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Building a ***rentbox (*** rhymes with whore)

FubearFubear Registered User regular
edited March 2010 in Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern
2 ) Piracy and emulation :

* These may still be discussed as news issues, but any passing mention to methods, techniques or resources is strictly not allowed. Any violation of the above rule is grounds for immediate banning. Just don't do it.

Would it be OK to ask how to set up a computer with Linux for the express purpose of torrenting and streaming?

I'd like to use it as a way to become more familiar with something besides XP. And to have something that is both totally wicked AND really sweet.

If it helps reduce the anger imprint and tendency to ban I'm sure to leave, I am really dense.

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  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    There's nothing inherently wrong with torrenting. Don't use it for illegal things, don't discuss using it for illegal things and you're kosher.

    As for doing it, torrenting may or may not be a pain in the ass to set up, I assume you want to use this as a file server as well. Linux works okay for this but everytime I've tried to set up file sharing between linux and windows is was way more effort than it was worth.

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  • VistiVisti Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    It should be pretty easy with samba and any torrent daemon that can scan a directory. And maybe run scripts to manipulate downladed files.

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  • BarrakkethBarrakketh Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Visti wrote: »
    It should be pretty easy with samba and any torrent daemon that can scan a directory. And maybe run scripts to manipulate downladed files.

    Deluge might fit the bill. It can autoadd torrents from a directory and you can run it as a daemon and connect to it remotely either via the Deluge client on another machine or use the web UI.

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  • darkphoenix22darkphoenix22 Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Try my Linux distribution. It has Deluge integrated into the OS itself running in an unprivileged user. It also supports automated Bittorrent downloading via RSS feeds. Samba and the WebUI are set-up and ready to go out of the box (the WebUI is on port 8080).

    There's more info in the Linux thread (http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showpost.php?p=13750225&postcount=1769). The password to install is "hitchhiker".

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/infinity-os

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  • RynaRyna Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    My torrent box is an old first generation Mac Mini, running Debian PowerPC version. I'm running a samba server, and using Ktorrent, accessible from other PCs on my network via a webGUI, running on a schedule to only download during off peak. But you know what the best thing about it all is? I set it up over the Christmas holidays, all without any previous linux experience.

    Here's a few sites I used for help:

    How to build a low cost Linux Home Server
    Installing Debian GNU/Linux on the Mac Mini

    Enjoy

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  • darkphoenix22darkphoenix22 Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    To enable Nvidia 3D acceleration in infinityOS, type in the following command in the terminal (there is a way to get to it in the Applications menu (right-click on desktop to get to this), but I'm too lazy to type it out):

    sudo jockey-gtk

    After you've restarted, type the following into the terminal:

    sudo nvidia-settings

    Enable every option refering to V-Blank or V-Sync. I also recommend overriding the default antialiasing to 4x. This applies to both kinds.

    Close the Nvidia settings.

    Type the following into the terminal to commit your settings into the xorg.conf file:

    sudo nvidia-xconfig

    Restart your computer. Your graphics card is now set up to be pretty :P.

    Regards,
    Ryan Oram

    PS If you have a Intel graphics card, 3D acceleration should be enabled by default (though I still recommend running "driconf" to enable V-Sync). ATI cards are officially unsupported as their Linux drivers are crap (though I'm not going to stop you from installing the drivers on your own. I'm just not going to help you.).

    A Geforce 8400 or greater (sorry Nvidia only) is needed for the hardware H.264 acceleration in infinityOS. To enable it, first enable the 3D acceleration using the instructions above.

    Then in SMPlayer, change the video output method to "vdpau". Play a video (any video) to see if it works.

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Another option is (I'm not sure if it works in Linux) is to install a dropbox there and set it as the file to scan for torrents.

    That way even when you are out of the house you can download the torrent at university or work, place it in the drop box and it will sync with you torrent box and it will happily download.

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  • darkphoenix22darkphoenix22 Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Yep, Dropbox works on Linux. It's great to use on a persistent Live USB install. Portable OS :P.

    Hell, at my university you can get around the firewall by putting Linux on a USB stick and booting the computer off it instead of the HD. :p

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