From 044100b263e171391b69ebba4f70c1c69970e686 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Upsided Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 23:39:56 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Describe what lbry-format does in more detail, in a friendly way. --- README.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9852b89..7674101 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ 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. + +It is recognized and launched by the LBRY-desktop app to enable rich, interactive media in the client. + +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. + +This enables a lot of possibilities. To see what is currently possible with this format, check out the LBRY channel [@OpenSourceGames](lbry://@OpenSourceGames#e8fed337dc4ee260f4bcfa6d24ae1e4dd75c2fb3). + +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. + ## Name - Name Format: `*.lbry` -- 2.45.2 From 17fdb786da46077ff26e7ec865ec9a092fe83f63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: upsided Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 23:44:28 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix LBRY link --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7674101..21130af 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ It is recognized and launched by the LBRY-desktop app to enable rich, interactiv 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. -This enables a lot of possibilities. To see what is currently possible with this format, check out the LBRY channel [@OpenSourceGames](lbry://@OpenSourceGames#e8fed337dc4ee260f4bcfa6d24ae1e4dd75c2fb3). +This enables a lot of possibilities. To see what is currently possible with this format, check out the LBRY channel [@OpenSourceGames](https://open.lbry.io/@OpenSourceGames#e8fed337dc4ee260f4bcfa6d24ae1e4dd75c2fb3). 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. -- 2.45.2