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BitLet - a web-based BitTorrent client
First you need to know the proper URL of your torrent file. This is slightly harder than it sounds. We tested BitLet out by starting a download of The Corporation, a documentary that had been released as a free BitTorrent download by its producers. When we went and typed the download location into the BitLet page, it turned out that it wasn't in the correct format. Sure, we were able to download The.Corporation_Documentary_Shareware.Release 1.0b(Divx) -{mininova.org}-.torrent. But we couldn't figure out the correct URL to type into BitLet.
Eventually we found a URL that was in the proper format (http://www.blahblahblah.com/torrentfile.torrent) and the download began. In a pinch, BitLet seems like it will work. But it's no replacement for easy to use desktop clients.
Probably the coolest feature is BitLet's code generator that allows publishers to post BitTorrent files on their own websites. Just enter URL of the file you want to share and BitLet will spit out some code that you can embed on your website. Now when visitors want to download the file, they click a link on your site and a download begins in their browser. No need to explain how to download and configure a BitTorrent client.
[via TorrentFreak
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sandman said 12:11PM on 7-31-2007
Why not just use uTorrent's webUI?
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sandman said 12:11PM on 7-31-2007
Why not just use uTorrent's webUI?
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James said 5:29PM on 7-31-2007
Just curious, how does this work? Does it download the torrent to their servers, then serve the data to you? I can't think how it could send the "chunks" to your PC, then reassemble them, with a simple web page...
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Benny said 9:01PM on 7-31-2007
@sandman,
The point here is to allow users anywhere, such as those without uTorrent or any prior experience with BitTorrent, to download torrent files with ease. uTorrent's WebUI is convenient, but only if you're downloading files to the computer the WebUI is hosted. BitLet allows you to download onto your computer through a web interface. I think this is something very worthwhile and might come in handy in the future.
@James,
The website loads a Java BT client. You're not receiving data through the website, only the client that connects to the trackers specified in the torrent file.
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