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On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 12:04:21 -0800 Ian Clarke <ian at freenetproject.org> wrote:
>Here is the current SplitFile metadata format:
>
>SplitFile?.Size=<hex file size>
>SplitFile?.BlockCount=<hex no. of data blocks>
>[SplitFile.CheckBlockCount=<hex. no of check blocks>]
>   SplitFile?.Block.<n>=<URI>
>[SplitFile.Graph.<x>=a,b,c...]
>
>How about another set of possible SplitFile settings, which would
>be
>mutually exclusive with the above, that would allow streaming of
>things
>such as mp3s and oggs:

please dont forget video streams like .rm and .qt and others




>
>SplitFile.Continuous=yes
>SplitFile.Prefix=<URI fragment>
>SplitFile.StartTime=<hex. insertion time of first block in seconds
>since
>                     epoch>
>SplitFile.BlockTime=<hex. milli-seconds between blocks>
>[SplitFile.StreamInfo.<n>=<string>]
>
>Explanation:
>
>Continuous=yes indicates that this is a continuous stream, rather
>than a
>finite splitfile.
>
>Prefix is a KSK or SSK URI fragment such as
>"freenet:SSK@<pubkey>/stream1/" to which hex numbers will be appended
>
>for retrieval of each block.
>
>StartTime is the time in seconds since the epoch after the first
>block
>was added.
>
>BlockTime is the time interval between insertion of successive blocks.
>
>StreamInfo are arbitrary strings which can contain additional data
>about
>the stream (such as format etc).
>
>---
>
>This may not be perfect, but it is a starting point.  Someone who
>
>understands FEC can figure out how to add FEC functionality.
>
>Ian.
>
>--
>Ian Clarke                ian@[freenetproject.org|locut.us|cematics.com]
>Latest Project                                 http://cematics.com/kanzi
>Personal Homepage                                      http://locut.us/
>
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