Streaming Video via Bittorrent

Viper007Bond · July 26th, 2008, 02:56 PM

Article about the technology: http://torrentfreak.com/p2p-next-int...eaming-080718/

EZTV is now doing it for some of their videos: http://eztv.it/tstream/tstreamhowto.html (easier to understand than TF link)

Software website: http://trial.p2p-next.org/ (even easier to understand with working examples!)

Apparently while it works better with the modified torrent files (.tstream files), it still works with normal .torrent files too. Might be worth trying this client on Sunday for Top Gear with our .torrent. images/smilies/wink.gif

fbc · July 26th, 2008, 03:03 PM

Sounds very nice.

Not something I'd use (watch the shows on my media player / PVR), but that's a really nice development.

FliPP · July 26th, 2008, 03:14 PM

It's working with our torrent as well, i tried it with the file from last week. However, it buffered every few minutes. Maybe it won't do that with a few seedboxes connected. Might as well try it during release day images/smilies/wink.gif

chaos386 · July 26th, 2008, 03:55 PM

I prefer my videos pan-fried, myself.

Seriously though, I've always thought p2p streaming was a nifty idea, but wasn't sure how well it'd work with Bittorrent's inherently random nature, and how much of a problem latency would be. Good to see people are working on it. images/smilies/smile.gif

epp_b · July 26th, 2008, 05:40 PM

I'd certainly like to give it a go on Sunday! images/smilies/smile.gif

Quote:

I prefer my videos pan-fried, myself.

Oh, you saw that, too? images/smilies/tongue.gif

jeffy777 · July 26th, 2008, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fbc

Sounds very nice.

Not something I'd use (watch the shows on my media player / PVR), but that's a really nice development.

Yeah, I always download and then watch at a later date too, but it's kind of a cool idea for those who would use it.

The Chad · July 26th, 2008, 05:54 PM

Give it a shot. I'd be willing to give it a try.

devil500 · July 26th, 2008, 07:02 PM

Give it a try, but also have a regular torrent to download if it fails massively.

matt2000 · July 26th, 2008, 11:48 PM

I might give this a try if I can watch them through my 360 while they download.

Viper007Bond · July 27th, 2008, 01:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by devil500

Give it a try, but also have a regular torrent to download if it fails massively.

That's the point -- it works with a normal .torrent. I won't be doing anything special on Sunday. images/smilies/wink.gif

Clegg · July 27th, 2008, 06:23 PM

No Mac client yet... that makes me sad. images/smilies/cry.gif

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chaos386 .sa = bad driver! Joined: Nov 8th, 2004 Last Online: November 30th, 2008 Location: Paris, France Age: 22 Posts: 3,443 LFS Status: Rep Power: 58	I prefer my videos pan-fried, myself. Seriously though, I've always thought p2p streaming was a nifty idea, but wasn't sure how well it'd work with Bittorrent's inherently random nature, and how much of a problem latency would be. Good to see people are working on it. __________________ "My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to $3.00 a can. That's almost $21.00 in dog money." -Joe Weinstein

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