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OT Does anyone know if the torrent technology itself allow incremental stuff? For example, if a torrent contains the first N episodes of a series and the N+1 ep

OT Does anyone know if the torrent technology itself allow incremental stuff? For example, if a torrent contains the first N episodes of a series and the N+1 episode comes out, is it possible to create for the new episode which references the previous torrent so that a client doesnt have to download any previous episode?

defrost 2y ago
BEP46 aka Dynamic Content Updates and Decentralization is, if I recall correctly, rolled into BEP-52 , aka The BitTorrent Protocol Specification v2 which has been the standard since 2020 (or so) and on paper since 2017 (ish). ( again, IIRC ) Question is, of course, how many release groups, public and private trackers are supporting this feature? https://medium.com/@kyodo-tech/bittorrent-protocol-v2-and-dynamic-content-updates-ee2d8cbd05df https://medium.com/@kyodo-tech/bittorrent-protocol-v2-and-dy... https://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0046.html https://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0046.html https://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0052.html https://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0052.html https://blog.libtorrent.org/2020/09/bittorrent-v2/ https://blog.libtorrent.org/2020/09/bittorrent-v2/
- bdjsiqoocwk 2y ago
  Ooo cool Right, like in all decentralized systems, ensuring that all parts are working together is a challenge. Thanks for this.
- bdjsiqoocwk 2y ago
  qbittorrent supports this https://www.ghacks.net/2022/01/08/bittorrent-client-qbittorrent-4-4-0/ https://www.ghacks.net/2022/01/08/bittorrent-client-qbittorr...
  - defrost 2y ago
    qbittorrent, transmission, other recent libraries support the protocol; what I've yet to see at any scale is community support in tracking communities. For example (say) a 2024 Season release torrent of Free-To-Air Australian Media Watch that updates each week with additional (weekly) episodes and corrected subtitles as they're improved (typically three waves of subtitles- "Live to air" real time lagging subtitles with errors; then corrected and tightened subtitles, and lastly 'perfect' subs with precise syncing and no [undeciphered mumble]) The tooling is there, the community support and uptake is still lagging.
its-summertime 2y ago
Torrents can have the same files in the same spots, in which case, the client can match up 99% of a given file (1% needing to be redownloaded due to pieces that go across file boundaries). Alternatively, it can just have the old torrent file in the new torrent: Many clients support recursive downloading, it will then recognize that it already has the old torrent, and won't re-download.

defrost 2y ago

BEP46 aka Dynamic Content Updates and Decentralization is, if I recall correctly, rolled into BEP-52 , aka The BitTorrent Protocol Specification v2 which has been the standard since 2020 (or so) and on paper since 2017 (ish). ( again, IIRC ) Question is, of course, how many release groups, public and private trackers are supporting this feature? https://medium.com/@kyodo-tech/bittorrent-protocol-v2-and-dynamic-content-updates-ee2d8cbd05df https://medium.com/@kyodo-tech/bittorrent-protocol-v2-and-dy... https://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0046.html https://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0046.html https://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0052.html https://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0052.html https://blog.libtorrent.org/2020/09/bittorrent-v2/ https://blog.libtorrent.org/2020/09/bittorrent-v2/

bdjsiqoocwk 2y ago
Ooo cool Right, like in all decentralized systems, ensuring that all parts are working together is a challenge. Thanks for this.
bdjsiqoocwk 2y ago
qbittorrent supports this https://www.ghacks.net/2022/01/08/bittorrent-client-qbittorrent-4-4-0/ https://www.ghacks.net/2022/01/08/bittorrent-client-qbittorr...
- defrost 2y ago
  qbittorrent, transmission, other recent libraries support the protocol; what I've yet to see at any scale is community support in tracking communities. For example (say) a 2024 Season release torrent of Free-To-Air Australian Media Watch that updates each week with additional (weekly) episodes and corrected subtitles as they're improved (typically three waves of subtitles- "Live to air" real time lagging subtitles with errors; then corrected and tightened subtitles, and lastly 'perfect' subs with precise syncing and no [undeciphered mumble]) The tooling is there, the community support and uptake is still lagging.

its-summertime 2y ago

Torrents can have the same files in the same spots, in which case, the client can match up 99% of a given file (1% needing to be redownloaded due to pieces that go across file boundaries). Alternatively, it can just have the old torrent file in the new torrent: Many clients support recursive downloading, it will then recognize that it already has the old torrent, and won't re-download.