%0A%0A", "track"],
+    ["data:text/vtt;base64,V0VCVlRU", "track"],
+  ] as const;
+
+  for (const [source, kind] of sources) {
+    assert.equal(normalizeMediaSource(source, { kind }), source);
+  }
+
+  assert.throws(
+    () => normalizeMediaSource(sources[1][0], { kind: "video" }),
+    /\[VIZE_UI_MEDIA_DISALLOWED_SOURCE\]/,
+  );
+  assert.throws(
+    () => normalizeMediaSource("data:video/mp4;base64,AAAA", { kind: "stream" }),
+    /\[VIZE_UI_MEDIA_DISALLOWED_SOURCE\]/,
+  );
+});
+
+void test("rejects malformed and script-capable sources", () => {
+  for (const source of [
+    "",
+    "javascript:alert(1)",
+    "file:///private/report.pdf",
+    "https://media.example.test/video.mp4\nscript",
+    "data:video/mp4;base64,not-base64",
+  ]) {
+    assert.throws(
+      () => normalizeMediaSource(source, { kind: "video" }),
+      /\[VIZE_UI_MEDIA_(?:INVALID|DISALLOWED)_SOURCE\]/,
+    );
+  }
+
+  assert.throws(
+    () => normalizeMediaSource("data:text/vtt,WEBVTT%QQ", { kind: "track" }),
+    /\[VIZE_UI_MEDIA_DISALLOWED_SOURCE\]/,
+  );
+  assert.throws(
+    () => normalizeMediaSource(42 as unknown as string, { kind: "video" }),
+    /\[VIZE_UI_MEDIA_INVALID_SOURCE\]/,
+  );
+  assert.throws(
+    () => normalizeMediaSource("/media", { kind: "unknown" as MediaSourceKind }),
+    /\[VIZE_UI_MEDIA_INVALID_KIND\]/,
+  );
+});
+
+void test("sets and replaces PDF page fragments", () => {
+  assert.equal(createPDFSource("/report.pdf", { page: 3 }), "/report.pdf#page=3");
+  assert.equal(
+    createPDFSource("/report.pdf#zoom=page-width&page=2&view=Fit", { page: 7 }),
+    "/report.pdf#zoom=page-width&view=Fit&page=7",
+  );
+  assert.equal(createPDFSource("/report.pdf#page=2"), "/report.pdf#page=2");
+
+  for (const page of [0, -1, 1.5, Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER + 1]) {
+    assert.throws(
+      () => createPDFSource("/report.pdf", { page }),
+      /\[VIZE_UI_MEDIA_INVALID_PDF_PAGE\]/,
+    );
+  }
+});
+
+void test("publishes independent ESM entries and declarations", async () => {
+  const packageJson = JSON.parse(
+    await readFile(new URL("../package.json", import.meta.url), "utf8"),
+  ) as {
+    readonly exports: Readonly<Record<string, { readonly import: string; readonly types: string }>>;
+  };
+
+  for (const exportName of [".", "./pdf", "./source"]) {
+    const entry = packageJson.exports[exportName];
+    if (entry === undefined) assert.fail(`Missing package export: ${exportName}`);
+    await stat(new URL(`..${entry.import.slice(1)}`, import.meta.url));
+    await stat(new URL(`..${entry.types.slice(1)}`, import.meta.url));
+  }
+
+  const distributionUrl = new URL("../dist/source.mjs", import.meta.url);
+  const sourceEntry = (await import(distributionUrl.href)) as {
+    readonly normalizeMediaSource: unknown;
+  };
+  assert.equal(typeof sourceEntry.normalizeMediaSource, "function");
+});
diff --git a/npm/ui/media/src/media-source.ts b/npm/ui/media/src/media-source.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc3227135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/npm/ui/media/src/media-source.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/** Media resource category used to constrain inline data. */
+export type MediaSourceKind = "audio" | "image" | "pdf" | "stream" | "track" | "video";
+
+/** Options for {@link normalizeMediaSource}. */
+export interface NormalizeMediaSourceOptions {
+  /** Expected media resource category. */
+  readonly kind: MediaSourceKind;
+
+  /**
+   * Permits an unencrypted HTTP resource for local development.
+   *
+   * @default false
+   */
+  readonly allowInsecure?: boolean;
+}
+
+const SOURCE_KINDS = new Set<MediaSourceKind>([
+  "audio",
+  "image",
+  "pdf",
+  "stream",
+  "track",
+  "video",
+]);
+const SCHEME = /^([a-z][a-z\d+.-]*):/i;
+const BASE64_PAYLOAD = /^(?:[a-z\d+/]{4})*(?:[a-z\d+/]{2}==|[a-z\d+/]{3}=)?$/i;
+const BINARY_MEDIA_TYPE = /^(audio|image|video)\/([a-z\d][a-z\d.+-]*)$/i;
+const INVALID_PERCENT_ESCAPE = /%(?![a-f\d]{2})/i;
+
+/**
+ * Validates and normalizes a media resource reference.
+ *
+ * Relative references, network-relative references, encrypted remote URLs,
+ * object URLs, and category-matched inline data are accepted. Unencrypted
+ * remote URLs require an explicit opt-in. Unknown and script-capable schemes
+ * are rejected.
+ *
+ * @throws {TypeError} When the resource is empty, malformed, unsafe, or does
+ * not match the requested media category.
+ */
+export function normalizeMediaSource(source: string, options: NormalizeMediaSourceOptions): string {
+  const kind = options?.kind;
+  if (!SOURCE_KINDS.has(kind)) {
+    throw new TypeError(`[VIZE_UI_MEDIA_INVALID_KIND] Unknown media source kind: ${String(kind)}`);
+  }
+
+  if (typeof source !== "string") {
+    throw new TypeError("[VIZE_UI_MEDIA_INVALID_SOURCE] Media source must be a string");
+  }
+
+  const normalized = source.trim();
+  if (normalized.length === 0 || containsControlCharacter(normalized)) {
+    throw new TypeError(
+      "[VIZE_UI_MEDIA_INVALID_SOURCE] Media source must be non-empty and contain no control characters",
+    );
+  }
+
+  const scheme = SCHEME.exec(normalized)?.[1]?.toLowerCase();
+  if (scheme === undefined || scheme === "https" || scheme === "blob") return normalized;
+  if (scheme === "http" && options.allowInsecure === true) return normalized;
+  if (scheme === "data" && isAllowedDataSource(normalized, kind)) return normalized;
+
+  throw new TypeError(
+    `[VIZE_UI_MEDIA_DISALLOWED_SOURCE] Source is not allowed for ${kind}: ${scheme}`,
+  );
+}
+
+function isAllowedDataSource(source: string, kind: MediaSourceKind): boolean {
+  if (kind === "stream") return false;
+
+  const commaIndex = source.indexOf(",");
+  if (commaIndex < 6) return false;
+
+  const metadata = source.slice(5, commaIndex).toLowerCase();
+  const payload = source.slice(commaIndex + 1);
+  if (payload.length === 0) return false;
+
+  const segments = metadata.split(";");
+  const mediaType = segments.shift();
+  const isBase64 = segments.at(-1) === "base64";
+  if (isBase64) segments.pop();
+
+  if (kind === "pdf") {
+    return (
+      mediaType === "application/pdf" && segments.length === 0 && isBase64 && isValidBase64(payload)
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (kind === "track") {
+    const hasValidParameters =
+      segments.length === 0 || (segments.length === 1 && segments[0] === "charset=utf-8");
+    if (mediaType !== "text/vtt" || !hasValidParameters) return false;
+    return isBase64 ? isValidBase64(payload) : !INVALID_PERCENT_ESCAPE.test(payload);
+  }
+
+  const inlineKind = mediaType === undefined ? undefined : BINARY_MEDIA_TYPE.exec(mediaType)?.[1];
+  return (
+    inlineKind?.toLowerCase() === kind &&
+    segments.length === 0 &&
+    isBase64 &&
+    isValidBase64(payload)
+  );
+}
+
+function isValidBase64(payload: string): boolean {
+  return payload.length > 0 && BASE64_PAYLOAD.test(payload);
+}
+
+function containsControlCharacter(value: string): boolean {
+  for (const character of value) {
+    const code = character.charCodeAt(0);
+    if (code <= 0x1f || code === 0x7f) return true;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
diff --git a/npm/ui/media/src/pdf-source.ts b/npm/ui/media/src/pdf-source.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c84dc0a03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/npm/ui/media/src/pdf-source.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import { normalizeMediaSource } from "./media-source.ts";
+
+/** Options for {@link createPDFSource}. */
+export interface CreatePDFSourceOptions {
+  /**
+   * One-based initial PDF page.
+   *
+   * Existing `page` parameters in the PDF fragment are replaced while other
+   * fragment parameters are preserved.
+   *
+   * @default undefined
+   */
+  readonly page?: number;
+
+  /**
+   * Permits an unencrypted HTTP resource for local development.
+   *
+   * @default false
+   */
+  readonly allowInsecure?: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Validates a PDF resource and applies a standards-compatible initial page.
+ *
+ * @throws {TypeError} When the PDF source is unsafe or malformed.
+ * @throws {RangeError} When `page` is not a positive safe integer.
+ */
+export function createPDFSource(source: string, options: CreatePDFSourceOptions = {}): string {
+  const normalized = normalizeMediaSource(source, {
+    kind: "pdf",
+    allowInsecure: options.allowInsecure ?? false,
+  });
+  if (options.page === undefined) return normalized;
+
+  if (!Number.isSafeInteger(options.page) || options.page < 1) {
+    throw new RangeError(
+      `[VIZE_UI_MEDIA_INVALID_PDF_PAGE] PDF page must be a positive safe integer; received ${String(options.page)}`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  const fragmentIndex = normalized.indexOf("#");
+  const resource = fragmentIndex === -1 ? normalized : normalized.slice(0, fragmentIndex);
+  const currentFragment = fragmentIndex === -1 ? "" : normalized.slice(fragmentIndex + 1);
+  const parameters = currentFragment
+    .split("&")
+    .filter((parameter) => parameter.length > 0 && !parameter.toLowerCase().startsWith("page="));
+
+  parameters.push(`page=${options.page}`);
+  return `${resource}#${parameters.join("&")}`;
+}
diff --git a/npm/ui/media/src/pdf.ts b/npm/ui/media/src/pdf.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf8172fb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/npm/ui/media/src/pdf.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export { createPDFSource } from "./pdf-source.ts";
+export type { CreatePDFSourceOptions } from "./pdf-source.ts";
diff --git a/npm/ui/media/tsconfig.json b/npm/ui/media/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d0e5a1db8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/npm/ui/media/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ES2022",
+    "module": "ESNext",
+    "moduleResolution": "Bundler",
+    "allowImportingTsExtensions": true,
+    "erasableSyntaxOnly": true,
+    "rewriteRelativeImportExtensions": true,
+    "types": ["node"],
+    "lib": ["ES2022"],
+    "strict": true,
+    "noUncheckedIndexedAccess": true,
+    "exactOptionalPropertyTypes": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "declaration": true,
+    "outDir": "./dist",
+    "rootDir": "./src"
+  },
+  "include": ["src/**/*"],
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist"]
+}
diff --git a/npm/ui/media/vite.config.ts b/npm/ui/media/vite.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d277dd3b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/npm/ui/media/vite.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { defineConfig } from "vite-plus";
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  lint: {
+    ignorePatterns: ["dist/**"],
+    options: { typeAware: true },
+  },
+  fmt: { ignorePatterns: ["dist/**"] },
+  pack: {
+    entry: {
+      index: "src/index.ts",
+      pdf: "src/pdf.ts",
+      source: "src/media-source.ts",
+    },
+    format: "esm",
+    dts: true,
+    clean: true,
+  },
+});
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index bfcdb3962..919a45673 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -932,6 +932,18 @@ importers:
         specifier: catalog:vue-stable
         version: 3.5.35(typescript@6.0.3)
 
+  npm/ui/media:
+    devDependencies:
+      '@types/node':
+        specifier: catalog:typescript
+        version: 25.9.2
+      typescript:
+        specifier: catalog:typescript
+        version: 6.0.3
+      vite-plus:
+        specifier: catalog:vite-stack
+        version: 0.1.21(@tsdown/css@0.22.0)(@types/node@25.9.2)(@voidzero-dev/vite-plus-core@0.1.21(@tsdown/css@0.22.0)(@types/node@25.9.2)(esbuild@0.28.1)(jiti@2.7.0)(terser@5.47.1)(tsx@4.22.4)(typescript@6.0.3)(unrun@0.2.39)(yaml@2.9.0))(esbuild@0.28.1)(jiti@2.7.0)(terser@5.47.1)(tsx@4.22.4)(typescript@6.0.3)(unrun@0.2.39)(yaml@2.9.0)
+
   npm/wasm: {}
 
   playground:
diff --git a/tests/tooling/release-preflight-runner.test.ts b/tests/tooling/release-preflight-runner.test.ts
index 045bb4c48..32fa6d5e5 100644
--- a/tests/tooling/release-preflight-runner.test.ts
+++ b/tests/tooling/release-preflight-runner.test.ts
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ test("release metadata inventory discovers every non-private npm and editor pack
       "npm/native/package.json",
       "npm/oxint/package.json",
       "npm/ui/core/package.json",
+      "npm/ui/media/package.json",
       "npm/wasm/package.json",
     ],
   );