Never heard of this before; paid the $0.99 and couldn't believe how awesome it was. What a killer service.
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#312So far guys I'm using StreamNation.com (http://www.streamnation.com), way better than put.io, their UI is amazing, they offer way more features and their iOS app is a killer with an offline mode. Last the pricing: they are 10 times less expensive. You should try my friends!
Re: Put.io
#313So far guys I'm using StreamNation.com ( http://www.streamnation.com ), way better than put.io, their UI is amazing, they offer way more features and their iOS app is a killer with an offline mode. Last the pricing: they are 10 times less expensive. You should try my friends!
Plus they transcode all videos so you can stream to any device. 20GB of free storage and support for magnets.
Re: Put.io
#314Earlier quoted context omitted.
Then you might want to try XBMCtorrent [1]. (disclosure: I wrote it) Select a torrent, watch it. [1] http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=174736 [2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQiC62ig3N0 Edit: wrong url
Useless for US citizens who are not using private VPN, since it downloads torrents on your machine, which tells legal institutions that your IP address is downloading that movie using torrent.
So far guys I'm using StreamNation.com (http://www.streamnation.com), way better than put.io, their UI is amazing, they offer way more features and their iOS app is a killer with an offline mode. Last the pricing: they are 10 times less expensive. Plus they transcode all videos and stream them, and they support magnets! You should try my friends, no-brainer!
Re: Put.io
#315Earlier quoted context omitted.
But BitTorrent wasn't invented to stream movies.
Who cares what it was invented for: we can use it for this. If we only ever used tools as intended the world wouldn't have progressed very far.
I agree in spirit, but the idea of everyone starting at the same end of the download does indeed go against some of the core ideas of bit torrent.
Personally I think maybe something should be built on top of bit torrent to accomplish this task. To me it's a case of being careful when re-engineering underlying protocols because of a higher level need.
Anyway, it's a nice hack, but I kind of understand where the client developers who refuse to do this are coming from :-)
Re: Put.io
#316Earlier quoted context omitted.
Useless for US citizens who are not using private VPN, since it downloads torrents on your machine, which tells legal institutions that your IP address is downloading that movie using torrent.
So far guys I'm using StreamNation.com ( http://www.streamnation.com ), way better than put.io, their UI is amazing, they offer way more features and their iOS app is a killer with an offline mode. Last the pricing: they are 10 times less expensive. Plus they transcode all videos and stream them, and they support magnets! You should try my friends, no-brainer!
It's interesting that they don't talk about torrent anywhere on the pages, in order to verify that they support it I had to search on their blog for word like "magnet".
I guess they probably prefer to have a low profile approach and use generic sentences like "your ripped DVDs, video files and web clips"
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#317Earlier quoted context omitted.
Very good question. I have a feeling it's the latter, because what's in it for them?
They seed automatically. Based on what subscription you have, they'll maintain a specific ratio. Minimum is 2.0 ratio but better accounts have a 20.0. https://put.io/plans?select=1.1
Only for private trackers. What about public & dht?
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#318Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sequential downloading is considered by many to be bad for the health of the torrent [1], and many developers refuse to implement it into their software/libraries [2]. [1] http://wiki.vuze.com/w/Sequential_downloading_is_bad [2] https://trac.transmissionbt.com/ticket/452
Wasn't the idea of the tracker in Bittorrent to decide who gets what chunk, ensure fairness and maximize availability?
Trackers aren't needed anymore. (DHT)
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#319Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'd not really consider DVD/CDs as the same thing as digital downloads. I'd love to purchase digital movies/music, but there's no way I'll buy a CD/DVD as they're useless to me.
IMO that isn't a valid reason to pirate it's just a crazy sense of entitlement. They've made it available to you in a reasonable way but it's still not good enough for you because it's not exactly what you want.
So his "valid" (to you) options are
1) buy CD/DVDs (except the ones that are unavailable or hard to find) and rip them (assuming this is sufficiently legal) then throw away the useless pieces of plastic you just paid premium for (which in some regions equates your license), or
2) buy CD/DVDs (except the ones that are unavailable, etc) and put up with plastic crap that is bulky, unreliable and slow, or
3) not buy anything
It's ridiculous, this is the 21st century. They can fit a whole season of some serial onto a micro-SD card, but instead you want me to buy a "box set" of cardboard junk and plastic that is larger than the laptop I intend to watch it on? (which, incidentally, doesn't have a DVD drive for pretty much the same reason it doesn't play cassette tapes or vinyl records either)
Five years ago I had a fire, packed salvageable stuff with smoke damage in big cardboard storage boxes. Over the years I've unpacked and cleaned almost all of the items. The box with all my CDs? They are probably fine (I guess), but I never bothered, I just got them digitally and am happy about those things not taking up any shelf space.
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#320Earlier quoted context omitted.
Considering it probably wouldn't be any more legal the slower way, I can't see how that question is salient.
Because instead of an annonymous user, there is now a company to sue. I don't see them lasting unless they create copyright controls that will make most people not want to use them.
They exists for over 4-5 years now (I don't remember exactly the first time I discovered this service, but it was around that time).
I believe the are located in an area where legislations are less strict and they can do this without having any problems.