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Anyone interested in the app can still build it from their repo. https://github.com/popcorn-time/popcorn-app https://github.com/popcorn-time/popcorn-app

equalarrow 13y ago
If I wasn't on Comcast I would try this out.. I've had to resort to a lower-tech approach: * Rent a cheap server * Run transmission daemon on it * SSH into server, port forward 9091 * Connect to localhost:9091 and add torrents that way * When downloads are done, scp them off to my local network Con: way too many steps involved Pro: encrypted to/from my local network I know this is not nearly the same as Popcorn Time, but it would be nice to automate all this.
- kilroy123 13y ago
  That's what a seed box is for. If you're really paranoid about it, you can actually pay for a seed box in bitcoins. Cost a good ~$20 a month though.
- tmslnz 13y ago
  Put.io "Seedbox As A Service" should work pretty well for that purpose
- icebraining 13y ago
  I have a similar setup, but I've automated a few more steps. I have couchpotato[1] running on my VPS. When I add a movie to it, it'll find and drop the torrent file to a directory, where rtorrent will pick it up and immediately start downloading it. When it finishes, it moves the files to a temporary directory, where couchpotato will detect them, rename them and move them to yet another directory, where Git Annex Assistant[2] will add them to its store and sync to a Raspberry Pi in my home through SSH/rsync. Then I can either copy the file to my laptop or Android by doing "git annex get <file>" or stream it from the Samba server running on the Pi. Complicated to setup initially, yes, but now it runs smoothly with almost no manual work. [1] https://couchpota.to/ https://couchpota.to/ [2] https://git-annex.branchable.com/assistant/ https://git-annex.branchable.com/assistant/
  - The_Double 13y ago
    What is the advantage of this compared to just running everything on the pi?
    - icebraining 13y ago
      Well, I like to keep decent ratios (usually 3), which would keep my asymmetric home connection too busy - whereas my cheap VPS can do 1Gpbs (burst). And in my experience, the Pi doesn't handle well heavy random IO over the USB/ethernet bus - I had downloads with 20-40% of blocks corrupted upon verification. And of course, while I don't consider it a problem where I live, removing the torrenting from your connection to a VPS in the Netherlands reduces the chances of having legal problems. And the VPS isn't a dedicated seedbox - I'd still use it for my email server (Spamhaus' PBL prevents me from sending from my home connection), Tiny Tiny RSS hosting, website hosting, etc.

equalarrow 13y ago

If I wasn't on Comcast I would try this out.. I've had to resort to a lower-tech approach: * Rent a cheap server * Run transmission daemon on it * SSH into server, port forward 9091 * Connect to localhost:9091 and add torrents that way * When downloads are done, scp them off to my local network Con: way too many steps involved Pro: encrypted to/from my local network I know this is not nearly the same as Popcorn Time, but it would be nice to automate all this.

kilroy123 13y ago
That's what a seed box is for. If you're really paranoid about it, you can actually pay for a seed box in bitcoins. Cost a good ~$20 a month though.
tmslnz 13y ago
Put.io "Seedbox As A Service" should work pretty well for that purpose
icebraining 13y ago
I have a similar setup, but I've automated a few more steps. I have couchpotato[1] running on my VPS. When I add a movie to it, it'll find and drop the torrent file to a directory, where rtorrent will pick it up and immediately start downloading it. When it finishes, it moves the files to a temporary directory, where couchpotato will detect them, rename them and move them to yet another directory, where Git Annex Assistant[2] will add them to its store and sync to a Raspberry Pi in my home through SSH/rsync. Then I can either copy the file to my laptop or Android by doing "git annex get <file>" or stream it from the Samba server running on the Pi. Complicated to setup initially, yes, but now it runs smoothly with almost no manual work. [1] https://couchpota.to/ https://couchpota.to/ [2] https://git-annex.branchable.com/assistant/ https://git-annex.branchable.com/assistant/
- The_Double 13y ago
  What is the advantage of this compared to just running everything on the pi?
  - icebraining 13y ago
    Well, I like to keep decent ratios (usually 3), which would keep my asymmetric home connection too busy - whereas my cheap VPS can do 1Gpbs (burst). And in my experience, the Pi doesn't handle well heavy random IO over the USB/ethernet bus - I had downloads with 20-40% of blocks corrupted upon verification. And of course, while I don't consider it a problem where I live, removing the torrenting from your connection to a VPS in the Netherlands reduces the chances of having legal problems. And the VPS isn't a dedicated seedbox - I'd still use it for my email server (Spamhaus' PBL prevents me from sending from my home connection), Tiny Tiny RSS hosting, website hosting, etc.