Mininova to Launch BitTorrent Video Streaming
The popular BitTorrent site Mininova is currently Beta testing BitTorrent powered video streaming. The new streaming feature allows users to watch videos instantly, streamed from .torrent files.
The new feature will be integrated into the featured torrents section, which lists all the distributors taking part in Mininova’s content distribution platform.
The Open Source “swarmplayer” which is used for the video streaming service is developed in collaboration with the Tribler team from the Technical University Delft and Free University Amsterdam. Tribler is also working together with the BBC and several other European broadcasters, and they recently received a $22 million grant for P2P research from the European Union.
The swarmplayer has also been demonstrated for a 100+ audience of media industry insiders in Geneva at the European Broadcaster Union event on Open Internet TV this week. The streaming magic comes from replacing the tit-for-tat algorithm with Give-to-Get. Tribler project leader Johan Pouwelse stated after his keynote speech at the conference: “the attitude of several key media stakeholders in Europe are shifting and they are now exploring P2P on a serious scale.”
Mininova is still looking for people to test the streaming service, as Erik writes: “We are looking for people who would like to be in the first testing group who test the software, report suggestions and bugs you find. Please reply in this topic if you want to participate in this closed beta.”
Mininova already has a music streaming feature for their content distribution platform, based on the Java applet developed by Bitlet. The site currently has over 300 premium publishers, and Mininova’s CEO Niek told TorrentFreak last month that they will focus on extending and improving their content distribution service.
“Publishers will see more distribution options in the near future, and users will be able to find featured content easier. Our plan is to offer the most sophisticated and scalable distribution service of the future. Functionality of “regular” torrent files will of course be kept as it is now.”
Over the past months we have seen more and more P2P streaming alternatives. One of the main problems seems to be that it is practically impossible to make a high quality video streaming service profitable because of the immense bandwidth costs but P2P streaming solves this problem.
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As of now it’s a waste of valuable bandwidth. Reliable HD-quality on-demand streaming belongs to the era of 1Gbps synchronous connections available to everyone. We’re not quite there yet.
So far it’s easier to d/l a movie and watch it when you want it. It’ll cost you the same amount of traffic, storage is hardly a problem these days, and if you don’t like it you can always delete it.
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hmm… if i had 4 times my current internet speed id definitely go for it… maybe the program will allow you to download it while you watch it so you can keep sharing it after downloaded…
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[quote comment="314784"]to the guys who say they would rather download torrents than stream:
this feature was probably implemented so users could stream some of the video before they downloaded to see if it was a fake or not. thus, you won’t be disappointed when you wait for the dl to finish, and you see it is a fake[/quote]
@39
You, sir, are nothing but a dumb ungrateful swine. If there were no scene, you’d get no releases at all. So STFU and take what you’re given by the people who do the real job. And don’t forget to say thanx to them next time.
@53
It’s been ages since I downloaded a fake via BT. Maybe I’m just lucky or maybe I know right places. ;-)
this technology is nown. an israeli companey as allready tested this technology in the past year. their alfa was great and now the beta is going to deliver shortly.
their website is : http://www.streamsoft.co.il
check out http://MeTorrents.com
foxtorrent, already does this
all xvid divx files can be streammed if you have fast bandwidth, and lots of swarm speed
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