sharing videos?

[jiel]

tongue.gif Non-pro videos could be shared on DC++, and other p2p:s, for free.With indexes on web-sites
it should be no problem finding them.Anyone tried this?

[harlequin]

p2p is being used to distribute a film by Mike Jittlov. 'The wizard of speed and time'

System works fine.

[cstv]

how about a DVDoctor bit torrent tracker?

it could be used for large files (software updates etc, assuming permission was sought) and for sharing videos with minimal overhead on the server.

mark.

[harlequin]

the idea is great , i still can't get my head round setting a tracker up.

needs a pc or rack unit devoted entirely to that job.

will see what i can find out about a reliable tracker system .................

[jiel]

what's that? please explain how it works ....

[harlequin]

type bittorent into google.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=bittorent

there are many pages explaining the concept.

[jiel]

this is exactly what I was looking for.And yes it would be really cool with an DVDoctor tracker...

[cstv]

yey! positive murmurs!

i agree, Gary. setting up a tracker does seem a little complicated... that said, lots of people have done it, so it can't be that hard...

mark.

[harlequin]

no ..... but try getting someone to explain it all in plain english.

you need a standalone unit , only doing the tracker.


http://bnbt.depthstrike.com/doc/ is a starting point

[jiel]

There is one little problem though,just downloaded a virus - Tibick - something i never got from dc++!

[harlequin]

Discovered on: July 26, 2004 , so no antivirus should have allowed it in.
a video file cannot be infected by this virus so it must have been an executable you downloaded.
if the hash was checked and you weren't the first downloader , then a bad file should have been nuked long before delivery, and bittorrent is no different from dc++ in the way it handles files , so you would have had the same problem if you had downloaded from dc++
i suggest you post a warning on the bittorrent site you downloaded the file from.

note on how it 'works'

Modifies the settings of various file-sharing applications, if present, to use the newly created folder as the default sharing folder. This applies to the following applications:

Kazaa
iMesh
Morpheus
wareo
eMule
DC++

[jiel]

:confused: not really sure where i got it.Either my5minutes.com or sourceforge.net.Downloaded "maketorrent" and "BTeasy".......

[harlequin]

sourceforge won't have any viruses ......