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New shows, and a future
Hello folks. Nothing really interesting around there, just the usual show addition, expired shows and some correction (badly linked shows which result in not-really-ended shows and wrong schedules/descriptions). As always, if you see anything, report.
We have added a bunch of shows since the last update, usually the ones requested through Twitter and email. Keep requesting!
And concerning the important part: future! Magnets are the future. H264 is, too. First off: it's not our choice, and it goes well up the ladder. We're really sorry for the ones still using their DVD from 2004 that was good because it supported XviD, but nowadays media devices do not support it (but do support H264 as its supported by embedded hardware). It's also been the choice for HTML5 videos, online streaming and has proven to provide very good quality in less size. Sadly, every evolution takes its toll… Sorry for everyone. Still, not our choice… But hopefully will compensate with good things.
The next thing on the list are magnets. In fact, it's been a request always put on hold. Not every client plays nice with them (for the moment, the best is Transmission, as we can push magnets to it without problems) but for setups where a torrent file is downloaded and then loaded into a client, that approach does not work.
That's why I'm writing right now. We need to collect information on what client you're using, how it behaves with torrents and how you think it would fit the best into it. We have to figure out how uTorrent and current setups would behave with RSS feeds and magnets, and with magnets alone, as well as related software. And we need your help!
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Iced fking Earth alive in Thessaloniki 2011
04/03/2012
Make a public poll and collect the data you need.
Agreed. Sure, I could tell you that I'm using rTorrent (which I am), but surely you don't want to count the responses in the comments? Set up a proper poll and we'll answer it for you.
And while I'm speaking I would like to say that I'm grateful for the mighty fine service you're providing!
Thanks.
And while I'm speaking I would like to say that I'm grateful for the mighty fine service you're providing!
Thanks.
@Lardboy & others: the first step are comments. There are just so many approaches out there that we can't make a list. It would be way more helpful having users talk about their setup, clients and magnet support in them. We've got to find a way to put everything together…
I'm using rtorrent too, and it downloads after it's been parsed by Transdroid (Android remote rtorrent/utorrent client)
I am using Catch to grab my feed and save it. It then auto opens the torrent into Vuze. Vuze does all the tidy cleanup and moving for me to keep my queue folder clean. Playback handles distribution.
rtorrent/rutorrent user here. It works well with magnets and with magnets in rss (only the latest version I think).
rtorrent + liferea here (though I'm not married to the latter)
Also, since I'm here, I would like to request that show additions get a blog post (as they were for a while).
Also, since I'm here, I would like to request that show additions get a blog post (as they were for a while).
uTorrent on Windows here too. Also, can you add "Breaking In" back into the schedules, as it's back on Tuesday (it got cancelled then reprieved).
I'm using BitComet and it usually plays nice with magnets, but we use other software using magnets on the intranet. Now that confuses my apps hehe, but thats not your problem. Luckily the web interface of BitComet allows you to add a magnet by pasting the link... Maybe such an API exist for the more open source clients?
transmission-daemon on linux and automatic because your push seems not to work very well
Can anyone please post a link to a RSS feed with magnets so that I can test if my torrent client is handling well or not?
I use uTorrent 3.0 x64
I use uTorrent 3.0 x64
Running Kubuntu 11.10 and using Ktorrent with the syndication plugin here. I know that Ktorrent supports magnet links, but so far haven't seen any in the RSS feed so no idea if it will handle that equally well.
PS. Please add "Comic Book Men" to the schedule.
PS. Please add "Comic Book Men" to the schedule.
I'm using Flexget to download the torrents and dump into Transmissions watch folder.
Also using Transmission-daemon (headless) on Mac OS X.
Also using Transmission-daemon (headless) on Mac OS X.
here with rtorrent and rssdler, have not tried how rssdler manages magnets but i'll give it a try or maybe have to change the rss manager.
I have uTorrent 3.1.2 32-bit (on a x64 machine). I've never had any problems with magnet links (it's just like a torrent link except that the metadata appears empty but gets uploaded a few seconds after). I don't know about an RSS magnet feed, I've never used one.
I'm not ashamed to say I'm one of those with a 2004 DVD player that plays XviD. This is the reason I started using this site in the first place. I have ShowRSS plus 25 different RSS feeds for HD shows. If you're not gonna offer xvid anymore, could you at least work on making the HD option work the way it should? I never get HD shows from ShowRSS. And I don't want to end up with 50 separate RSS feeds for xvid and HD for each of my shows instead of just ShowRSS.
I'm not ashamed to say I'm one of those with a 2004 DVD player that plays XviD. This is the reason I started using this site in the first place. I have ShowRSS plus 25 different RSS feeds for HD shows. If you're not gonna offer xvid anymore, could you at least work on making the HD option work the way it should? I never get HD shows from ShowRSS. And I don't want to end up with 50 separate RSS feeds for xvid and HD for each of my shows instead of just ShowRSS.
@Cesar don't be ashamed, there's no reason to.
I myself still have one of those, but in my living room, I salvaged a old pentium and installed linux and Ktorrent. It's connected to my lan, and my LCD TV. Since then I just have to turn on the machine and it's all automated... no more burning DVDR after file download! It's much more convenient and faster!
I myself still have one of those, but in my living room, I salvaged a old pentium and installed linux and Ktorrent. It's connected to my lan, and my LCD TV. Since then I just have to turn on the machine and it's all automated... no more burning DVDR after file download! It's much more convenient and faster!
i use flexget + deluge on a ubuntu server box. i'm not sure about deluge's support for magnets. i can see that they are working on it, but when i once tried to manually load a magnet url through the web interface it didn't work. i could switch to transmission, but there are a lot of nice extra flexget features that i am taking advantage of in the flexget deluge plugin that i think are not available in its transmission support.
I use transmission-daemon (2.5) running on a Dlink NAS. I usually download the torrent file from the RSS feed and place them into a watch directory.
I haven't yet looked into sending the RSS feed directly into Transmission, as I link to control exactly what is downloaded.
I haven't yet looked into sending the RSS feed directly into Transmission, as I link to control exactly what is downloaded.
I literally started setting up a new system a week before all this H264/Magnet stuff showed up on my radar. Ubuntu 10.04, Transmission 1.93, Flexget 1.0r2724, and of course my showRSS URL. So far no issues with magnets.
I'm using the latest version of uTorrent for Windows. µTorrent Stable (3.1.2 build 26821)
Hi, I'm using uTorrent on Windows.
About the H264 (.mp4), why don't you keep that optional, like the HD option? If we could choose the "quality" per show (.avi as usual, HD and the new .mp4)you still would be evoluting, and we the old ones would still being able to download the xvid shows. Please think about it.
About the H264 (.mp4), why don't you keep that optional, like the HD option? If we could choose the "quality" per show (.avi as usual, HD and the new .mp4)you still would be evoluting, and we the old ones would still being able to download the xvid shows. Please think about it.
uTorrent for Windows, latest version. I don't care about magnets whatsoever as long as things operate as they do now (add to ShowRSS, it downloads, no issues) :)
@ Usuario, he already stated it wasn't his choice, this is all pulled from eztv and they've shifted over (rightly imho, afaic they should go the whole hog and shift to mkv)
Oh, sorry, using utorrent 3.1.2 on win 7 64, no probs with magnets direct from sites, never pulled em from rss though
Same as Abe, using utorrent 3.1.2 on win 7 64, no probs with magnets direct from sites, never pulled from rss though.
According to utorrent website magnet links in utorrent is supported
SOURCE: http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=93568
According to utorrent website magnet links in utorrent is supported
SOURCE: http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=93568
Same as Abe and Happy User, using utorrent 3.1.2 on win 7 64, no probs with magnets direct from sites, never pulled from rss though.
Thanks for this site btw. :)
Thanks for this site btw. :)
I use utorrent on win 7 64, not sure how it will work with an RSS feed and magnets, but it generally works fine when I add magnets normally.
using utorrent on w7/64.
am I missing something or some shows does not have 720p HD versions ? (eg. once upon a time, the mentalist, grimm ...)
am I missing something or some shows does not have 720p HD versions ? (eg. once upon a time, the mentalist, grimm ...)
Using Flexget and dropping the torrent files into my Transmission watch folder.
I use catch + transmission on Mac OS X Lion. Having the shows in H.264 is much better for me because I can add them straight into iTunes instead of needing to use Videodrive to add the .avi files into a .mov compatible container.
I use qBittorrent on Linux - no idea if it'll download magnets from RSS. Is there a sample feed we can use to test?
I have recently dropped uTorrent as I had all kinds of problems, especially with streaming after downloads to Xbox from Mezzmo. Now only use Miro 4.06 and have had zero problems with Magnet torrents. After downloading I do transfer still to Mezzmo and stream to Xbox (hard wired into router) and even mkv files play great (used to have problems).
Few comments.
1.
When going to a 3rd party site to download a magnetic torrent I have to right click and use "Download from URL" on menu in Miro. Its already inside the box and I simply click on "ok". But I can't just go to the Torrent site and click "Get this torrent" and have Miro open and start downloading as it did with MP4 or avi etc.
2. For whatever reason ASAP torents even with MP4 written at end do not work. Either they need to be converted by Miro to MP4 or you can avoid them and use another MP4 torrent to download (magnetic or not). This may be a problem particular to using the xbox, in terms of the ASAP problem.
3. I've never had any problem playing any torrent downloaded from showRSS which is by double clicking on my show list, when it pops up. If none of these have been magnetic, then it may be that I will need to right click to "get link address" and do the Url thing with Miro. Right now Miro instantly starts downloading any showRSS downloading torrent immeidiately.
I thnk Miro is light years better than utorrent and even the easy converting is a plus not to mention all the Utorrent settings to play with. On Miro, I have not changed one setting and downloading is much faster (I have very high speed internet).
Thanks
SBrinn
Few comments.
1.
When going to a 3rd party site to download a magnetic torrent I have to right click and use "Download from URL" on menu in Miro. Its already inside the box and I simply click on "ok". But I can't just go to the Torrent site and click "Get this torrent" and have Miro open and start downloading as it did with MP4 or avi etc.
2. For whatever reason ASAP torents even with MP4 written at end do not work. Either they need to be converted by Miro to MP4 or you can avoid them and use another MP4 torrent to download (magnetic or not). This may be a problem particular to using the xbox, in terms of the ASAP problem.
3. I've never had any problem playing any torrent downloaded from showRSS which is by double clicking on my show list, when it pops up. If none of these have been magnetic, then it may be that I will need to right click to "get link address" and do the Url thing with Miro. Right now Miro instantly starts downloading any showRSS downloading torrent immeidiately.
I thnk Miro is light years better than utorrent and even the easy converting is a plus not to mention all the Utorrent settings to play with. On Miro, I have not changed one setting and downloading is much faster (I have very high speed internet).
Thanks
SBrinn
Currently using linux utorrent-server-3.0-25053, seems to load magnets by URL fine, though I've never tried loading magnets from RSS; dunno why it would be any different though.
I'm using utorrent 3.? running as a service on WHS. It USED to be easy to just save a torrent file in a watch directory - even taught the whole family how to do it. I don't have a great solution for magnets yet. I can paste them into the utorrent remote bar, but that isn't as easy. No idea if magnet links can be grabbed through rss feeds.
Hi! I am using an embedded linux version on my NAS. Its not compatible with magnet links. :(
Great Job.
I would like to request. Dream Machines.
http://www.syfy.com/dreammachines/
I would like to request. Dream Machines.
http://www.syfy.com/dreammachines/
Back to using Transmission after fighting µTorrent for months to act predictably. So I'm good to go.
BTW, automatic pushes to transmission haven't been working the past few days - probably related to the server move, but I thought I'd mention it in case.
BTW, automatic pushes to transmission haven't been working the past few days - probably related to the server move, but I thought I'd mention it in case.
Although, I see a reason it might be on my end. Transmission was dangling with a software update dialogue for god knows how long, which may have prevented the push.
uTorrent (latest?) on WHS.
I used to use my xbox for watching but most of the time h264 breaks it so I bought a WDTV streamer and that works great AND has Netflix support w/o the xbox charge on top (though the xbox was a nice UI while it lasted)
I used to use my xbox for watching but most of the time h264 breaks it so I bought a WDTV streamer and that works great AND has Netflix support w/o the xbox charge on top (though the xbox was a nice UI while it lasted)
For thouse using rssdler (+transmission) here is a version which support magnet links on the feed also:
http://code.google.com/p/rssdler4transmission/
http://code.google.com/p/rssdler4transmission/
Currently using uTorrent, but have used Transmission + whatever it was in the backend (LOVE Transmission!!), so would and could happily move to that if ShowRSS decides to aim that way. Seems like more and more sites are dropping .torrents...and for good reason. Time for change!!
Still using Utorrent 1.8.5 as I have read that it was one of the last versions without add and spyware stuff. No problems that I can detect. It's seems to be handling magnet feeds and links as well as .torrents.
Keep up the good work!
Keep up the good work!
I now loaded a FFP stick onto my NAS. I now got transmission client running there. Plus your push service is working. Brilliant! :)
Although I should add that magnets are working fine. If there ever were any problems with this client I would not mind switching.
utorrent here, should work fine i've never had an issue with a mag, never had an RSS magnet list though.
Transmission on Mac.
I would love to use showRSS exclusively but I can't seem to get 720p x264 mkv's for every show.
I would love to use showRSS exclusively but I can't seem to get 720p x264 mkv's for every show.
For anyone commenting here who's been downloading their torrents and saving them to a watch-directory, if you use Firefox to browse and your bittorrent client is one of {Azureus/Vuze,Transmission,uTorrent,Deluge}, then you can install Firefox extension "BitTorrent WebUI+" as a magnet-link handler. It'll process clicks on magnet links (and torrent files), and hand them off to the remote-management UI of your torrent client (which does have to be enabled & configured).
I use it to hand off torrent/magnet links to Azureus running on my headless Linux server. (@ShowRSS, for the purposes of this informal poll, that's my setup — but for the ShowRSS feed, that's handled directly within Azureus by its RSSFeed Scanner plugin. That's kind of long in the tooth and its help makes no mention of magnet, so I'm a bit pessimistic about things working for me as-is after the feed starts carrying magnet links.)
I use it to hand off torrent/magnet links to Azureus running on my headless Linux server. (@ShowRSS, for the purposes of this informal poll, that's my setup — but for the ShowRSS feed, that's handled directly within Azureus by its RSSFeed Scanner plugin. That's kind of long in the tooth and its help makes no mention of magnet, so I'm a bit pessimistic about things working for me as-is after the feed starts carrying magnet links.)
Transmission, served by gPodder on Linux. I don't think gPodder does magnet links so I'd have to change something up.
I'm also looking at building a NAS and I see a few mentions that the embedded OS others use doesn't handle magnets. I hope I can overcome that.
I'm also looking at building a NAS and I see a few mentions that the embedded OS others use doesn't handle magnets. I hope I can overcome that.
Transmission, served by gPodder on Linux. I don't think gPodder does magnet links so I'd have to change something up.
I'm also looking at building a NAS and I see a few mentions that the embedded OS others use doesn't handle magnets. I hope I can overcome that.
I'm also looking at building a NAS and I see a few mentions that the embedded OS others use doesn't handle magnets. I hope I can overcome that.
No idea if these comments are still read but I'm using Synology Download Station which works fine with magnet links.
Together with a (jailbroken) AppleTV this works like a charm.
Together with a (jailbroken) AppleTV this works like a charm.
Show additions should get a "New Shows" feed for themselves. This feed would download a url file for each new show that would direct you to the page on showRSS for that new show. You could then just add "New Shows" just like you would add any other show to your personal feed. This would be the easiest way to keep up to date on newly added shows.
If magnet links are used then a link could be added to the as parameter pointing to the small url file so that no torrent server is needed.
I guess the ws flag is needed for utorrent. And I guess even with magnet links a torrent server would still be needed, because the client will not start downloading even from a defined web source until it has retrieved the torrent file from someone first.
I refined my suggestion and here it is:
http://bigredip.no-ip.org/new_show_feed_notification.txt
http://bigredip.no-ip.org/new_show_feed_notification.txt
I refined my suggestion and here it is:
http://bigredip.no-ip.org/new_show_feed_notification.txt
http://bigredip.no-ip.org/new_show_feed_notification.txt
I am using the NAS program - Synology Download Center, on which your RSS is an absolute treat!
I love the site. But have a request, please Red Dwarf (yes, the 10th season just started).
Requesting: Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Dual Survival (Season 3 soon), Jools Holland's BBC shows, That Metal Show, Who Do You Think You Are UK and CA, Howard Stern, Inside the Actors Studio. Thanks
Requesting.
A new version of Primeval air on Oct 29.
http://www.primevalnewworld.com/
A new version of Primeval air on Oct 29.
http://www.primevalnewworld.com/
New shows such as "transporter" do not show up the drop down list and are not searchable.
Can you guys add add 'Top Gear US" and 'The Looney Toons Show (2011)' to the feed?
Getting behind on shows.....
Monday Mornings is 3 episodes old already
Golden Boy and Bostons Finest premier this week !
Monday Mornings is 3 episodes old already
Golden Boy and Bostons Finest premier this week !
Add show Duck Dynasty
imdb link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2229907/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
imdb link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2229907/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Can't find a request link to use, so ... any chance of adding Orphan Black (BBC America) to the feeds?
Thanks
Thanks
Hi, about new shows... Please, can you add Defiance and Da Vinci's Demons? Thanks! :)
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