Add clarity to custom media doc about how the user must host the JSON file

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CyTube Custom Content Metadata
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*Last updated: 2019-05-05*
## Purpose ##
CyTube currently supports adding custom audio/video content by allowing the user
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provide a JSON manifest specifying the metadata for custom content in a way that
avoids the above issues and is more flexible for extension.
## Custom Manifest URLs ##
Custom media manifests are added to CyTube by adding a link to a public URL
hosting the JSON metadata manifest. Pasting the JSON directly into CyTube is
not supported. Valid JSON manifests must:
* Have a URL path ending with the file extension `.json` (not counting
querystring parameters)
* Be served with the `Content-Type` header set to `application/json`
* Be retrievable at any time while the item is on the playlist (CyTube may
re-request the metadata for an item already on the playlist to revalidate)
* Respond to valid requests with a 200 OK HTTP response code (redirects are
not supported)
* Respond within 10 seconds
* Not exceed 100 KiB in size
## Manifest Format ##
To add custom content, the user provides a JSON object with the following keys: