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Show HN: Rivulet – a music player for torrents

28 points by rivulet 12y ago

captn3m0 12y ago
Is playing music in the demo intentionally disabled?
- rivulet 12y ago
  It takes a while for a torrent to be downloaded and become available to play. As soon as the first piece is available, it should become playable.
- deleted 12y ago
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- rivulet 12y ago
  Actually... you are right, it's broken right now. I'm trying to fix it...
  - rivulet 12y ago
    Fixed.
    - hias 12y ago
      "(run by an entity not affiliated with rivulet.audio)" So it is after all ;-) Shouldn't you mention that you could get sued for using this service? A lot of people did not know how PopcornTime worked, used it and get sued because of that...
      - soylentcola 12y ago
        Yeah, listening to unlicensed music on Grooveshark or Youtube doesn't put the user at risk but if it makes you part of the swarm, you're technically participating in the unlicensed distribution and can be sued/fined.
      - lbotos 12y ago
        I never used popcorn time (don't watch enough movies/netflix for those I do) but do you have examples of "a lot of people getting sued"? I read a lot of media coverage on PCT but never saw those stories.
        bduerst 12y ago
        AFAIK, nobody did. PCT shut down before anyone could mount a case, but made the code available. It's actually a pretty strategic way to demo a technology that would get shut down in civil court.
Raphmedia 12y ago
Question: Will I be seeding if I use Rivulet? Where I live, I believe that I can download but not seed.
- rivulet2 12y ago
  At this time you do seed, I'll be pushing a fix to allow disabling of seeding later today.
gbachik 12y ago
Hey! LimeWire is back lol.
kevinkimball 12y ago
so this is popcorntime for music?
- rivulet2 12y ago
  That's the idea! :)
- deleted 12y ago
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bduerst 12y ago
This might be tangental, but why isn't there an ISBN equivalent for other media (e.g. movies, music)? It would make distributed streaming services like this much more powerful, but would also allow copyright holders to have more control over their content.
- derobert 12y ago
  There are. For sound recordings, there is the International Standard Recording Code (ISRC). For the musical work (of which there may be many recordings) there is an International Standard Musical Work Code (ISWC). For an entire album, at least in CD format, there is a Media Catalog Number (MCN). (CDs also typically contain an ISRC for each track.) Albums often have a label catalog number as well. There are also community identifiers, such as MusicBrainz IDs. Not sure what there is for movies, however.
mikexstudios 12y ago
Really neat project. One suggestion: Put bitrate and filesize information in search results so that the user can make a decision based on the quality of the file.

28 points by rivulet 12y ago

captn3m0 12y ago

Is playing music in the demo intentionally disabled?

rivulet 12y ago
It takes a while for a torrent to be downloaded and become available to play. As soon as the first piece is available, it should become playable.
deleted 12y ago
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rivulet 12y ago
Actually... you are right, it's broken right now. I'm trying to fix it...
- rivulet 12y ago
  Fixed.
  - hias 12y ago
    "(run by an entity not affiliated with rivulet.audio)" So it is after all ;-) Shouldn't you mention that you could get sued for using this service? A lot of people did not know how PopcornTime worked, used it and get sued because of that...
    - soylentcola 12y ago
      Yeah, listening to unlicensed music on Grooveshark or Youtube doesn't put the user at risk but if it makes you part of the swarm, you're technically participating in the unlicensed distribution and can be sued/fined.
    - lbotos 12y ago
      I never used popcorn time (don't watch enough movies/netflix for those I do) but do you have examples of "a lot of people getting sued"? I read a lot of media coverage on PCT but never saw those stories.
      - bduerst 12y ago
        AFAIK, nobody did. PCT shut down before anyone could mount a case, but made the code available. It's actually a pretty strategic way to demo a technology that would get shut down in civil court.

Raphmedia 12y ago

Question: Will I be seeding if I use Rivulet? Where I live, I believe that I can download but not seed.

rivulet2 12y ago
At this time you do seed, I'll be pushing a fix to allow disabling of seeding later today.

gbachik 12y ago

Hey! LimeWire is back lol.

kevinkimball 12y ago

so this is popcorntime for music?

rivulet2 12y ago
That's the idea! :)
deleted 12y ago
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bduerst 12y ago

This might be tangental, but why isn't there an ISBN equivalent for other media (e.g. movies, music)? It would make distributed streaming services like this much more powerful, but would also allow copyright holders to have more control over their content.

derobert 12y ago
There are. For sound recordings, there is the International Standard Recording Code (ISRC). For the musical work (of which there may be many recordings) there is an International Standard Musical Work Code (ISWC). For an entire album, at least in CD format, there is a Media Catalog Number (MCN). (CDs also typically contain an ISRC for each track.) Albums often have a label catalog number as well. There are also community identifiers, such as MusicBrainz IDs. Not sure what there is for movies, however.

mikexstudios 12y ago

Really neat project. One suggestion: Put bitrate and filesize information in search results so that the user can make a decision based on the quality of the file.