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This worked really well for me after a few seconds of stuttering at the start. Looking at the network requests, it's streaming from an MP4 file on the server wh

This worked really well for me after a few seconds of stuttering at the start. Looking at the network requests, it's streaming from an MP4 file on the server which I guess is being fed by the torrent. But doesn't it effectively mean that this site is hosting the MP4 of potentially illegal content - even if just a few seconds of it? Or even as just a container for it?

pessimizer 12y ago
That's not how I expected it to be designed. I assumed that you would only be asking for the pieces to fill a moving buffer starting from the beginning of the file (like a sort of client 'superseeding.') edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super-seeding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super-seeding super-leeching?
easytiger 12y ago
If it all runs in the browser then its no different than running a libtorrent application locally or such locally
- romanovcode 12y ago
  It depends. In Germany, for example, it's illegal to SEED, downloading is not a problem. That's why websites similar to mega upload and russian movie streaming websites are so popular there. If this thing only gives content to you and you don't give anything back than it's pretty cool.
chii 12y ago
i was hoping that it was a javascript torrent client, not a server based media player that happened to use a torrent to obtain that media (then immediately serving that media). It's a cool tech, but it's a tech that can be targeted by "authorities", and so sooner rather than later, will get taken down due to copyright claims.
agumonkey 12y ago
Tried different links (magnets or .torrent) without any luck. I'm curious to see how it behaves even though I don't intend to use it afterwards.. just for the sake of doing it in the browser. Anyone care to give me a small sample magnet ? <10M
- icebraining 12y ago
  This works fine for me: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:373b1794e9e73dbf206bce304a5900851193f285&dn=steal+ this+film+part+1+and+2&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.publicbt.com%3A8 0%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fopen.demonii.com%3A1337
  - agumonkey 12y ago
    Same.. I get an error (I fixed the space between ? and xt). Chrome devtools/network shows nothing suspcious, some basic ping pong between their server for small HTTP request returning 200. Weird. Thanks for the help though

pessimizer 12y ago

That's not how I expected it to be designed. I assumed that you would only be asking for the pieces to fill a moving buffer starting from the beginning of the file (like a sort of client 'superseeding.') edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super-seeding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super-seeding super-leeching?

easytiger 12y ago

If it all runs in the browser then its no different than running a libtorrent application locally or such locally

romanovcode 12y ago
It depends. In Germany, for example, it's illegal to SEED, downloading is not a problem. That's why websites similar to mega upload and russian movie streaming websites are so popular there. If this thing only gives content to you and you don't give anything back than it's pretty cool.

chii 12y ago

i was hoping that it was a javascript torrent client, not a server based media player that happened to use a torrent to obtain that media (then immediately serving that media). It's a cool tech, but it's a tech that can be targeted by "authorities", and so sooner rather than later, will get taken down due to copyright claims.

agumonkey 12y ago

Tried different links (magnets or .torrent) without any luck. I'm curious to see how it behaves even though I don't intend to use it afterwards.. just for the sake of doing it in the browser. Anyone care to give me a small sample magnet ? <10M

icebraining 12y ago
This works fine for me: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:373b1794e9e73dbf206bce304a5900851193f285&dn=steal+ this+film+part+1+and+2&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.publicbt.com%3A8 0%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fopen.demonii.com%3A1337
- agumonkey 12y ago
  Same.. I get an error (I fixed the space between ? and xt). Chrome devtools/network shows nothing suspcious, some basic ping pong between their server for small HTTP request returning 200. Weird. Thanks for the help though