diff --git a/src/custom-media.js b/src/custom-media.js
index 22e182fd..5a8d4e74 100644
--- a/src/custom-media.js
+++ b/src/custom-media.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { ValidationError } from './errors';
 import { parse as parseURL } from 'url';
 import net from 'net';
+import Media from './media';
+import { hash } from './util/hash';
 
 const SOURCE_QUALITIES = new Set([
     240,
@@ -23,6 +25,40 @@ const SOURCE_CONTENT_TYPES = new Set([
     'video/webm'
 ]);
 
+export function convert(data) {
+    validate(data);
+
+    if (data.live) data.duration = 0;
+
+    const sources = {};
+
+    for (let source of data.sources) {
+        if (!sources.hasOwnProperty(source.quality))
+            sources[source.quality] = [];
+
+        sources[source.quality].push({
+            link: source.url,
+            contentType: source.contentType,
+            quality: source.quality
+        });
+    }
+
+    const meta = {
+        direct: sources,
+        textTracks: data.textTracks,
+        thumbnail: data.thumbnail, // Currently ignored by Media
+        live: !!data.live          // Currently ignored by Media
+    };
+
+    const id = hash('sha256', JSON.stringify([
+        data.title,
+        data.duration,
+        meta
+    ]), 'base64');
+
+    return new Media(id, data.title, data.duration, 'cm', meta);
+}
+
 export function validate(data) {
     if (typeof data.title !== 'string')
         throw new ValidationError('title must be a string');
diff --git a/src/media.js b/src/media.js
index a07416e2..b9503645 100644
--- a/src/media.js
+++ b/src/media.js
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ Media.prototype = {
                 bitrate: this.meta.bitrate,
                 scuri: this.meta.scuri,
                 embed: this.meta.embed,
-                gdrive_subtitles: this.meta.gdrive_subtitles
+                gdrive_subtitles: this.meta.gdrive_subtitles,
+                textTracks: this.meta.textTracks
             }
         };
     },
diff --git a/src/util/hash.js b/src/util/hash.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed9428e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/hash.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { createHash } from 'crypto';
+
+export function hash(algo, input, digest) {
+    const h = createHash(algo);
+    h.update(input);
+    return h.digest(digest);
+}
diff --git a/test/custom-media.js b/test/custom-media.js
index 9234563a..e3f24149 100644
--- a/test/custom-media.js
+++ b/test/custom-media.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const assert = require('assert');
-const { validate } = require('../lib/custom-media');
+const { validate, convert } = require('../lib/custom-media');
 
 describe('custom-media', () => {
     let valid, invalid;
@@ -203,4 +203,71 @@ describe('custom-media', () => {
             assert.throws(() => validate(invalid), /URL hostname must be a domain name/);
         });
     });
+
+    describe('#convert', () => {
+        let expected;
+
+        beforeEach(() => {
+            expected = {
+                title: 'Test Video',
+                seconds: 10,
+                duration: '00:10',
+                type: 'cm',
+                meta: {
+                    direct: {
+                        1080: [
+                            {
+                                link: 'https://example.com/video.mp4',
+                                contentType: 'video/mp4',
+                                quality: 1080
+                            }
+                        ]
+                    },
+                    textTracks: [
+                        {
+                            url: 'https://example.com/subtitles.vtt',
+                            contentType: 'text/vtt',
+                            name: 'English Subtitles'
+                        }
+                    ]
+                }
+            };
+        });
+
+        function cleanForComparison(actual) {
+            actual = actual.pack();
+            delete actual.id;
+
+            // Strip out extraneous undefineds
+            for (let key in actual.meta) {
+                if (actual.meta[key] === undefined) delete actual.meta[key];
+            }
+
+            return actual;
+        }
+
+        it('converts custom metadata to a CyTube Media object', () => {
+            const media = convert(valid);
+
+            assert(media.id != null, 'should have generated id');
+
+            const actual = cleanForComparison(media);
+
+            assert.deepStrictEqual(actual, expected);
+        });
+
+        it('sets duration to 0 if live = true', () => {
+            valid.live = true;
+            expected.duration = '00:00';
+            expected.seconds = 0;
+
+            const media = convert(valid);
+
+            assert(media.id != null, 'should have generated id');
+
+            const actual = cleanForComparison(media);
+
+            assert.deepStrictEqual(actual, expected);
+        });
+    });
 });
diff --git a/test/util/hash.js b/test/util/hash.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2e6c67c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/util/hash.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+const { hash } = require('../../lib/util/hash');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+describe('hash', () => {
+    describe('#hash', () => {
+        const input = 'this is a test';
+
+        it('hashes input correctly', () => {
+            const sha256_hex = '2e99758548972a8e8822ad47fa1017ff72f06f3ff6a016851f45c398732bc50c';
+            assert.strictEqual(hash('sha256', input, 'hex'), sha256_hex);
+        });
+
+        it('hashes input to base64', () => {
+            const sha256_base64 = 'Lpl1hUiXKo6IIq1H+hAX/3Lwbz/2oBaFH0XDmHMrxQw=';
+            assert.strictEqual(hash('sha256', input, 'base64'), sha256_base64);
+        });
+    });
+});