Canoe_Captain Posted July 14, 2014 Posted July 14, 2014 Stefan sometimes talks about the steadily increasing server bills due to increasing downloads of FDR podcasts. It's great that more and more podcasts are downloaded, but the donated money that pays the server bills might be used for other purposes if we reduce the load on the FDR servers. Here is a solution how we can reduce those bills. Torrent RSS Feeds to FDR Volumes · Volume 1 bitlove.org/freedomain_radio_torrent/volume_1/feed · Volume 2 bitlove.org/freedomain_radio_torrent/volume_2/feed · Volume 3 bitlove.org/freedomain_radio_torrent/volume_3/feed · Volume 4 bitlove.org/freedomain_radio_torrent/volume_4/feed · Volume 5 bitlove.org/freedomain_radio_torrent/volume_5/feed · Latest Podcasts bitlove.org/freedomain_radio_torrent/latest/feed The Easy Way to Listen and Share · Download and Install the open source Miro player available for Windows and Mac OSX. If you use the Miro website to download, you will encounter an installer that tries to install additional crapware. So just use the links provided in this bullet point. · After the installation go to "Sidebar" > "Add Podcast" and paste this URL bitlove.org/freedomain_radio_torrent/latest/feed · To start listening you just need to press "download" and then "play", · If you pause or switch to another podcast episode, the Miro player will remember the played position of your previous podcasts. · After you downloaded podcasts the Miro player will automatically upload your downloaded podcasts to other listeners. · The Miro player syncs with your Android and Kindle Fire devices. The Benefits · The FDR podcasts are stored decentralized on the listeners hard drives – a backup in case anything happens to the FDR servers. The decentralized system works quite similar to the Bitcoin network. · You get to give back to the community by letting your PC/Mac upload Podcasts to other listeners. · We help to reduce FDR’s server bills. The Disadvantages · You have to use a podcast software that supports BitTorrent, for example the Miro Player, but there are also other P2P players for Windows, Android, Mac and Linux. · You can not use your usual podcast player or site like iTunes, Stitcher or other Browser-based podcast services to download. After you downloaded a podcast, you can of course play it back with any MP3 compatible player. The Way to Listen and Share for Advanced Bittorrent Users · Use your preferred BitTorrent client to add the RSS Feed bitlove.org/freedomain_radio_torrent/latest/feed · You can also find a complete list and add torrents individually on this website bitlove.org/freedomain_radio_torrent How It Works Have your heard of BitTorrent? The FDR podcasts are shared in a peer to peer BitTorrent network. The website Bitlove.org creates torrents out of podcasts, it creates torrent RSS feeds out of podcast feeds. The feeds that I link to contain hundreds of torrents, each torrent is a Podcast. The torrents are downloading fast since currently the regular FDR servers are part of the P2P network. Other FDR Torrents · Somebody uploaded all the podcasts up to show 2299 in 22 packages. Robert Rak summarized the torrents here https://board.freedomainradio.com/topic/39836-fdrpodcastscom-official-launch/?p=365010 (They are grouped by the hundreds. Package 3 thus includes podcast 300-399) · Somebody uploaded all the podcasts in 7 packages up to show 2728. You can look it up here thepiratebay.se/user/FDRURL. I waited up to an hour until these torrents started downloading. · One advantage of the Bitlove "Latest Podcasts Feed" is that it includes always the 250 most current podcasts. 1
sagiquarius Posted July 14, 2014 Posted July 14, 2014 Hmmm, I see what you did there. I wonder by what percentage this would reduce BW usage on the FDR side? Perhaps Mike can chime in at some point. At the very least, slapping active podcast directories on bitlove is yet another marketing avenue for FDR to get the word out. Well done captain. On another note: Tell me, is being a captain of a canoe as glorious as commanding a starship? I graduated from ferryboat captain to starship a while ago. I must say, it's a lot more demanding. 1
jacbot Posted July 14, 2014 Posted July 14, 2014 I just thought of something. FDR measures the number of downloaded podcasts (no over 60 million total?) How would such metrics be aqcuired in the future with p2p distribution.?
Canoe_Captain Posted July 15, 2014 Author Posted July 15, 2014 Hmmm, I see what you did there. I wonder by what percentage this would reduce BW usage on the FDR side? It partly depends on how many use Desktop machines and Labtops vs. mobile devices, because you need cheap bandwidth and abundant power supply and mobile devices often have neither. On another note: Tell me, is being a captain of a canoe as glorious as commanding a starship? I graduated from ferryboat captain to starship a while ago. I must say, it's a lot more demanding. A canoe is not as glorious as a spaceship, but I wanted something that is not too demanding so I can focus more time and energy on FDR. I just thought of something. FDR measures the number of downloaded podcasts (no over 60 million total?) How would such metrics be aqcuired in the future with p2p distribution.? The website bitlove.org shows you the number of downloads per torrent, so that you still have some measurement.bitlove.org/freedomain_radio_torrent
J-William Posted July 15, 2014 Posted July 15, 2014 I'm giving it a try right now. It downloaded very fast. I added the RSS feed to my torrents application, and unsubscribed in iTunes. I will give it a try for a while and come back here to complain if I don't like it 1
Canoe_Captain Posted July 15, 2014 Author Posted July 15, 2014 I'm giving it a try right now. It downloaded very fast. I added the RSS feed to my torrents application, and unsubscribed in iTunes. I will give it a try for a while and come back here to complain if I don't like it I am excited to hear that and I am looking forward to read your feedback. I am giving it a try as well.
J-William Posted July 16, 2014 Posted July 16, 2014 It's disappointing me! I've been seeding for 5 hours and haven't uploaded a single bit... people done do need to get to torrentin!
Magenta Posted July 16, 2014 Posted July 16, 2014 Somebody uploaded all the podcasts in 22 packages. You can find the the torrents summarized here https://board.freedomainradio.com/topic/39836-fdrpodcastscom-official-launch/?p=365010 (They are grouped by the hundreds. Package 3 thus includes podcast 300-399) I'm already seeding all of those torrents. Is there anything else I should do if I want to contribute bandwidth? Do I need to configure my bittorrent client in a particular way?
Canoe_Captain Posted July 16, 2014 Author Posted July 16, 2014 I'm already seeding all of those torrents. Is there anything else I should do if I want to contribute bandwidth? Do I need to configure my bittorrent client in a particular way? If your BitTorrent client is indicating that you are seeding then everything is working. You could configure your client to start when your PC boots up, but that is optional. Usually you can look up in your client statistics how much Mbits you uploaded. If your client does not upload/seed any torrent data, then the most likely reason is: no peer is downloading right now, but I guess that is not your problem. If you have a modern client that supports torrent RSS feeds than you could add the Bitlove Feed and host it as well https://bitlove.org/freedomain_radio_torrent/latest/feed.
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