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!

By: Amused Parent

Amused Parent — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:01:07 +0000

@5 Douche I mean concerned parent…
You are a moron.

By: Concerned Nurse

Concerned Nurse — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:26:01 +0000

We get cases like this all the time, people arriving in E.R with .torrents inserted in every orrifice. You’d be amazed at how many insert these damned .torrents into their bottoms. There should be a law against it.

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Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:15:47 +0000

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By: Very Concerned Parent

Very Concerned Parent — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:51:30 +0000

I got a .torrent stuck in my throat and had to go to hospital to get it out.

These things need to be controlled by the Governments.

By: DE:BUG MEDIEN » Tribler 5: Bittorrent-Streaming schon wieder einfacher geworden

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:43:06 +0000

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By: nbucking

nbucking — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:32:01 +0000

Linux is alright. But, who needs it when you Windoze for pirates? I understand that linux is neat and all but it isn’t exactly mainstream.

By: nbucking

nbucking — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:29:02 +0000

Update on the tribler experiment: Tried to schedule download. Found no way of doing this in tribler. hmm….

By: dwpbike

dwpbike — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:28:14 +0000

sounds good to me. i’m ready to try on fedora. so why did you do a deb when you could have done a generic linux?

By: nbucking

nbucking — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:19:55 +0000

I did an experiment just now I started downloading the first show I saw from my rss (EZTV feed) over Tribler 4.5.2. It was The Hills (terrible show). I told tribler to stream it to me and it had taken 5 minutes to start streaming. Although, that was for nothing since it finished downloading in 20 minutes. Now I could watch it (if I wanted to watch mindless dribble)with my favor media player. In conclusion, tribler is novel but is not practical. I will be sticking to my Utorrent thank you very much.

By: concerned parent

concerned parent — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:15:21 +0000

please do not virus my TV! its a delicate piece of equipment!

Thank you
Concerned Parent

By: nbucking

nbucking — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:09:43 +0000

dude this tribler is nothing more then combining utorrent with swarm player. The problem with these damn bittorrent ‘streaming’ apps is that bittorrent is not made to stream. Bittorent is about quickly and efficiently getting the packets floating about. All these ‘streaming’ apps do is prioritize the first packets in the video file. If everybody wants the first few packets then who gets the middle and end packets? This only seems to work when there are alot of seeders and not very many leechers using streaming. This is very unusual for a public torrent.

By: concerned parent

concerned parent — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:48:14 +0000

i was jk guys i know torrents wont give you viruses i was just being a ham.

Fact is ive been downloading for years and have never had a virus or problem.

By: Concerned Virus

Concerned Virus — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:47:59 +0000

“The last thing we need is these torrent file installed into our tvs and putting viruses on them too. If i buy a tv i dont want torrents uploading viruses to its mainframe and motherboard.”

OMG, do you really believe this?

I guess telling you to teach your son how to use Linux is out of the question, right?

- Do you know that there are no virus for Linux?
- Do you know Linux users use torrent for legal downloads on a daily basis?
- Do you know that Tribler is supported by the European Union, BBC and the European Broadcasting Union?
- Do you know that Tribler is developed by PhD researchers?

At least you made me laugh with the “Concerned” replies.

By: nbucking

nbucking — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:33:23 +0000

@ 48 please do explain. I read the wiki on IPTV and it is deadly long. It does not seem that IPTV is being implement on a world wide scale. And the providers tend to want you to use a set top box like cable or satelite. Not very helpful if you want to watch american shows in Korea per se.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:12:37 +0000

That would be very, very bad and a huge waste of resources. IPTV should use multicast, it is far more effective than BitTorrent.

By: nbucking

nbucking — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:54:21 +0000

@Rekrul: I am using EZTV (public) constantly. I agree with you on the whole streaming torrent scene. It just isn’t working. But I have not ran in to the problem of downloading old episodes. In fact when I download from Eztv the I usually download within the hour (depending on if it is 720p or not). Especially Jon and colbert. I admit though I do use a private site but only on the rare occasion a show trickles through EZTV’s cracks.
@EZTV: Please allow comments once more on your regular site. what’s the harm?

By: TerribleTony

TerribleTony — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:08:05 +0000

@Concerned Parent

Clearly you have no knowledge of security, P2P, iTunes, virii, trojans, and anything else technical I think of after completing this post.

You make blanket statement about how everyone who posts on this site downloads illegally, that’s just generalisation, and you know it ain’t true.

Stop trying to scare people, it doesn’t work as well as it used to as people can now educate themselves, thanks to the Internet.

If you are concerned, why not spend more time with your child while afk? Why not take him to the park and play ball? Maybe have an ice cream too, weather permitting.

By: Rekrul

Rekrul — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:58:56 +0000

Add to this that the average couch potato isn’t going to know anything about joining private torrent sites. Because that’s the only way you’re going to get speeds fast enough to make watching streaming torrents even remotely practical.

Seriously, go to any public torrent site, download a torrent for a TV show and watch it dribble in at 5-10K/s over the next several hours. That’s assuming that it’s something current. If you pick something from more than a couple months ago, you’ll be lucky if it downloads over the weekend.

By: Hacker/pirates of the world UNITE

Hacker/pirates of the world UNITE — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:01:04 +0000

how do you fell about usage based billing and caps

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/14/bell-unlimited-download.html

help canada be unlimited

By: Welshie

Welshie — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:59:24 +0000

Oops… look at all the multiple posts… must be that TTD that infected my TV’s motherboard…

Sorry ’bout that!

(Whatever happened to ‘your posting too quickly’ error ?)

By: Welshie

Welshie — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:56:17 +0000

@#5 concerned parent…

‘If i buy a tv i dont want torrents uploading viruses to its mainframe and motherboard.’

Buy a plastic bag for your TV’s ‘mainframe and motherboard’ and it will be protected from all known TTD’s (Torrent transmitted diseases).

I hear it works for ipod nano’s too… LOL!

Or maybe you could explain how a virus could travel through an SVGA cable (real-world examples of infections please… not theoretical ones).

Alternatively, get some tech know-how before posting your fantasy scare tactics to a tech savvy site. Even though all those who read this site have very different (and sometimes heated) opinions, I respect their posts because they took the time to share… and I’m all about the sharing!

As you have posted previously (your writing style is identical to previous similar ‘scare tactics’ posts), you shall be furthermore known as ‘OBVIOUS TROLL’.

Thanks for the entertainment though… ;)

By: Welshie

Welshie — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:56:01 +0000

@#5 concerned parent…

‘If i buy a tv i dont want torrents uploading viruses to its mainframe and motherboard.’

Buy a plastic bag for your TV’s ‘mainframe and motherboard’ and it will be protected from all known TTD’s (Torrent transmitted diseases).

I hear it works for ipod nano’s too… LOL!

Or maybe you could explain how a virus could travel through an SVGA cable (real-world examples of infections please… not theoretical ones).

Alternatively, get some tech know-how before postimg your fantasy scare tactics to a tech savvy site. Even though all those who read this site have very different (and sometimes heated) opinions, I respect their posts because they took the time to share… and I’m all about the sharing!

As you have posted previously (your writing style is identical to previous similar ‘scare tactics’ posts), you shall be furthermore known as ‘OBVIOUS TROLL’.

Thanks for the entertainment though… ;)

By: Welshie

Welshie — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:55:28 +0000

@#5 concerned parent…

‘If i buy a tv i dont want torrents uploading viruses to its mainframe and motherboard.’

Buy a plastic bag for your TV’s ‘mainframe and motherboard’ and it will be protected from all known TTD’s (Torrent transmitted diseases).

I hear it works for ipod nano’s too… LOL!

Or maybe you could explain how a virus could travel through an SVGA cable (real-world examples of infections please… not theoretical ones).

As you have posted previously (your writing style is identical to previous similar ‘scare tactics’ posts), you shall be furthermore known as ‘OBVIOUS TROLL’.

Thanks for the entertainment though… ;)

By: anony

anony — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:27:55 +0000

@33, Tribler uses a distributed search engine. So you don’t have to (can’t even) add torrent websites.

Torrent websites can pump there content into the Tribler network (making it searchable) through a rss feed. Some sites already do.

By: Concerned Trojan Man

Concerned Trojan Man — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:24:14 +0000

Hello everybody. I am here to tell you about the viruses that come from your computer. Please always use protection when inserting .tor files in to your utorrent. Or else your Ipod will get herpes and die. That’s right all you pirates can use Avast. And don’t forget to encrypt your files or the AID’s, whoops, FBI’s is going come and get you.

By: werty

werty — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:16:08 +0000

All of you are fcuking jerks…

yea yea me too . . .even the next commentator is a wanker.

By: Jasper van Weerd

Jasper van Weerd — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:51:52 +0000

@1, you think your flatscreen TV has no Linux interface? … wondering…

By: RobbingHood

RobbingHood — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:14:43 +0000

Some of the comments on this post are better than the article, and such I agree with #1, my TV & Projector are fed from my PC and my PC is my TV/DTV/HTPC.

I havn’t even looked at this Dribble to be honest and don’t think I will, I’ll just giggle @ the comments here while watching TV up in corner and ponder which torrent to check out.

Who said men can’t multitask?

By: #YLS#

#YLS# — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:27:20 +0000

To be honest this all sounds good until you consider the main thing?

does this really beat an RSS feed from EZTV that downloads while you do other things? not if you ask me.

How do you remotely control your pc? buy a wireless tracker ball remote. The bigger the screen the less of pain in the ass.

By: Nate

Nate — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:02:05 +0000

I don’t understand how the search function works. The settings page on the test build gives no settings for which trackers it searches, and on their FAQ’s page, their description makes it sound more like a Gnutella client with preview than a BT client.

Can someone clarify?