Comments on: BitTorrent Powered TV is Coming

By: Jeans

Jeans — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:12:40 +0000

I like the torrent search functionality that doesn’t rely on an indexer, sounds a little like how Kazaa, Gnutella and Bearshare used to work.
But I’ve had utorrent running happily on my Windows Media Center for three years now. It grabs my shows automatically via RSS and I can tell it to grab any movies I want through its web interface, and all hooked up to my main TV. So I’m not really seeing anything new with Tribler, or am I missing something ?

http://scoopea.com/Software/BitTorrent_Powered_TV_is_Coming_TorrentFreak

By: The Future of TV? « Say Ideas

The Future of TV? « Say Ideas — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:11:08 +0000

[...] Gates called it, in the future TV and the Internet will be intertwined. But will it happen through torrents? Tribler is banking on it. My guess is that after the recent Pirate Bay incident this will be an [...]

By: pingo

pingo — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:51:30 +0000

Tribler adds keyword search ability to the BitTorrent file download protocol using a gossip protocol, somewhat similar to the eXeem network which was shut down in 2005. The software includes the ability to recommend content. After a dozen downloads the Tribler software can roughly estimate the download taste of the user and recommends content.[2] This feature is based on collaborative filtering, also featured on websites such as Last.fm and Amazon.com. Another feature of Tribler is a limited form of social networking and donation of upload capacity. Tribler includes the ability to mark specific users as online friends. Such friends can be used to increase the download speed of files by using their upload capacity. http://www.softwarefreedown.com/P2P-Tool-Tribler-v5-0_63437.html

By: monster_mack

monster_mack — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:02:59 +0000

@10

Thank you for your confession.
As an FBI agent coping with the economic crisis, we are always looking for ways to make money.

Hopefully, with our new FBI port scanner, I was able to trace your i.p. address through this post.

We are coming.

By: concerned parent

concerned parent — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:40:45 +0000

I am an idiot and I need help.

By: zbeast

zbeast — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:49:10 +0000

I like the idea but I’m a sophisticated bittorrent user. I do my own torrent searches by either using an torrent search tool like “Bit Che” or by making use of Google as a torrent search tool.

So your search is preformed via an rss and dht nice but I still really can’t use it..
I can do the same thing with Vuze.
Anyways keep up the good work this will be useful for someone just not me.

My preferred file sharing clients are
Vuze
emule
limewire
Miro

If I want video streaming then I use veoh..

By: ThirdWorld

ThirdWorld — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:10:33 +0000

No one heard of TVUplayer?

By: Beefy

Beefy — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:58:57 +0000

Tribler only works on Ubuntu and not on any other distros (that I know of anyway). The source code is available but it doesn’t play nice. It needs more compatibility before I’m going to use it.

By: #YLS#

#YLS# — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:21:45 +0000

concerned parent, 5

Must be a troll, no one that stupid would post on a site full of techies and expect not to get owned for such retarded statements.

By: http://www.kojj.com

http://www.kojj.com — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:34:47 +0000

Tribler 5 BitTorrent Powered TV is Coming…

BitTorrent is already an important tool for millions of people who prefer their television on-demand, but integration with traditional TV-sets is still lacking. This is about to change though, as the Tribler team announces version 5 of its next generat…

By: Yatti420

Yatti420 — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:31:02 +0000

I Like Miro..

By: Steven Colbert

Steven Colbert — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:51:18 +0000

@5
You don’t really understand computers/theinternet do you?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:31:58 +0000

So where is the bittorrent TV? Oh wait there isn’t one.

I find it amusing how TF constantly refers to Tribbler as a next generation client. Fact is it isn’t. It’s reusing technology that has been around for ages. The client itself is missing many things that even basic clients like Deluge and Utorrent have. It has come a long way, but even if it compares favorably to simple utorrent, there is nothing next gen about it.

By: MAnWitGoldenGUn

MAnWitGoldenGUn — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:02:39 +0000

IF this new program does really work, don’t you think the authorities will look at the users of this highly publicized program first?…Im just saying.. think about it.
Also, Use private sites.

By: Concerned Patient

Concerned Patient — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:17:44 +0000

@59 Concerned Nurse

I just accidentally a whole .torrent. Is this bad?

By: Bryan Collins

Bryan Collins — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:20:56 +0000

ewwwww booooooo

By: Nenor

Nenor — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:14:59 +0000

P2P streaming is the future. esp if they find a way to anonymize it properly.

By: ...

... — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:50:47 +0000

@5- There is no such thing as illegal downloading. That cannot and never occurs. It is a media scare tactic and improperly naming the illegal action to create an unfounded fear.

There is such a thing as illegal copyright distribution and unlicensed rebroadcasting violations, but the act of downloading is never illegal. Thus this naming convention is a fabrication and the only thing you need to fear is the upload or re-upload which is the gray area of this debate and potentially illegal.

As long as you subscribe to cable or limit yourself to open air broadcast shows time-shifting has been ruled legal in the Sony vs. Betamax case. TV downloading has no enforcement teeth legally on anything other than the “rebroadcast”. Just teach your kid to leach and legally you are fine…

By: Concerned UFOlogist

Concerned UFOlogist — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:13:23 +0000

Be careful when downloading torrents. They are actually an alien protocol that connects to a mothership orbiting our planet, which monitors the users IQ. When the aliens find a brainless user, they use GeoIP to locate and abduct the user. They do experiments with you and send you back to Earth disguised as MPAA executives, Hollywood producers and Media Defender share holders. Do you remember that famous line from Spilberg’s movie…”ET phone home”? It means “Elite Torrents phone home”. Why do you think they were all busted? They were sent to are 51.

By: nbucking

nbucking — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:09:45 +0000

leave #60. NOW!