Firebase "MD5" & BloddyCrytpo's dont match - actionscript-3

Question

I'm trying to do a check to see if the user has a local file. If the user does, I get bloodycrypto to make a md5 out of it. Then I compare the two values. One from the firebase file's metadata and the other from the byte array of the file digested. They never match. Does Firebase do something different when trying to generate the md5 of a file I upload?
private function handleMetaSuccess(e:StorageReferenceEvent):void
{
trace("Meta succes for reference:" + this.name);
storageMetaData = e.metadata;
trace("reading file.");
fileBA = new ByteArray();
var fs:FileStream = new FileStream();
fs.open(Definitions.CACHE_DIRECTORY.resolvePath(name + ".jpg"), FileMode.READ)
fs.readBytes(fileBA);
fs.close();
var byteHash:String = MD5.hashBytes(fileBA)
trace("Local hash = " + byteHash); //93b885adfe0da089cdf634904fd59f71
trace("Network hash = " + storageMetaData.md5Hash); //bo7XPotC+T5wmAcpagnXBw==
if (byteHash != storageMetaData.md5Hash)
{
trace("Not equal. Getting file."); //Always happens
getFile();
}
else
{
loadFile();
}
}
Upon closer inspetion (thanks to Organis) firebase doesn't return a proper MD5. What is it? In my storage consol I don't see an md5 property, so is this autogenerated? The files were uploaded through my rest API based off phantom's guide.
Update: Following Organis' comment about the way Firebase handle's MD5s
var byteHash:ByteArray = new ByteArray();
byteHash.writeUTFBytes(MD5.hashBytes(fileBA));
var byteHashWithLength:ByteArray = new ByteArray();
byteHashWithLength.writeUTF(MD5.hashBytes(fileBA));
trace("Bytehash with length = " + Base64.encode(byteHashWithLength)); //ACAyMTMzYTdmYjczYTEzZDQ3ZDkzMTEyY2I1OWQyYTBmMg==
trace("Plain = " + Base64.encode(byteHash)); //OTNiODg1YWRmZTBkYTA4OWNkZjYzNDkwNGZkNTlmNzE=
trace("Storage md5 = " + storageMetaData.md5Hash); //UsoNl5sL1+aLiAhTOTBXyQ==
Trying to take the md5 I get and turn it into base64 results in consistent mismatching results. Is there an argument I am missing or applying incorrectly when I try to decode everything?

Answer 1

...So I would do something like
var storageHash:String = Base64.decode(storageMetaData.md5Hash).toString();
to follow your example right?
Try this code below to get your storageMetaData.md5Hash correctly decoded from Base64 :
Let me know result of trace("storage hash : " + storageHash); to check if you're getting an (expected) sequence of 32 hex values.
private function handleMetaSuccess(e:StorageReferenceEvent):void
{
trace("Meta succes for reference:" + this.name);
storageMetaData = e.metadata;
trace("reading file.");
fileBA = new ByteArray();
var fs:FileStream = new FileStream();
fs.open(Definitions.CACHE_DIRECTORY.resolvePath(name + ".jpg"), FileMode.READ)
fs.readBytes(fileBA);
fs.close();
var byteHash:String = MD5.hashBytes(fileBA); //Local hash
var ba_storageHash:ByteArray = new ByteArray();
ba_storageHash = Base64.decode(storageMetaData.md5Hash); //update ByteArray
var storageHash:String = bytesToHexString(ba_storageHash); //Hex values of bytes shown as String
trace("Network hash : " + storageMetaData.md5Hash); //bo7XPotC+T5wmAcpagnXBw==
trace("Local hash : " + byteHash); //93b885adfe0da089cdf634904fd59f71
trace("storage hash : " + storageHash); //what is result??
if (byteHash != storageHash)
{
trace("Not equal. Getting file."); //Always happens
getFile();
}
else
{
loadFile();
}
}
// # Byte values (Hex) shown as (returned) String type
private function bytesToHexString(input:ByteArray) : String
{
var strOut:String = ""; var strRead:String = "";
input.position = 0;
var intBASize:uint = input.length;
for (var i:int = 0; i < intBASize; i++)
{
strRead = input.readUnsignedByte().toString(16);
if(strRead.length < 2) { strRead = "0" + strRead; } //# do padding
strOut += strRead ;
}
return strOut.toLowerCase(); //strOut.toUpperCase();
}