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| author | dstipp <dstipp@users.noreply.github.com> | 2019-09-17 07:55:29 -0400 |
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| committer | Richard van der Hoff <1389908+richvdh@users.noreply.github.com> | 2019-09-17 12:55:29 +0100 |
| commit | 379d2a8c3918557bacdadea6b508bddd1ce20eaf (patch) | |
| tree | 8b8e3b016ce54d9d2e76a598931322ee7bd79754 /docs/media_repository.rst | |
| parent | Fix race condition in room stats. (#6029) (diff) | |
| download | synapse-379d2a8c3918557bacdadea6b508bddd1ce20eaf.tar.xz | |
(#5849) Convert rst to markdown (#6040)
Converting some of the rst documentation to markdown. Attempted to preserve whitespace and line breaks to minimize cosmetic change.
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diff --git a/docs/media_repository.rst b/docs/media_repository.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 1037b5be63..0000000000 --- a/docs/media_repository.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,27 +0,0 @@ -Media Repository -================ - -*Synapse implementation-specific details for the media repository* - -The media repository is where attachments and avatar photos are stored. -It stores attachment content and thumbnails for media uploaded by local users. -It caches attachment content and thumbnails for media uploaded by remote users. - -Storage -------- - -Each item of media is assigned a ``media_id`` when it is uploaded. -The ``media_id`` is a randomly chosen, URL safe 24 character string. -Metadata such as the MIME type, upload time and length are stored in the -sqlite3 database indexed by ``media_id``. -Content is stored on the filesystem under a ``"local_content"`` directory. -Thumbnails are stored under a ``"local_thumbnails"`` directory. -The item with ``media_id`` ``"aabbccccccccdddddddddddd"`` is stored under -``"local_content/aa/bb/ccccccccdddddddddddd"``. Its thumbnail with width -``128`` and height ``96`` and type ``"image/jpeg"`` is stored under -``"local_thumbnails/aa/bb/ccccccccdddddddddddd/128-96-image-jpeg"`` -Remote content is cached under ``"remote_content"`` directory. Each item of -remote content is assigned a local "``filesystem_id``" to ensure that the -directory structure ``"remote_content/server_name/aa/bb/ccccccccdddddddddddd"`` -is appropriate. Thumbnails for remote content are stored under -``"remote_thumbnails/server_name/..."`` |