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uTorrent 2.1 beta lets your preview video torrents while you download
If you're downloading a video file in the new version (say, an episode of your favorite TV series), the play icon between the status and seeds columns will go from white to green. As you'd expect, green means go. Once it's lit up, click and you can stream the video to either the Divx web player on uTorrent's server or to your preferred local player.
On my system, VLC worked nicely - KMplayer, however, wasn't too sure what to do and never started playing videos.
You'll find streaming in the uTorrent installer available for download here: http://download.utorrent.
If you're not ready to try the new beta, you can also download the somewhat more stable uTorrent 2.0 RC that was released yesterday. It doesn't support video streaming yet, but it does have one nifty new feature. You can enable a data transfer cap, which could come in handy if your internet service provider caps your monthly bandwidth.
[via TorrentFreak]
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Subscribe to commentsreezerDec 17th 2009 5:15PM
Good thing I'm at the top, I want everyone to read this:
If you're going to point out that the above image contains illegal activity then shut the hell up. YOU can go and live your perfect life somewhere else.
fikhlDec 17th 2009 5:42PM
+1
I'll be celebrating demonoid's return with this new feature! :)
Jash SayaniDec 18th 2009 6:48AM
I was gonna say I smell Piracy!
But I'll take that back from your comment. How can you do this in America??
FYIanDec 17th 2009 5:55PM
I could always do this anyway by opening my half-downloaded files with VLC.
ZargggDec 17th 2009 7:07PM
2.1 is the alpha branch, not beta. 2.0 was beta, now moving to RC. The reason the program displays "Beta" is because the build tools they use do not support the "alpha" moniker for version numbers.
ZargggDec 17th 2009 7:08PM
Ah, never mind. I see they shifted it, now that 2.0 is RC.
MarcusDec 29th 2009 2:12PM
no wai! now thats badass learn to dance!
mahDec 18th 2009 2:19AM
I guess I don't understand what is going on here. VLC can play damaged (not fully downloaded) video files irrespective of new utorrent features. Anyone can play a file that is being downloaded (once it has sufficient parts) to make sure it is the correct content. What is utorrent offering that is different that what always has been?
famehDec 18th 2009 7:30AM
Sometimes, when previewing a file with VLC, utorrent has said to me that it can't access to the file because it's being accessed by another process.
So i think it's a good idea, maybe that didn't happened to everyone but hey, it's a free plus!! :)
mahDec 18th 2009 8:10AM
I've never had that problem, but if you had it occasionally and now it is fixed, that sounds more like a bug fix than a new feature. I honestly just don't understand how what they've announced is a new feature.
SanjisanDec 18th 2009 4:59AM
The Nine Devines have graced us with their blessings.... Umbasa
hack6500Dec 18th 2009 10:34AM
IceModem RETURNS! only this time its video... the times they are a changing!
hack6500Dec 18th 2009 10:51AM
or maybe it was IceZmodem... i cant remember... i miss those days...
Q: My computer seems to run slow when IceZmodem is running and I get a
lot of errors in the transfer. What is going on?
A: First, make sure you have CTS/RTS (Hardware) Handshaking turned on
in IZMSETUP. If you still get errors in the transfer, try lowering
your COM port speed to 19200 or 38400. If you still get errors after
that, try the test again but do not press any keys during the file
transfer. If you find that the errors only occur when you hit a key
on the keyboard, try turning the "Give COM Ports Highest Priority"
option on in IZMSETUP. Also, try setting the FIFO Trigger Level to
1 in the "Use 16550" option in IZMSETUP. You may also want to check
to see if any TSRs or disk cache programs are hogging your processor
cycles and not leaving enough for IceZmodem to run fast enough.
jfjbDec 19th 2009 6:26PM
funny, the web site, http://www.utorrent.com/downloads
as of this time and day shows only this:
"µTorrent Release Candidate 1 (2.0 build 17624) Download Beta"
Which is exactly what my current self-upgrading (and running) application says as well.
No offense, but I'm staying away from this DL file until the mother ship has it -- at least -- displayed on screen.
Surf's up, dudes and dudettes.