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Mininova testing BitTorrent video streaming

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There are pretty much two ways to distribute video on the internet. You can provide files that users can download and then play, or files that are streamed over the internet which can be watched pretty much immediately. Videos distributed over BitTorrent tend to be of the former variety. But popular BitTorrent tracker Mininova is rolling out a test of a technology that lets you watch streaming BitTorrent videos.

Mininova is using the open source Swarm Player developed by Tribler. Beta testers won't be able to watch every video, but Mininova will offer up featured torrents that are compatible with the Swarm Player technology. You can apply to be a beta tester at the Mininova forums.

[via TorrentFreak]

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