Bradley Colin Hay, 61, pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court in Launceston to one count of possessing or controlling child abuse material.

He came to the attention of the Australian Federal Police on January 1 following a report from the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children that he had uploaded one of the videos.

Hay's home was searched on January 20 and a laptop was seized which contained the two videos and four images in a cloud drive, categorised as the lowest category of child exploitation material. The videos depicted a pre-pubescent female in sexually suggestive clothing and poses.

The images were similar, but of a different child.

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Hay claimed that he viewed the material once.

There was no allegation that he shared the material with others, and he cooperated with police.

Justice Robert Pearce said the amount of material was comparatively small, but "all such material is serious and has the capacity for harm".

"Child pornography offences put children everywhere at risk of sexual abuse by encouraging the creation of child pornography to meet the market and demand for it," he said.

The court heard Hay was the former manager of an adult store in Launceston, and the Commonwealth considered he had two relevant prior court matters during that time - both for selling unclassified films, none of which were child abuse material.

In 2007, Hay was fined for importing a prohibited German arthouse film depicting children, which he did not view.

He was convicted and placed on a two-year good behaviour bond with $2000 surety, and a seven-month prison sentence that could be activated should be commit a further offence during those two years.

Hay was placed on the community protection register for three years.