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Automatically downloading TV shows with BitTorrent
by Jordan Running May 9th 2006 at 2:55PM
Though I hate to admit it, my "poor man's TiVo" solution consists of me checking CAT every morning to see what's new and then hitting the BitTorrent trackers to start my downloads. I know there are better ways to go about it, but what can I say, I'm a creature of habit. But speaking of better ways, Lifehacker's Adam Pash has written a brand new guide to automatically downloading your favorite TV shows using the free Windows app Ted and the BitTorrent client of your choosing. He steps you through setting up Ted and configuring it for your favorite shows, making it work with Azureus and uTorrent, and setting up custom feeds.
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Earnest Pettie said 6:14PM on 5-09-2006
It isn't ideal, yet, since its default setting is for a bad port, but Democracy seems to be an ideal situation for automatically getting your TV shows, especially if you're on a Mac. Macs seem to have the better client right now, but when all the bugs are worked out, Democracy is has the potential to be a huge player on the field.
http://getdemocracy.org
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