[mythtv] [ANNOUNCE] torrentocracy = rss + bit torrent + myth

Steven Cruysberghs steven.cruysberghs at tiscali.be
Fri Jun 18 08:09:14 EDT 2004


I tried it out and I get an empty screen and "Torrentocracy: Error in
loading Sites from DB" in my mythfrontend log.
Maybe some table didn't get created? 
I've seen the  /usr/share/mythtv/torrentocracy/torrentocracy-feeds.xml
file and that holds al the newsfeeds.

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org] Namens Claus M. Christiansen
> Verzonden: vrijdag 18 juni 2004 7:59
> Aan: Development of mythtv
> Onderwerp: Re: [mythtv] [ANNOUNCE] torrentocracy = rss + bit 
> torrent + myth
> 
> 
> 
> Looks very nice, I must say...
> 
> Claus
> 
> Gary Lerhaupt wrote:
> 
> >I have taken Renchi Raju's mythnews plugin, revamped the GUI
> >(borrowing from mythweather, adding a second page), and added 
> >enclosure parsing/downloading to enable bit torrent downloads from 
> >Myth.  I am calling this project Torrentocracy.
> >
> >http://torrentocracy.com/files/permalink/torrentocracy-0.0.4.tgz
> >
> >At this stage, it works.  If an RSS feed has an application/x- 
> >bittorrent enclosure within it, a "torrent" icon will appear on the 
> >entry.  You can then right button to the second page where there you 
> >can hit the menu button and then select "Start Torrent".  It 
> will then 
> >download the torrent to /var/lib/torrentocracy/active/.  
> Separately, I 
> >have also developed a very simple bittorrent service script 
> (packaged 
> >within torrentocracy) to be placed in /etc/init.d/, which starts 
> >btlaunchmany.py on bootup and tells it to automatically join any 
> >torrent found in /var/lib/torrentocracy/active.  So, basically, from 
> >your TV, you can just select start torrent and 
> btlaunchmany.py does the 
> >rest.
> >
> >This is as far as I have come.  My next steps are to parse the output
> >of btlaunchmany so that I can show updated status in the 
> torrentocracy 
> >GUI.  I also want to get the "stop torrent" button working 
> and create 
> >other options to move completed content out 
> >of /var/lib/torrentocracy/active/ and place it 
> >in /var/lib/torrentocracy/complete/.
> >
> >I very much welcome feedback/patches.  There are many things left to
> >do and improvements to make.  Here's a list:
> > - Torrent status 
> > - Handling of other RSS enclosure types 
> > - Get rid of flicker on page 2
> > - Entry scrolling for full entry view on page 2 
> > - Date shown on RSS entry should be published time, not downloaded 
> >time 
> > - If set, automatically download new torrents 
> > - When RSS is auto-pulled, don't switch to the newest entry 
> > - HTML tag handling in RSS entry text 
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Gary
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