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 The LBRY format is a multimedia-format designed to promote interoperability and transmission of complex digital media.
 
+## What It's For
+A lbry-format file is a compressed web site, much like a zip file.  More specifically, it's a directory of files individually zipped with Zstandard, then collected into a tar archive. 
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+It is recognized and launched by the LBRY-desktop app to enable rich, interactive media in the client.
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+When the LBRY desktop app encounters the .lbry extension, and the user presses "play," it decompresses the .lbry file, launches a sandboxed web server in the background, and 'serves up' this file like a real web server might.
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+This enables a lot of possibilities. To see what is currently possible with this format, check out the LBRY channel [@OpenSourceGames](lbry://@OpenSourceGames#e8fed337dc4ee260f4bcfa6d24ae1e4dd75c2fb3).
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+There are more restrictions to a .lbry archive than normal websites, because of the security issues and the fact that it's not running on a domain.
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 ## Name
 
  - Name Format: `*.lbry`