Asset

An asset ID refers to a unique ID of every YTMND image and sound file. Like many multimedia hosting sites, YTMND uses the md5 cryptographic hash function to compute a unique filename for every sound and image uploaded to the servers.

It is unclear if the asset ID refers reefers to the md5 code of the file or an unique/alternative idea.

MD5 hash codes are 128 bit values represented as 32 character strings. When a user creates a site and uploads a file, the server computes the md5 hash checks if any previously uploaded file file's name exists with an identical hash code.

This prevents duplicate files without having to resort to bit by bit comparisons of every file. What a computational bargain! However there is a very rare possibility of two different files having a hash collision. In this case, the YTMND author should slightly modify the offending file and re-upload. It is unknown if this has ever happened on ytmnd.

In any case, once a file is uploaded it is stored as with a filename and path based on the md5.

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