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Re: Transmission v4.0

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Post by pixxel »

leovander wrote: post #21
dmix wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use torrents heavily despite subscribing to 4 different streaming services because I live in Canada and we don't yet have Hulu or HBO Max. Plus I also like watching some older movies via 2160p bluray rips and torrents are just the easiest option to do so. That plus it has everything. I use Transmission for torrents and then https://airflow.app/ to cast movies from my Macbook to my Firestick/Chromecast, which I find…

If you want quicker speeds, look into usenet. Have to pay for a decent news hosting and indexer, but after some tweaking you can download new releases so much quicker without worrying about vpns and ratios. At this point I have Plex and Overseer hooked up to Prowlarr, Sonarr, Lidarr and Radarr, with Prowlarr connected to my nzb client and server (it was easy to cut over from transmission, using the secure ports to ta…

"configure nzb newhosting site"

What's good these days? I used GigaNews back in the day. From memory, there was a content decrease as newsgroups were getting hit hard for take downs. I think I'm remembering this correctly.

Re: Transmission v4.0

#62

Post by marginalia_nu »

KronisLV wrote: post #58
marginalia_nu wrote: post #51

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Brittleness isn't really a property of having tests IMO, more about designing it to reduce unexpected dependencies and interaction-at-a-distance between components. (Part of it is also understanding how the system works. If you are new to a code base, virtually all dependencies are unexpected) Tests can help reveal when those types of dependencies break, but even so, I would argue that is brittle code held together w…

> Tests can help reveal when those types of dependencies break, but even so, I would argue that is brittle code held together with cling wrap. The fundamental problem is still there. Sure, however tests failing after refactoring or removing seemingly unused bits of code will be a great way to figure out when one's assumptions about how everything works are mistaken, or to discover bits of code that one wasn't even aw…

To be clear, I'm not saying you shouldn't have tests, but if you change your pom.xml and the code starts blowing up at runtime, your code is still brittle.

Code that isn't brittle wouldn't behave like that.

Tests allows you to catch it early, but with the platonic form of non-brittle code, you wouldn't need to run any other tests than the test that tests the module you just changed.

Re: Transmission v4.0

#63

Post by znpy »

catfishx wrote: post #59
meatjuice wrote: post #26

Why not rewritten in rust? (someone had to do this)

Rust evangelist strikeforce strikes again... No seriously, I am a rustacean too, but please stop telling everyone to Rewrite everything in Rust (even if its only a joke), its becoming slightly annoying

> its becoming slightly annoying

Tbh it’s been always annoying

Re: Transmission v4.0

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Post by SSLy »

pixxel wrote: post #61
leovander wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you want quicker speeds, look into usenet. Have to pay for a decent news hosting and indexer, but after some tweaking you can download new releases so much quicker without worrying about vpns and ratios. At this point I have Plex and Overseer hooked up to Prowlarr, Sonarr, Lidarr and Radarr, with Prowlarr connected to my nzb client and server (it was easy to cut over from transmission, using the secure ports to ta…

"configure nzb newhosting site" What's good these days? I used GigaNews back in the day. From memory, there was a content decrease as newsgroups were getting hit hard for take downs. I think I'm remembering this correctly.

eweka

Re: Transmission v4.0

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Post by 2Gkashmiri »

ornornor wrote: post #54
2Gkashmiri wrote: post #41

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is there something for books and audiobooks in particular? i am hoping for a audible-like experience which can easily be created using booksonic and other servers but the retrieval part is the most troublesome imo. movies and tv shows have the best experience

There is: https://lazylibrarian.gitlab.io/ Libgen has almost everything I need and when it doesn’t I can usually find it in #bookz on undernet. If all else fails, bookfinder.com usually knows about used copies. I don’t have the luxury of an English speaking public library where I live.

niether do i. i did manage to get a libby account so that has helped me by a lot but still....

does LL support audiobooks search from torrents? nice. i might have to give this a look afterall

Re: Transmission v4.0

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Post by ZoomZoomZoom »

meatjuice wrote: post #26

Why not rewritten in rust? (someone had to do this)

Actually, not such a bad question, if worded poorly. There's at least Synapse[1]. It even has a third-part broker to accept transmission GUIs by Drew DeVault[2]. Why didn't they just reuse Transmission protocol from the get-go, to leverage the great Transmission-Remote-GUI[3] for example, is beyond me.

Unfortunately, there's just not enough interest in the project and no adoption.

Transmission, at least previously, never have been too resource-friendly, so a lean and mean Rust alternative would be great.

1. https://github.com/Luminarys/synapse

2. https://sr.ht/~sircmpwn/broca/

3. https://github.com/transmission-remote-gui/transgui

Re: Transmission v4.0

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Post by KronisLV »

marginalia_nu wrote: post #62
KronisLV wrote: post #58

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> Tests can help reveal when those types of dependencies break, but even so, I would argue that is brittle code held together with cling wrap. The fundamental problem is still there. Sure, however tests failing after refactoring or removing seemingly unused bits of code will be a great way to figure out when one's assumptions about how everything works are mistaken, or to discover bits of code that one wasn't even aw…

To be clear, I'm not saying you shouldn't have tests, but if you change your pom.xml and the code starts blowing up at runtime, your code is still brittle. Code that isn't brittle wouldn't behave like that. Tests allows you to catch it early, but with the platonic form of non-brittle code, you wouldn't need to run any other tests than the test that tests the module you just changed.

That's a fair point! I guess it's a matter of what's under the hood vs how it appears on the outside. Code that is brittle in obvious ways is still better than code that is brittle in subtle ways and will break later. Code that doesn't have those issues in the first place is the best, of course.

Re: Transmission v4.0

#68

Post by shpx »

capableweb wrote: post #60
Gigachad wrote: post #37

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Put some padding on the UI. I had a quick look and I couldn’t find any app that had UI in the space the scroll bar shows in. Apple is clearly never changing this as they and every other app developer puts a 10px padding in and it looks better while not having a scroll bar obscure anything.

> Put some padding on the UI. I had a quick look and I couldn’t find any app that had UI in the space the scroll bar shows in. What about Xcode? According to the PR where they tried to solve it ( https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/1 ), it seems it suffers from the same problem.

That comment is 7 years old. I clicked around in Xcode for a bit and it doesn’t anymore.

I didn’t expect “I can’t click “Open Downloaded File” on a file downloading application because the scroll bar is in the way” would generate any discussion. It should be obvious to everyone that it’s an issue and should be fixed.

Re: Transmission v4.0

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Post by manigandham »

xwowsersx wrote: post #5

I don't remember why or how I ever picked up uTorrent, but that's the client I've always used. Thinking about torrenting just now, I realize I used to download torrents much more often than I do these days. I guess that's due to greater availability of video content on the streaming platforms and music on Spotify, etc.? What else do people use torrents for from a consumer perspective? Is there a wider everyday use ca…

There are multiple torrent/download services like Put.io that make it much easier and more useful.

Regardless of streaming service subscriptions, nothing beats raw files for high-fidelity playback without buffering and instant replay/seeking.

Re: Transmission v4.0

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Post by capableweb »

shpx wrote: post #68
capableweb wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Put some padding on the UI. I had a quick look and I couldn’t find any app that had UI in the space the scroll bar shows in. What about Xcode? According to the PR where they tried to solve it ( https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/1 ), it seems it suffers from the same problem.

That comment is 7 years old. I clicked around in Xcode for a bit and it doesn’t anymore. I didn’t expect “I can’t click “Open Downloaded File” on a file downloading application because the scroll bar is in the way” would generate any discussion. It should be obvious to everyone that it’s an issue and should be fixed.

> It should be obvious to everyone that it’s an issue and should be fixed.

Yes, everyone seems to agree it should be fixed, not sure why you felt the need to write this?

There was a PR (https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/1) and there is a issue (https://github.com/transmission/transmission/issues/261) where they have been trying to come up with a solution, but seems they've been unable to.

If you know how to fix it (even if just by written word), please do help them to fix it by sharing the solution, as you don't seem to be the only one who is disturbed by the issue.

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