standard library format?

[SArpnt]

i haven't touched the library on my site in a long time, i don't really browse around to find bytebeats. i guess i could scrape a bunch of places but then licensing / copyright is also dubious (i'm not actually sure if permission was granted for everything in the current library?).

i was thinking maybe we could decide on a standard library format that could be used in other places? if there's a standard format, it would be easier to automatically find issues (for example broken links like from botb), making new compatible library files would be easier, so large amount of additions could easily be added, i think there were some other benefits too but i can't remember exactly

i would be willing to work on a reasonable spec, port things, and help with tooling of course, i just don't think i can find new songs after that point

[SthephanShinkufag]

Now everything has changed completely. Now the songs are stored in the database, but so that the client does not access the database and does not load the server, static .json files are generated for users, almost in the same format as before, as well as .js files for songs larger than 1 KB.

[SthephanShinkufag]

You can generate new library files through the database:

1. Setup php and mysqli on your server
2. Copy settings.default.php into settings.php with your parameters.
3. Give access to the /data folder.
4. Execute bytebeat.php then login.
5. Click the Migrate to database button.
6. Click the Make .json files button.

Will be generated a /data/json folder with .json library files, and a /data/songs folder with .js files of songs over 1 KB.

[SthephanShinkufag]

I forgot to say that the library files are compressed using gzip and do not take up much space. - 31ec467
There are also library moderators who helped me edit the library and add new songs. Here are the instructions for moderators:
https://github.com/SthephanShinkufag/bytebeat-composer/wiki/Library-moderation-instructions